Silent Sky
- 831 42nd Street | Des Moines, IA 50312
- Presented By: Des Moines Community Playhouse
- Dates: May 31, 2019 - June 16, 2019
- Recurrence: Recurring weekly on Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
- Location: Des Moines Community Playhouse
- Phone: (515) 974-5358
- Start/End Time: 7:30 PM to 10:00 PM
- Event Times: Times vary - see website
- Price: varies - see website
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Overview
Silent Sky tells the untold stories of female astronomers through the eyes of a real scientist Henrietta Leavitt, a female “computer” at Harvard College Observatory. This true story of 19th-century astronomer, Silent Sky explores a woman’s place in society during a time of immense scientific discoveries, when women’s ideas were dismissed until men claimed credit for them. Social progress, like scientific progress, can be hard to see when one is trapped among earthly complications.