LA Theatre Works

The Relativity Series Bonus Episode: Interview with Playwright Alexis Zegerman Aug 22, 2024

Hear our interview with Alexis Zegerman, author of The Fever Syndrome.

This interview is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

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The Relativity Series: The Fever Syndrome (Part 6) Aug 22, 2024

Professor Richard Meyers, now in his 70s and suffering from advanced Parkinson’s disease, is about to receive a lifetime achievement award for his work in the development of in-vitro fertilization. That calls for a family reunion, and given this high-functioning, dysfunctional family, there’s bound to be trouble ahead. As they gather, old resentments erupt as they fight over Richard’s legacy while facing another family member’s serious illness.

This play is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Directed by Sarah Drew

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Starring, in alphabetical order:

Hugo Armstrong as Professor Richard Myers

Seamus Dever as Thomas Myers

Sarah Drew as the voice of Karen

Patrick Heusinger as Anthony Myers

Kelly McCreary as Dot Myers-Cooper

Monica McSwain as Lily Cooper and Young Dot

Matthew Floyd Miller as Nate Cooper

Desean K. Terry as Phillip Tennyson

And Joanne Whalley as Megan Myers.

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson

Prepared for audio by Mark Holden.

Recorded, designed, and mixed by Charles Carroll, and edited by Neil Wogensen for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood.

Piano music and musical characters adapted and performed by Rusty Tinder, recorded by Charles Carroll, and Directed by Mark Holden.

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Stacey Martinez

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The Relativity Series: The Fever Syndrome (Part 5) Aug 22, 2024

Professor Richard Meyers, now in his 70s and suffering from advanced Parkinson’s disease, is about to receive a lifetime achievement award for his work in the development of in-vitro fertilization. That calls for a family reunion, and given this high-functioning, dysfunctional family, there’s bound to be trouble ahead. As they gather, old resentments erupt as they fight over Richard’s legacy while facing another family member’s serious illness.

This play is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Directed by Sarah Drew

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Starring, in alphabetical order:

Hugo Armstrong as Professor Richard Myers

Seamus Dever as Thomas Myers

Sarah Drew as the voice of Karen

Patrick Heusinger as Anthony Myers

Kelly McCreary as Dot Myers-Cooper

Monica McSwain as Lily Cooper and Young Dot

Matthew Floyd Miller as Nate Cooper

Desean K. Terry as Phillip Tennyson

And Joanne Whalley as Megan Myers.

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson

Prepared for audio by Mark Holden.

Recorded, designed, and mixed by Charles Carroll, and edited by Neil Wogensen for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood.

Piano music and musical characters adapted and performed by Rusty Tinder, recorded by Charles Carroll, and Directed by Mark Holden.

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Stacey Martinez

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Relativity Series: The Fever Syndrome (Part 4) Aug 22, 2024

Professor Richard Meyers, now in his 70s and suffering from advanced Parkinson’s disease, is about to receive a lifetime achievement award for his work in the development of in-vitro fertilization. That calls for a family reunion, and given this high-functioning, dysfunctional family, there’s bound to be trouble ahead. As they gather, old resentments erupt as they fight over Richard’s legacy while facing another family member’s serious illness.

This play is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Directed by Sarah Drew

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Starring, in alphabetical order:

Hugo Armstrong as Professor Richard Myers

Seamus Dever as Thomas Myers

Sarah Drew as the voice of Karen

Patrick Heusinger as Anthony Myers

Kelly McCreary as Dot Myers-Cooper

Monica McSwain as Lily Cooper and Young Dot

Matthew Floyd Miller as Nate Cooper

Desean K. Terry as Phillip Tennyson

And Joanne Whalley as Megan Myers.

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson

Prepared for audio by Mark Holden.

Recorded, designed, and mixed by Charles Carroll, and edited by Neil Wogensen for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood.

Piano music and musical characters adapted and performed by Rusty Tinder, recorded by Charles Carroll, and Directed by Mark Holden.

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Stacey Martinez

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Relativity Series: The Fever Syndrome (Part 3) Aug 22, 2024

Professor Richard Meyers, now in his 70s and suffering from advanced Parkinson’s disease, is about to receive a lifetime achievement award for his work in the development of in-vitro fertilization. That calls for a family reunion, and given this high-functioning, dysfunctional family, there’s bound to be trouble ahead. As they gather, old resentments erupt as they fight over Richard’s legacy while facing another family member’s serious illness.

This play is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Directed by Sarah Drew

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Starring, in alphabetical order:

Hugo Armstrong as Professor Richard Myers

Seamus Dever as Thomas Myers

Sarah Drew as the voice of Karen

Patrick Heusinger as Anthony Myers

Kelly McCreary as Dot Myers-Cooper

Monica McSwain as Lily Cooper and Young Dot

Matthew Floyd Miller as Nate Cooper

Desean K. Terry as Phillip Tennyson

And Joanne Whalley as Megan Myers

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson

Prepared for audio by Mark Holden.

Recorded, designed, and mixed by Charles Carroll, and edited by Neil Wogensen for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood.

