Spacewoman

Gesa Power House Theatre proudly presents Spacewoman on Wednesday, February 15, 2026, at 7PM. This program is supported, in part, by Friends of Gesa Power House Theatre, and a grant from the Washington State Arts Commission.

Astronaut Eileen Collins was the first woman to pilot and command an American spacecraft. Born on the other side of the tracks in upstate New York, she smashed many glass ceilings in the US Air Force and at NASA in her career, culminating in four increasingly dramatic and dangerous space shuttle missions. With an incredible set of archival materials, intimate interviews, and a moving score by Marcelo Zarvos, Hannah Berryman’s nail-biting film shares the emotional journey experienced by Eileen’s family, and explores what level of risk is acceptable in human endeavour.