In the Shadows of Edison: The Nikola Tesla Story at Taft Theatre

Travel back in time to the late 1800s and enter the dazzling mind of Nikola Tesla, a brilliant young engineer. To create his inventions, Tesla relies on his strong math and science skills, a photographic memory, and a mysterious blinding light containing flashes of inspiration! But then Tesla makes a discovery that could change the world of science—and the legacy of his mentor, the famous Thomas Edison—forever! Learn the true story of this often ignored inventor, whose work as a “mad scientist” eventually led to the Tesla coil, X-ray, RADAR, wireless energy, and artificial lightning.