Breaking the Code
by Hugh Whitemore
directed by Adam Zahler
April 7-May 8, 2011
featuring Allyn Burrows and Debra Wise
Hugh Whitemore’s elegant and deeply moving play is the story of British mathematician Alan Turing, whose expansive spirit embraced seeming contradictions: gay man and war hero, marathon runner and Disney fan. BREAKING THE CODE explores the connections between Turing’s... [read more]
Breaking the Code
by Hugh Whitemore
directed by Adam Zahler
April 7-May 8, 2011
featuring Allyn Burrows and Debra Wise
Hugh Whitemore’s elegant and deeply moving play is the story of British mathematician Alan Turing, whose expansive spirit embraced seeming contradictions: gay man and war hero, marathon runner and Disney fan. BREAKING THE CODE explores the connections between Turing’s cracking of the unbreakable Nazi Enigma code and his refusal to live a closeted life, offering an intimate view of the remarkable man whose vision of a universal machine set the stage for modern computer technology.
BREAKING THE CODE is presented as part of MIT's 150th Anniversary and the 2011 Cambridge Science Festival.
Presented by Catalyst Collaborate @MIT, a science theater collaboration between Underground Railway
