Humanity Needs Dreamers: A Visit With Marie Curie

As one of the world’s most renowned scientists, two-time Nobel Prize winner Marie Skłodowska Curie is best known for pioneering the field of radioactivity — including early experiments to treat cancer with radium therapy — but few understand the obstacles she faced just to enter the laboratory.

What if Marie Curie could tell her story?

The MIT Kavli Institute, MIT Department of Physics and STEM on Stage presents a digital theater showing of HUMANITY NEEDS DREAMERS: A VISIT WITH MARIE CURIE (42 mins) on Friday, November 7, 2025 from 7:30PM – 9:00PM.

HUMANITY NEEDS DREAMERS invites audiences to meet Marie Curie as she recollects her quest to isolate two elements — polonium and radium. From her childhood in Poland to groundbreaking research in France, Marie Curie shares the struggles, failures and triumphs behind her scientific discoveries and remarkable collaboration with companion scientist and husband Pierre Curie.

Masterfully portrayed by living history scholar Susan Marie Frontczak, HUMANITY NEEDS DREAMERS is the cinematic version of her acclaimed one-woman show. This unique format breaks the digital fourth wall between live theater and film, past and present.

Hosted by Dr. Anna Frebel, Professor of Physics at MIT, the screening will be followed by a Q & A with filmmaker Jen Myronuk and scholar/performer Susan Marie Frontczak (virtual).

Recommended for adults and students 10 & older.

Free with RSVP!