Why risk so much in pursuit of an idea? — COME SEE "ISAAC'S EYE" TO FIND OUT!
November 6, 7, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21; 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
November 8, 15; 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (matinee)
9 Spring Street, Waltham, MA, 02451
"To understand light and optics better, young Isaac Newton inserted a long needle 'between my eye and the bone, as near to the backside of my eye as I could.' Why take such a risk? Lucas Hnath reimagines the contentious, plague-ravaged world Newton inhabited in ISAAC'S EYE, exploring the dreams and longings that drove the rural farm boy to become one of the greatest thinkers in modern science."