by Snezana Gnjidic | translation by Milena Trobozic Garfield
“luscious night”
“brilliant creative team”
“mesmerizing performances”
“startlingly well-played scenes”
EINSTEIN’S WIFE ran March 5-12, 2020 at the ATLAS Performing Arts Center, before being truncated by the COVID pandemic. Einstein’s theory of relativity revolutionized modern science and his name became synonymous with genius. Lesser known is the story of Mileva Maric, the physicist, mathematician, and fellow student at Zurich Polytechnic who was Einstein’s first wife. As recently discovered personal correspondence suggests, Mileva contributed substantially to his scientific success yet received no professional credit. In this gripping production, Serbian playwright Snezena Gnjidic and English translator Milena Trobozic Garfield present a thoughtful portrait of the couple’s tumultuous relationship and her role in developing his ground-breaking ideas. What started as a scientific team eventually was derailed by motherhood and a world not prepared for women’s professional achievements. EINSTEIN’S WIFE explores the life of a gifted woman living in the shadow of a brilliant man.
Featuring Sasha Olinick as Albert Einstein & Cecilia Auerswald as Mileva
Directed by Karin Rosnizeck
Reviews
David Siegel
DC Metro Theater Arts
Elizabeth Seablom
Broadway World
Gregory J Ford
DC Theatre Scene
John Stoltenberg
DC Metro Theatre Arts
Additional Resources on Mileva Maric & Albert Einstein
Books
Einstein’s Wife: The Real Story of Mileva Einstein-Marić by Allen Esterson & David C. Cassidy w/ Ruth Lewin Sime
Mileva Maric Einstein: Life with Albert Einstein by Radmila Milentijevic
Einstein in Love: A Scientific Romance by Dennis Overbye
Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson Schuster
In Albert’s Shadow: The Life and Letters of Mileva Maric, Einstein’s First Wife by Milan Popovic
Readings
Ann Finkbeiner: “The Debated Legacy of Einstein’s First Wife” (Nature 5 Mar 2019)
Pauline Gagnon: “The Forgotten Life of Einstein’s First Wife” (Scientific America 19 Dec 2016)
Benyamin Cohen: “5 Surprising Facts about Mileva Maric Einstein” (Grapevine 19 Dec 2016)
Evan Walker: “Did Einstein Espouse His Spouse’s Ideas” (Physics Today Feb 1991)
Albert Einstein: “My Theory of Relativity” (London Times, 28 Nov 1919)
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