Join Cultural Programs of the NAS and the Shakespeare Theatre Company on Monday, March 11 at 7:30 p.m. in the Fred Kavli Auditorium of the NAS Building for a staged reading of Karen Zacarías’s Legacy of Light. Two female scientists, living hundreds of years apart, explore the meaning of love, motherhood, family, art, and science in this contemporary comedy. Legacy of Light juxtaposes the story of Émilie du Châtelet, a mathematician, scientist, and lover of the great 18th-century philosopher Voltaire, who became unexpectedly pregnant at 42, and that of a 21st-century physicist desperately trying to conceive a child. Born in Mexico, Zacarías is a Washington, D.C.-based playwright. The performance is directed by Samantha Wyer Bello, Senior Director of Learning, Shakespeare Theatre Company. Legacy of Light is presented by special arrangement with CONCORD THEATRICALS.