The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer
By Carson Kreitzer
The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer is a play that needs 7 or more performers (3 women, 4 men). Licensed by Dramatic Publishing.
- Type
- play
- Cast size
- 7 or more performers
- Roles
- 3 women, 4 men
- Cast notes
- 4m., 3w., with doubling. May be expanded to 7 or more m., 5w.
- Recommended level
- College
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- thriller
- Licensor
- Dramatic Publishing
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Synopsis
"Do I dare disturb the universe?" J. Robert Oppenheimer's rise and fall erupt in this kaleidoscopic play exploring questions of faith, conscience, and the consequences of the never-ending pursuit of knowledge. Act One: Math. The fevered wartime drive to build the first nuclear weapon, by a collection of previously academic theoretical physicists, many of them Jews fleeing Hitler's Germany. Success turns to horror when "the Gadget" is dropped, first on Hiroshima, then Nagasaki. Act Two: Aftermath
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