Stand Still & Look Stupid - Written by Mike Broemmel & Starring Emily Ebertz
BENEFIT PERFORMANCES FOR CHILDREN’S DIABETES FOUNDATION
Stand Still & Look Stupid by Mike Broemmel
Tickets now on sale for two special Colorado performances of Stand Still & Look Stupid - The Life Story of Hedy Lamarr starring Emily Ebertz, written by Mike Broemmel.
Stand Still & Look Stupid chronicles the incomparable life of Hedy Lamarr, Hollywood star and creator of the technology that makes the Digital Communications Age possible. The two special Denver performances benefit the Children's Diabetes Foundation.
Stand Still & Look Stupid
September 29 & 30
7:00 pm
The People’s Building
9995 East Colfax
Aurora, Colorado
Tickets available through this LINK.
Hedy Lamarr: Iconic Actor and Genius Inventor
From Hollywood and into History -- The True Story of Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr. As a 19-year old girl she revolutionized the film industry as the first woman in a mainstream movie to be portrayed in sexual rapture.
Hedy Lamarr. At the height of her Hollywood career, she developed technology that made her one of the most important inventors in all of history.
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
At the time of the Nazi annexation of Austria, Hedy Lamarr fled to the United States. Within a couple of years, she became one of the most talked-about actors on the silver screen. After her first U.S. motion picture, Lamarr was known as “the most beautiful girl in the world,” a moniker she would carry throughout her career . She made over 20 Hollywood films before leaving the industry and living most of the rest of her life in seclusion.
Inventor Who Revolutionized Global Communications
Spread spectrum technology, conceived by Hedy Lamarr, is indispensable for wireless communication. Her invention is described as the backbone of the digital communications age … from mobile phones to WiFi to GPS to Bluetooth to the barcode scanner at the market … and countless other technologies. Global communication exists … because of a woman once best known as the most beautiful girl in the world.
Special Thanks to Colorado Creative Industries & NEA
Colorado Creative Industries and the National Endowment for the Arts awarded a grant to playwright Mike Broemmel to broaden the public exposure of his play Stand Still and Look Stupid. Another happy outcome of this generous support has been markedly increasing the number of people who are seeing the plays of the Iconic Women Theatre Series on public stages and in schools.
