Ben Franklin and his want-to-be-inventor niece, Sarah, travel to France, where they use the Scientific Method to test a mystical man’s magical cure-all. Through fabulous storytelling and fast-paced comedy, kids will laugh as they engage their minds to solve the mystery, with plenty of stories about Ben Franklin’s scientific discoveries and electrifying inventions along the way.

Adapted for the stage by Suzanne Maynard Miller

Based on the book Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery that Baffled All of France by Mara Rockcliff

Originally commissioned and produced by Chicago Children’s Theatre

Produced by special arrangement with Plays for New Audiences