The Productions

Told with theatrical boldness and historical bite, The Rocket Men pulls back the curtain on a little-known corner of the American space program. In this gripping new play, six women step into the shoes of some former Nazi scientists who escaped Germany and found refuge—and power—in North Alabama. As they recount the rise of rocketry in America, the play dares us to ask: who gets written into history, and at what cost?

“As a granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor, this story shook something loose in me,” says Rachel May, Synchronicity’s Artistic Director and director of the production. “Crystal’s script is sharp, surprising, and full of theatrical invention. It reclaims the lost voices of women erased by war and science alike, and asks us to reimagine what patriotism really looks like.”

This marks Synchronicity’s fifth NNPN Rolling World Premiere, and continues our commitment to producing bold new work that centers women’s voices and challenges audiences to think deeper.