Photo Flash: COPENHAGEN by Michael Frayn Comes to Main Street Theatre

Copenhagen by Michael Frayn is a play about many things. Certainly it is about physics and the mysterious meeting between Werner Heisenberg and Niels Bohr in 1941. But patriotism and morality/ethics along with friendship and human nature are crucial subjects explored in the play. What do we owe to our country? What do we owe to humanity? What do we owe to each other?

In a time where our own country is divided, when issues of national identity and security are being questioned almost daily by people on both sides of party lines, Copenhagen is more timely than ever. Performances run through March 12.

Following the matinee on February 26, John Lienhard, originator of The Engines of Our Ingenuity and Prof. Emeritus of Engineering and of History at the University of Houston, will give a post-show talk followed by an open discussion with the artists and audience. This event is FREE and open to all. Even if a patron is not seeing the play on this day, she/he is welcome to attend.

Pictured are Joel Sandel as Niels Bohr, Celeste Roberts as Margrethe Bohr, and Philip Hays as Werner Heisenberg.

Photo credit for Copenhagen & Copenhagen b: Pin Lim / Forest Photography.

Photo credit for solo shots: Dr. John Lienhard

Joel Sandel as Niels Bohr
Joel Sandel as Niels Bohr, Celeste Roberts as Margrethe Bohr, and Philip Hays as Werner Heisenberg.
Joel Sandel as Niels Bohr, Celeste Roberts as Margrethe Bohr, and Philip Hays as Werner Heisenberg.
Philip Hays as Werner Heisenberg.
Celeste Roberts as Margrethe Bohr