Relativity

"God does not play dice with the universe."
"Only two things are infinite - the universe and human stupidity. Of the first, however, I am not so sure."
"We cannot lose hope in humanity when we know that Mozart was a human being."
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
"We need a fundamentally new way of thinking if humanity is to survive."
- Albert Einstein

The play is built on a fictional meeting between Albert Einstein and his adult daughter Lieserl. Einstein did indeed have a daughter in 1902 - before his marriage to his first wife Mileva - but she mysteriously disappeared in 1904. He never mentioned her, and it remains unclear whether she died or was given up for adoption. This chapter of his life only came to light in 1987 when private correspondence was discovered.

The author works with the speculation that Lieserl survived and, as an adult journalist, seeks out her father - primarily to understand why he abandoned her. The story thus pits morality against genius and asks whether a "great" person necessarily means a "good" person. All the while, Einstein relativizes everything in his own way.