They Promised Her The Moon

Hunter Drama’s Actors Company, in partnership with Newcastle Museum, is proud to present the AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE of “They Promised Her The Moon”.

The first American woman to test for space flight, Jerrie Cobb, steps into an isolation tank for a record-breaking nine hours as her memories unfold before her, from learning to fly a plane as a child in Oklahoma to testifying in Congressional hearings about the under-the-radar all-female Mercury 13 space program. 

They Promised Her the Moon is a compelling drama about the challenges of sisterhood and fighting for the greater good, based on a true story.

Staged against the backdrop of a massive lunar landscape in the museum’s Supernova Exhibit, Hunter Drama’s Actors Company brings this heart wrenching true story of struggle, sisterhood and science to audiences for the first time in Australia.

Audiences 12 and up recommended. December 11-13, 2024, Tickets $50 Limited seats available