Isabella Stewart Gardner: The Art of a Heist

Isabella Stewart Gardner: The Art of a Heist

ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER: THE ART OF A HEIST is a three act play about the founder of The Gardner Museum, Isabella Stewart Gardner and the robbery in 1990 of half a billion dollars of art from the museum. In 2010 Electra Starr, an amateur sleuth, unsuccessfully attempts to solve the crime but discovers fascinating facts about the missteps of law enforcement that enabled the thieves. Isabella’s thoughts and dreams are brought to life revealing who she was, what she wanted, and how she created one of America’s greatest art museums.