Heather Massie

HEDY! THE LIFE & INVENTIONS OF HEDY LAMARR Makes England Premiere This Month
by Stephi Wild - Jul 2, 2024

Barons Court Theatre will present the England Premiere of the 29x Award-Winning, Internationally Acclaimed play HEDY! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr.

Students Can Get Free Tickets to HEDY: THE LIFE & INVENTIONS OF HEDY LAMARR
by Stephi Wild - Oct 16, 2023

Heather Massie's  solo play, 'HEDY! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr,'  will now be free for students at all performances in its October 25 to 29 run at Morningside Players Theater Company. Find out how to get tickets here!

HEDY! THE LIFE & INVENTIONS OF HEDY LAMARR Comes to Morningside Players Theater Company
by Stephi Wild - Sep 19, 2023

Heather Massie will perform her solo play, 'HEDY! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr,' at Morningside Players Theater Company, 100 La Salle Street, Manhattan, for general audiences October 25 to 29. Learn more about the show and how to get tickets here!

Review: HEDY! THE LIFE & INVENTIONS OF HEDY LAMARR at Sarasota Jewish Theatre
by Carolan Trbovich - Feb 24, 2023

What did our critic think of HEDY! THE LIFE & INVENTIONS OF HEDY LAMARR at Sarasota Jewish Theatre?

HEDY! THE LIFE & INVENTIONS OF HEDY LAMARR to Return to NYC This Month
by Blair Ingenthron - Dec 3, 2022

HEDY! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the 24x Award-Winning, Internationally Acclaimed play, returning to NYC for the first time in 4 years, will run Friday, December 9th at 7:00 pm, Saturday, December 10th at 7:00 pm, Sunday, December 11th at 5:00 pm.

Sarasota Jewish Theatre Announces Change To 2023 Season Lineup
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 2, 2022

Sarasota Jewish Theatre announces a change in one of its upcoming plays this season. Due to a scheduling conflict, Family Secrets by Sherry Glaser will replace Collected Stories, on March 22-27, 2023.

Sarasota Jewish Theatre Announces 2022-23 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 23, 2022

Sarasota Jewish Theatre has announced its 2022-23 season lineup. Local Sarasota favorite actors and directors will be joined by national actors to present these plays reflecting Jewish heritage and culture. The plays are:

HEDY! THE LIFE & INVENTIONS OF HEDY LAMARR Announced at PortFringe
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 4, 2022

PortFringe 2022 presents The Maine Award Winner of the 2021 Reykjavík Fringe, HEDY! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr on June 14, 15 & 18, 2022 in East Bayside, Portland, ME. 

2022 Cincinnati Fringe Festival Announces Primary Lineup
by Stephi Wild - Mar 30, 2022

Know Theatre presents The 19th Annual Cincinnati Fringe Festival - the region's largest and longest-running annual performing arts festival - June 3–18, 2022! A 14-day celebration featuring hundreds of live performances from independent local, national, and international artists, the Cincy Fringe is Cincinnati's Summer Theatre Party. This year, our Primary Lineup Productions return indoors and in-person, and is, as always, Kinda Weird. Like You!

HEDY! THE LIFE & INVENTIONS OF HEDY LAMARR Returns To Indy
by Stephi Wild - Mar 18, 2022

The District Theatre will present 'HEDY! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr' for Women's Month 2022. Fulbright Specialist and NYC artist Heather Massie returns to Indianapolis with her 22x Award-Winning, Internationally Acclaimed New York City show. In 2017 the show was featured in Indy's DivaFest, and was awarded with The Audience Choice Award & The Sold Out Award in IndyFringe 2017.

TRU to Present 'Going Places: Touring Opportunities And Support For Artists'
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 10, 2022

TRU hosts their Community Gatherings every Friday at 5pm ET via Zoom, to explore the creation of art and theater in the time of COVID-19.

TRU Announces 3/4 Community Gathering Via Zoom
by Stephi Wild - Mar 2, 2022

 dependable haven for artists in isolation, Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) is now into its second year of non-stop weekly Community Gatherings this Friday, having offered to date over 90 conversations and unlimited camaraderie since April 17, 2020. TRU hosts their Community Gatherings every Friday at 5pm ET via Zoom, to explore the creation of art and theater in the time of COVID-19.

