TAMPA FLORIDA PRODUCTION

52nd Annual Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Conference

"The experience we all enjoyed tonight was truly outstanding. As General Chair and on behalf of the whole steering Committee of the 52nd Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Conference, I would like to congratulate you on a great show and on an outstanding performance. We had great attendance tonight and I can truthfully say that the show was a great success. Congratulations to Frank Tabbita and his crew!

I very much enjoyed your performance at the MMM conference in Tampa. After a day of meetings presenting our ideas on magnetism to our colleagues, we could well relate to the passion and struggles of Tesla. Many of us, of course, knew about the inventions and odd ideas of Tesla. However it was interesting to learn of his enigmatic character and personal life. It was amazing how you, in a one-man show, were able to portray the tensions and altercations between Tesla and his backers, Edison and Westinghouse. A wonderful treat for engineers and lay audience alike!

OPENING RECEPTION AND PRESENTATION OF TESLA PLAY

On Tuesday, the first full day of the 2007 MMM Conference, there will be an Opening Reception from 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM followed by the presentation of a play about the life and work of Nikola Tesla. The Reception will be held in the hotel, while the play will be presented at the Tampa Theatre, for which both shuttle bus service and walking maps will be provided. To learn more about the play, please visit the website at www.teslaplay.com. We hope that both of these events will provide an exciting and enjoyable evening for all attendees.

An Evening with Nikola Tesla, by J. Michael Newlight and Frank Tabbita

In spite of opposition from corporate profiteers, Nikola Tesla, with over 100 US Patents to his credit, arguably laid the electrical foundations on which the world still stands. In An Evening with Nikola Tesla, actor Frank Tabitta presents a rare and spellbinding portrait of the unsung hero of the modern electronic world.

At this point in the history of energy, it is more important than ever that the story of Nikola Tesla be told. With this production, authors J. Michael Newlight and Frank Tabbita help set the historical record straight concerning the visionary who brought the world such gifts as alternating current electricity and radio. The play encapsulates the meteoric rise and tragic fall of this little known eccentric genius whose ambition to create a world system of wireless power was decades ahead of its time. Tabbita’s performance deftly leads the audience through the complex history of this extraordinary man’s struggle to help humanity through technological invention.