'Copenhagen' looks at a meeting of scientific minds

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Summer is usually a time for more light-hearted plays in area theaters, but Little Grey Hat productions is going against the grain with the area premiere of Michael Frayn’s Tony Award-winning “Copenhagen,” about the relationship between two of the world’s greatest atomic scientists.

From left, David Yamin as Niels Bohr, Dylan Jones as Werner Heisenberg and Caroline Cox as Caroline Cox in "Copenhagen" by Little Grey Hat productions. PHOTO PROVIDED BY LITTLE GREY HAT PRODUCTIONS

From left, David Yamin as Niels Bohr, Dylan Jones as Werner Heisenberg and Caroline Cox as Caroline Cox in "Copenhagen" by Little Grey Hat productions. PHOTO PROVIDED BY LITTLE GREY HAT PRODUCTIONS

Heiko Knipfelberg is directing the production that features Dylan Jones as Werner Heisenberg, David Yamin as Niels Bohr and Caroline Cox as Bohr’s wife, Margrethe.

The three characters meet in a sort of afterlife where their spirits deal with the results of a meeting between the two physicists in 1941 and whether it had anything to do with the Nazis’ failed efforts to build an atomic bomb.

The play is a joint venture between Jones' Little Grey Hat productions and the Manatee Performing Arts Center.

THEATER PREVIEW
"COPENHAGEN"
runs July 9-19 in the Bradenton Kiwanis Studio Theatre, 502 3rd Ave., West, Bradenton. Tickets are $22, $11 for students. For more information; 748-5875; tickets.manateeplayers.com

THEATER PREVIEW
"COPENHAGEN"
runs July 9-19 in the Bradenton Kiwanis Studio Theatre, 502 3rd Ave., West, Bradenton. Tickets are $22, $11 for students. For more information; 748-5875; tickets.manateeplayers.com
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Jay Handelman

Jay Handelman is the theater and television critic for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, where he has worked since 1984. He also is President of the Foundation of the American Theatre Critics Association and a two-time past chairman of the association's executive committee. He can be reached by email or call (941) 361-4931. Follow him at @jayhandelman on Twitter. Make sure to "Like" Arts Sarasota on Facebook for news and reviews of the arts.
Last modified: July 17, 2015
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