The Ambient Medium, A Play About Nikola Tesla, by Martha Keltz. This long oneact play with a cast of 5 depicts Teslas office and laboratory at the foot of Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, Colorado. The year is 1899 and Tesla and his assistant Czito are preparing for a potentially dangerous experiment with a goal towards utilizing what Tesla calls "the greatest visible power of the ambient medium." During the few hours of repose before the experiment, Tesla is visited by Joseph Dozier, a carpenter, and a young girl, Julie Stevens. When the great experiment fails, Tesla has a spiritual visitor....
