Kayla Witoshynsky is the engine that propels ‘Ada’

Kayla Witoshynsky is the engine that propels ‘Ada’

In Ada and the Engine, Ada Byron Lovelace is a brilliant mathematician living in 19th century England, a time and place that promises little for women except marriage, subjugation and babies. She was a real person, the daughter of flamboyant poet Lord Byron, and like so many of playwright Lauren (Silent Sky, I Am You) Gunderson’s based-on-fact heroines, Ada’s struggles to be taken seriously are almost overwhelming. Until they aren’t. The Powerst…