It’s the close of World War II – the dawn of the atomic age. The Allies have captured Germany’s top ten nuclear scientists and sequestered them at Farm Hall– a lavish estate in England – keeping them under surveillance to learn what they know about the American nuclear program and to gauge how close the Nazis are to making an atomic bomb. Nine of these men, including Nobel Prize winners Otto Hahn and Werner Heisenberg, are known as Hitler’s “Uranium Club.” Based on actual transcripts of secretly recorded conversations, playwright Alan Brody illuminates the ethical complexity of pursuing scientific discovery at the risk of wreaking catastrophic consequences.
Writer
- Alan Brody Playwright
Director
- Andy Sandberg Director
Cast
- Barlow Adamson* Major T. H. Rittner
- Diego Arciniegas* Werner Heisenberg
- Ken Baltin Max von Laue
- Owen Doyle Kurt Diebner
- Kendall Hodder Erich Bagge
- John Kooi Karl Wirtz
- Will Lyman Otto Hahn
- Ross MacDonald* Horst Korsching
- Alan Mayo Paul Harteck
- Robert D Murphy Walther Gerlach
- Dan Whelton Carl-Friederich von Weizsäcker
Production
- Janie E. Howland+ Set Designer
- Charles Schoonmaker Costume Designer
- John R. Malinowski Lighting Designer
- Dewey Dellay Sound Designer & Original Music
- Megan F. Kinneen Properties Artisan
- Charles Linshaw Assistant Director/Dialect Coach
- Dominique D. Burford Stage Manager
- Katherine Humbert Assistant Stage Manager