See an actual Enigma machine after our May 18 concert!

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WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE that immediately following our performance of Codebreaker: The Alan Turing Story on May 18th, you will have a chance to “meet” an actual Enigma machine.

The Enigma machine was the enciphering device used by the German military in World War II to transmit its most top-secret messages, and it’s what produced the “code” that Alan Turing and his team “broke,” which contributed to the Allies’ eventual victory over the Axis powers.

In a late-breaking development, we learned lastweekend that Dr. Hollis L. Fitch, PhD, of the Institute for Defense Analyses/Center for Communications Research-Princeton will offer a brief talk and demonstration of an Enigma machine.

Dr. Fitch joined the research staff at the IDA/CCR-P in 1981 after obtaining a PhD in Psychology. Although her original interest was in speech perception, she has enjoyed the excitement of working with a small multi-disciplinary staff of talented colleagues on the wide variety of puzzles needing to be solved in support of national security. When not working, Dr. Fitch enjoys hiking and her koi pond.

After Dr. Fitch‘s demonstration, you are invited onto the stage at Richardson Auditorium to see the machine up close–and perhaps even push a button or two!

If you haven’t already, reserve your tickets TODAY, and join us for a musically and historically powerful event!