Set in America during an era of endless innovation when men competed for patent rights, money, power and fame, Tesla lost at playing that game. Tesla’s Mistress exposes his charming charisma, obsessive genius, naive confidence, and fatal flaws seen through the eyes of the women who loved him. We experience his precocious childhood in Serbia, hard-won rise to fame in America, and tortured descent into near-obscurity while desperately trying to complete his life’s work. Unacknowledged by Tesla, an embittered fellow Serb inventor and Columbia University professor vows to write him out of history. Despite the devastating consequences, Tesla’s innovations still power our world today.

Scenes and songs range from hilarious to heart breaking, malicious to transcendent, humiliating to triumphant. 

“Entwining history and magic with vulnerability, Tesla’s Mistress works! – Maggie Burr, actress

“An artist or engineer who thinks beyond what’s normal in the world sees differently. Tesla’s Mistress is a result of such perception.” – Tim Kiernan

“The title! Did not strike me until the end. Gave me chills.” – T. Peterman   “Elevated and elevating.” – Ann Brummer