Emily Roebling: The Woman who Saved the Brooklyn Bridge presenters Jennifer Huckleberry and Sarah McIlhenny.
In honor of Women’s History Month, Theatre To Go is set to present Emily Roebling: The Woman who Saved the Brooklyn Bridge.
The presentation is based on Hamilton resident Mark Violi’s script for Roebling: The Story of the Brooklyn Bridge. Theatre to Go is set to present a full, theatrical production of the play in May.
Emily Roebling was a pioneer of women in engineering. She taught herself bridge engineering in order to direct workers at the construction site when her husband Washington became homebound after a workplace accident.
Emily became his envoy for the final 11 years of construction and was the first woman to address the American Society of Civil Engineers.
This presentation is designed to reintroduce Emily and the Roebling story, which begins and ends in Trenton, to a new audience; especially in light of current STEM initiatives.
Directed by Ruth Markoe of Lawrenceville, the presentation features Sarah McIlhenny of Browns Mills and Jennifer Huckleberry of Columbus.
The presentation also includes an original musical score composed by Frank Grullon of New York City for Roebling: The Story of the Brooklyn Bridge.
The presentation is scheduled for 2 p.m. March 29 the theater in the New Jersey State Museum, 205 West State St., Trenton. Admission is free.
More information is online at roeblingplay.com.
