Following the success of our 2014 live radio drama Lovecraft’s Unnamable Tales, Flat Earth will unleash the Great Old Ones on Boston with two new H.P. Lovecraft–themed readings: Arkham Books and Lovecraft's Tales Outside Time and Space.
At Harvard Observatory at the turn of the 20th century, Henrietta Leavitt joins a group of women tasked with charting the heavens without being allowed to touch a telescope. Despite restrictions placed on her because of her sex, Henri devotes her life to the study of celestial bodies just out of reach, balancing the needs of love and family close at hand. Inspired by the real-life woman whose work allowed astronomers to measure the distance of faraway galaxies, Lauren Gunderson's melodious, evocative Silent Sky challenges how we explore our universe by revealing the music of the stars.
Smart, sexy and fat, Helen lives in a world that judges her for her weight. Her new, conventionally thin, boyfriend Tom quickly becomes enamored with her despite the condemnation of his shallow, often convincing friends that threatens their relationship. Neil LaBute's unapologetic Fat Pig bluntly addresses what people see when they look at bodies – all bodies – and which ones deserve a happy ending.