"Ada and the Engine" - by Lauren Gunderson - Burlington Players (Burlington, MA.)
Burlington Players
Presents Lauren Gunderson's
"ADA AND THE ENGINE"
Written by Lauren Gunderson
Directed by Alison Walters-Short
Performances:
February 20, 2026 through March 7, 2026
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The Park Playhouse, One Edgemere Avenue, Burlington, MA. 01803
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ABOUT THE SHOW
An inspirational tale of a trailblazing woman of science, Lauren Gunderson's biographical drama "ADA AND THE ENGINE" explores the creativity and ingenuity that would ultimately lead to the digital revolution – starting in the unlikely place of 1830s England.
A music-laced story of love, friendship, and the edgiest dreams of the future. "ADA AND THE ENGINE" follows the extraordinary life and work of ADA BYRON LOVELACE – whose magnificent mind imagined our digital world more than a century before the dawn of the computer age.
As the British Industrial Revolution dawns, young ADA was more than your average high society girl – despite being the daughter of celebrated and notorious poet Lord Byron.
Pushed by her cautious mother from artistic pursuits into scientific study and mathematical exploration, ADA soon discovered she had a knack for numbers… and that numbers, poetry, and music have more in common than her mother would like her to realize.
Enter her friend and soul mate Charles Babbage, one of the greatest inventive minds of his age, whom ADA meets at a society party in her late teens.
The much older Babbage captures ADA's imagination with his prototype for a "Thinking Machine" – a device that can take the human error out of calculations by performing them automatically, by machine.
ADA envisions a whole new world where art and information converge – a world she might not live to see.
"ADA AND THE ENGINE" has been described as "Jane Austen" meets "Steve Jobs" in this poignant pre-tech romance heralding the computer age. (Dramatists Play Services).
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THE BURLINGTON PLAYERS (BP) is an all volunteer, adult theater group open to those ages 18 and over, and there’s room for you too! Experience in performing or technical theater is certainly welcome, but not necessary. We’ll happily mentor anyone who wants to learn any aspect of theater. THE BURLINGTON PLAYERS usually produces a four show season each year. There's fun and entertainment for everyone!
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