IVP is a translation festival of staged readings from different countries throughout the world.
Welcome to the International Voices Project Fall Festival 2026 for our 16th year!
In collaboration with Instituto Cervantes Chicago
Start time 6pm
Free Event!
“The Earth’s Core” | Denmark
September 29th, 2026
Written by Simone Isabel Nørgaard
Translated by Paul Russell Garrett
Directed by Kay Martinovich
In partnership with Consulate General of Denmark in Chicago
Synopsis
In 1936 Inge Lehmann solves one of science’s great mysteries, discovering the Earth’s inner core. Lehmann dedicates her life to science but never receives full recognition for her massive discovery and contributions, remaining largely unknown in her native Denmark.
The Earth’s Core brings Lehmann’s story to life, in a play about women and science in the twentieth century. We see Lehmann up close as she struggles with herself and with the outside world, and we get to meet the other people in her life. A forgotten fate unfolds into a drama that spans both decades and continents.
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