Photos: First Look at New Musical THE WOMAN WHO WENT TO SPACE AS A MAN

The Woman Who Went to Space as a Man - Part fact, part fever dream, and part musical, this captivating new work opens with Alice B. Sheldon - better known to sci-fi aficionados as author James Tiptree, Jr. - contemplating suicide. Dodging in and out of reality, the play, with a bold musical score, investigates gender, longing and creativity as self-exploration through one of the Science Fiction world's greatest literary tricksters. Sheldon was most notable for breaking down the barriers between writing perceived as inherently 'male' or 'female' and it was not publicly known until 1977 that Tiptree was, in fact, a woman.

Performances: October 27 - November 18 at Son of Semele Theater, 3301 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90004

818-841-5422 or www.sonofsemele.org or info@sonofsemele.org

Photo Credit: Son of Semele Ensemble (Photo One) and Mauricio Gomez