Piano music and musical characters adapted and performed by Rusty Tinder, recorded by Charles Carroll, and Directed by Mark Holden.

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Stacey Martinez

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Relativity Series: The Fever Syndrome (Part 2) Aug 22, 2024

Professor Richard Meyers, now in his 70s and suffering from advanced Parkinson’s disease, is about to receive a lifetime achievement award for his work in the development of in-vitro fertilization. That calls for a family reunion, and given this high-functioning, dysfunctional family, there’s bound to be trouble ahead. As they gather, old resentments erupt as they fight over Richard’s legacy while facing another family member’s serious illness.

This play is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Directed by Sarah Drew

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Starring, in alphabetical order:

Hugo Armstrong as Professor Richard Myers

Seamus Dever as Thomas Myers

Sarah Drew as the voice of Karen

Patrick Heusinger as Anthony Myers

Kelly McCreary as Dot Myers-Cooper

Monica McSwain as Lily Cooper and Young Dot

Matthew Floyd Miller as Nate Cooper

Desean K. Terry as Phillip Tennyson

And Joanne Whalley as Megan Myers.

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson

Prepared for audio by Mark Holden.

Recorded, designed, and mixed by Charles Carroll, and edited by Neil Wogensen for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood.

Piano music and musical characters adapted and performed by Rusty Tinder, recorded by Charles Carroll, and Directed by Mark Holden.

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Stacey Martinez

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Relativity Series: The Fever Syndrome (Part 1) Aug 22, 2024

Professor Richard Meyers, now in his 70s and suffering from advanced Parkinson’s disease, is about to receive a lifetime achievement award for his work in the development of in-vitro fertilization. That calls for a family reunion, and given this high-functioning, dysfunctional family, there’s bound to be trouble ahead. As they gather, old resentments erupt as they fight over Richard’s legacy while facing another family member’s serious illness.

This play is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Directed by Sarah Drew

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Starring, in alphabetical order:

Hugo Armstrong as Professor Richard Myers

Seamus Dever as Thomas Myers

Sarah Drew as the voice of Karen

Patrick Heusinger as Anthony Myers

Kelly McCreary as Dot Myers-Cooper

Monica McSwain as Lily Cooper and Young Dot

Matthew Floyd Miller as Nate Cooper

Desean K. Terry as Phillip Tennyson

And Joanne Whalley as Megan Myers.

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson

Prepared for audio by Mark Holden.

Recorded, designed, and mixed by Charles Carroll, and edited by Neil Wogensen for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood.

Piano music and musical characters adapted and performed by Rusty Tinder, recorded by Charles Carroll, and Directed by Mark Holden.

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Stacey Martinez

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Innocent When You Dream Bonus: Interview with Ken Narasaki Apr 30, 2024

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Hear our conversation with playwright Ken Narasaki.

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Innocent When You Dream (Part 3) Apr 30, 2024

This play is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

80-something Dan Yamada has been rendered speechless after a stroke, and as he lies in bed, he vivdly recalls his life, from his days in the World War 2-era internment camps, to serving in the US Army, to his one true love. At his bedside in the present, his adult children fight over his care and legacy, all while Dan tries to communicate his poignant final wish. Includes an interview with playwright Ken Narasaki.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in January 2024.

Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson

Kurt Kanazawa as Frank Fujiyama

John Miyasaki as Young Dan Yamada

Suzy Nakamura as Joy Yamada-Hanke

Ken Narasaki as Dr. Park

Rosie Narasaki as Young Grace Hamamoto

Sharon Omi as Adult Grace Hamamoto

Sab Shimono as Dan Yamada

Greg Watanabe as Merv Yamada

Prepared for Audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Recording Engineer and Editor: Neil Wogensen

Sound Designer and Mixing Engineer: Charles Carroll for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

“Blue Skies” performed by Kurt Kanazawa

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Innocent When You Dream (Part 2) Apr 30, 2024

This play is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

80-something Dan Yamada has been rendered speechless after a stroke, and as he lies in bed, he vivdly recalls his life, from his days in the World War 2-era internment camps, to serving in the US Army, to his one true love. At his bedside in the present, his adult children fight over his care and legacy, all while Dan tries to communicate his poignant final wish. Includes an interview with playwright Ken Narasaki.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in January 2024.

Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson

Kurt Kanazawa as Frank Fujiyama

John Miyasaki as Young Dan Yamada

Suzy Nakamura as Joy Yamada-Hanke

Ken Narasaki as Dr. Park

Rosie Narasaki as Young Grace Hamamoto

Sharon Omi as Adult Grace Hamamoto

Sab Shimono as Dan Yamada

Greg Watanabe as Merv Yamada

Prepared for Audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Recording Engineer and Editor: Neil Wogensen

Sound Designer and Mixing Engineer: Charles Carroll for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

“Blue Skies” performed by Kurt Kanazawa

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Innocent When You Dream (Part 1) Apr 30, 2024

This play is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

80-something Dan Yamada has been rendered speechless after a stroke, and as he lies in bed, he vivdly recalls his life, from his days in the World War 2-era internment camps, to serving in the US Army, to his one true love. At his bedside in the present, his adult children fight over his care and legacy, all while Dan tries to communicate his poignant final wish. Includes an interview with playwright Ken Narasaki.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in January 2024.

Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson

Kurt Kanazawa as Frank Fujiyama

John Miyasaki as Young Dan Yamada

Suzy Nakamura as Joy Yamada-Hanke

Ken Narasaki as Dr. Park

Rosie Narasaki as Young Grace Hamamoto

Sharon Omi as Adult Grace Hamamoto

Sab Shimono as Dan Yamada

Greg Watanabe as Merv Yamada

Prepared for Audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Recording Engineer and Editor: Neil Wogensen

Sound Designer and Mixing Engineer: Charles Carroll for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

“Blue Skies” performed by Kurt Kanazawa

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A Good Day at Auschwitz (Part 2) Apr 19, 2024

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

The extraordinary true story of Abe, a man the playwright met at his synagogue. Abe was a fellow of great humor and heart who not only survived three years at Auschwitz—certainly the worst place on earth—but fell in love there. Abe’s life speaks to the resilience of the human spirit, renewal and hope, even when there seems to be none.

Includes an interview with playwright Stephen Tobolowsky and LATW Producing Director Susan Loewenberg.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in March 2021.

A Good Day at Auschwitz is sponsored in part by Elizabeth & Louis Altman, Debbie & Gregg Oppenheimer, Marilyn & Barry Hinden, and The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation.

Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Alan Mandell as Abe

Stephen Tobolowsky as Himself

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson

Prepared for Audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Recording Engineer: Neil Wogensen

Sound Design by: Mark Holden and Charles Carroll

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

Editors: Neil Wogensen and Charles Carroll

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A Good Day at Auschwitz (Part 1) Apr 19, 2024

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

The extraordinary true story of Abe, a man the playwright met at his synagogue. Abe was a fellow of great humor and heart who not only survived three years at Auschwitz—certainly the worst place on earth—but fell in love there. Abe’s life speaks to the resilience of the human spirit, renewal and hope, even when there seems to be none.

Includes an interview with playwright Stephen Tobolowsky and LATW Producing Director Susan Loewenberg.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in March 2021.

A Good Day at Auschwitz is sponsored in part by Elizabeth & Louis Altman, Debbie & Gregg Oppenheimer, Marilyn & Barry Hinden, and The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation.

Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Alan Mandell as Abe

Stephen Tobolowsky as Himself

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson

Prepared for Audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Recording Engineer: Neil Wogensen

Sound Design by: Mark Holden and Charles Carroll

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

Editors: Neil Wogensen and Charles Carroll

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Disgraced Bonus Interview Apr 09, 2024

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Because of the controversial nature of Disgraced’s portrayal of Islamic Americans, L.A. Theatre Works held panel discussions following performances in Los Angeles in April 2018. We heard a remarkable range of opinions about the play from our distinguished guests.

Shafiqa Amadi is an Associate Professor of Clinical Education at the Rossier School of Education, and Co-Director of the Center for Education, Identity and Social Justice at USC.

Sue Obeidi is the Director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council’s Hollywood Bureau. She works with studio executives, producers, directors, and writers to create authentic, accurate and humanizing portrayals of Islam and of Muslims in film, television, and on digital platforms.

Rabbi Sarah Bassin is an Associate Rabbi at Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills. Prior to joining Temple Emmanuel, Rabbi Bassin served as Executive Director of LA–based NewGround: A Muslim-Jewish Partnership for Change.

Dr. Mo Shouka is a member of the Abraham Society, whose broad mission is to foster relationships of trust, understanding and mutual interest among individuals residing in Southern California who are of Jewish, Muslim and Christian backgrounds.

Emel Tanis is also a member of the Abraham Society. Before moving to the US, she was a leading journalist in Turkey, and was awarded “Best Journalist of the Year” by the Turkish Journalists Association for her interview with Benazir Bhutto, the Prime Minister of Pakistan.

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Disgraced (Part 2) Apr 09, 2024

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Amir has left his Pakistani heritage behind in an attempt to make partner at his corporate law firm, but his wife Emily doesn’t share his negative feelings about Islam—she’s encouraged Amir to help with the case of a controversial imam. When they throw a dinner party for Amir’s colleague Jory and her husband Isaac, the hard truths revealed lead to the unraveling of their carefully constructed lives. Winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Recorded live at UCLA’s James Bridges Theater in April 2018.

Directed by Brian Kite

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Geoffrey Arend as Isaac

Behzad Dabu as Abe

Hari Dhillon as Amir

Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris as Jory

Emily Swallow as Emily

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Disgraced (Part 1) Apr 09, 2024

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Amir has left his Pakistani heritage behind in an attempt to make partner at his corporate law firm, but his wife Emily doesn’t share his negative feelings about Islam—she’s encouraged Amir to help with the case of a controversial imam. When they throw a dinner party for Amir’s colleague Jory and her husband Isaac, the hard truths revealed lead to the unraveling of their carefully constructed lives. