Photo Flash: RELATIVITY At Penguin Rep Theatre Opens Friday

Penguin Rep Theatre, the award-winning professional Equity theatre under the leadership of founding artistic director Joe Brancato and executive director Andrew M. Horn, opens its 41st season with the New York premiere of Relativity, a new play by Mark St. Germain about Albert Einstein, the most famous scientist who ever lived, beginning Friday, May 18.

One hundred years ago, Einstein became the first global pop star of science. The Times of London proclaimed his theory of relativity, which astronomical measurements taken during an eclipse early that year had confirmed, "one of the most momentous, if not the most momentous, pronouncements of human thought" and a "revolution in science." The article set off a chain reaction in the media, and the 40-year-old Einstein's life changed overnight.

According to Mr. Brancato, who will stage the production, St. Germain, author of Dancing Lessons and Becoming Dr. Ruth, which were previously produced by Penguin Rep, "brings heart and humor to an unforgettable story about the bonds of family and the cost of genius."

The cast under Mr. Brancato's direction includes: Celeste Ciulla (as Margaret Harding), Susan Pellegrino (as Miss Dukas), and Robert Zukerman (as Einstein).

The limited engagement of Relativity runs through Sunday, June 10 at Penguin Rep Theatre in historic Stony Point (Rockland County), New York.

Photo Credit: Chris Yacopino