TRU Announces 2/25 Community Gathering Via Zoom - Making Musicals Happen, 2: Connecting Writers With Production Opportunities
by Stephi Wild - Feb 25, 2022

A dependable haven for artists in isolation, Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) is now into its second year of non-stop weekly Community Gatherings this Friday, having offered to date over 90 conversations and unlimited camaraderie since April 17, 2020.

BWW Feature: ON STAGE!FESTIVAL ai Off Off Theatre e Teatro Di Roma, Menotti Teatro Filippo Perego di Milano, Spazio Florian (Pescara), LucidoFestival (Cagliari)
by ETTORE FARRATTINI - Nov 8, 2021

ON STAGE!FESTIVAL ai Off Off Theatre e Teatro Di Roma, Menotti Teatro Filippo Perego di Milano, Spazio Florian (Pescara), LucidoFestival (Cagliari) L’unico festival che porta in scena il Teatro Americano in Italia con un programma innovativo e improntato sull’attualità con sette spettacoli inediti, letture, dibattiti

HEDY! The Life & Inventions Of Hedy Lamarr' To Feature At The State Theater Of Havre De Grace
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 28, 2021

The State Theater of Havre de Grace presents world-renowned HEDY! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr a true story of Hollywood glamour and scientific genius, written & performed by Heather Massie, Sunday, October 10, 2021.

Three Female Artists Travel From Mainhattan and Manhattan to Iceland at The Reykjavik Fringe Festival
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 2, 2021

One Musical Cabaret with the musical theatre actress Stefanie Rummel situated in Frankfurt, Germany (also called Mainhattan) and Two Plays with the actresses Heather Massie and Valerie David from New York City (Manhattan) in the US have been invited to the RVK Fringe Festival 2021 in Iceland.

BWW Review: HEDY! THE LIFE & INVENTIONS OF HEDY LAMARR at BB's Stage Door Canteen At The National WWII Museum
by Heidi Scheuermann - May 31, 2021

When you experience HEDY! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, you are treated to an intimate hour and a half of Hedy talking you through her life, and introducing you to all of the important people she met along the way that helped to shape her and the different directions in which she ventured. She introduces you to her father who encouraged her to think, her mother who taught her the importance of discipline, her first husband Fritz Mandl from whom she learned the ins and outs of munitions simply by being a fly on the wall in their own home, George Antheil who was a composer and her partner in the invention of The Secret Communication System, and many more.

HEDY! The Life & Inventions Of Hedy Lamarr Comes to Gamut Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Oct 16, 2019

Fulbright Specialist Heather Massie returns to Gamut Theatre with her award-winning, internationally-acclaimed New York City show, HEDY! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr. It will be presented at Gamut Classic Theatre, October 25-27 at 7:30 PM Friday, Saturday and 2:30 PM Sunday. The show features the unexpected scientific genius of Hollywood screen star and inventor Hedy Lamarr. Known as 'the most beautiful woman in the world', Lamarr also invented technology for torpedoes during WWII that is now used in cell phones, WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth. Written and performed by Heather Massie, its mission is to inspire audiences to find ways to make the world a better place, to encourage young women in science and technology, and to establish Hedy Lamarr as a role model for intelligence, ingenuity, and invention.

Participants Announced And Tickets On Sale For 2018 NEW YORK NEW WORKS THEATRE FESTIVAL
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 22, 2018

Tickets are now on sale for the 2018 New York New Works Theatre Festival at www.nynwtheatrefestival.com. The festival runs September 4 - September 22, 2018. The festival is playing at Theatre Row, a program for Building the Arts NY, Inc. 

HEDY! THE LIFE & INVENTIONS OF HEDY LAMARR Returns to Alexander Upstairs
by Julie Musbach - May 11, 2018

HEDY! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr explores the life, inventions and person of Hedy Lamarr, Viennese-born Hollywood film star of the 1930s-1950s. Known as The Most Beautiful Woman in the World, Hedy Lamarr stored away knowledge of munitions while married to Austrian arms dealer, Fritz Mandl. She employed this knowledge to support the US Navy's war effort during WWII by inventing The Secret Communication System with composer George Antheil, to make torpedoes more accurate. Also referred to as Frequency Hopping or Spread Spectrum Technology, her invention is used today in cell phones, WiFi, CDMA, GPS, Bluetooth and a myriad of other wireless systems.