Mt. Hood Repertory Theatre presents The Life of Galileo @ OMSI Kendall Planetarium | Live Music, Celestial Visuals

From our sponsors:
Mt. Hood Repertory Theatre presents The Life of Galileo
March 6-8 & 13-15, 2026
7:30 | $25-39 | All Ages (14 & older)
Purchase Tickets: omsi.edu

OMSI Kendall Planetarium
1945 SE Water Ave, Portland, OR 97214

The Life of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht recounts the true story of astronomer Galileo Galilei, a key figure in the 17th-century Scientific Revolution. An innovator who faced the ire of the Roman Catholic Church with his heliocentric view of our place in the cosmos. The story takes place in 17th-century Italy, spanning roughly from 1609 to 1637. It explores the role of a scientist in a religious society during a time of immense scientific discovery. With stunning images by Planetarium Director Jim Todd and live music by Adrian Harris Crowne, music and math burst forth onstage. Through this play, we see how Galileo Galilei changed the way we understand both the heavens and the earth.

Playwright Bertolt Brecht has been one of the most-produced playwrights in the world for the past three-quarters of a century. His style, which became known as Epic Theater, is particularly well-suited for theater in the round and in the planetarium.

“Art is not a mirror with which to reflect reality, but a hammer with which to shape it,” said Bertolt Brecht. “The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.” Bertolt Brecht, The Life of Galileo.