TRANSYLVANIA CHAUTAUQUA, NC Presents Set the stage for cell phones & Wi-Fi with Hollywood’s Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr | portrayed by Judith Kalaora

Who would have believed that “The Most Beautiful Woman in the World,” Hollywood star Hedy Lamarr, was a genuine ceiling-crasher scientist whose groundbreaking invention revolutionized modern communication, and made your cell phone, GPS, and Wi-Fi possible? But there’s no law that says an inventor can’t be beautiful.

She was the scintillating adolescent in Ekstase; the cunning wife who wrenched herself free from a dead marriage to a Nazi munitions mogul, the beautiful refugee who fled the Nazis to become a Hollywood movie siren, the Mark Zuckerburg-esque twenty-something brash enough to believe her inventions would upend the world. Perhaps the most important thing Hedy Lamarr reinvented was herself.

For all the girls, women, and anyone ever told they cannot do math, understand science, or change the universe, Hedy Lamarr will inspire you to continue your pursuit to reinvent your world.

Transylvania Chautauqua shows will be held at the Transylvania County Library Amphitheater, 212 South Gaston St, Brevard, NC 28712
All Shows are FREE!
Shows are outdoors; bring lawn seating.
Rain Plan: The show will be performed live at the Transylvania County Library (next to the Amphitheater) in the Rogow Room.