GALILEO

The time is of the emergence of the age of reason when Galileo was teaching young students the incredible account of how the earth moves around the sun, rather than the other way around. His heretical announcement, that both the moon and Jupiter only reflect the sun's light, is brought to the attention of the church and Galileo is summoned to the Vatican.

Considered by many to be Brecht's masterpiece, GALILEO explores the cultural tensions between religion and academia, the danger of romanticizing genius, and the beauty and terror of scientific progress.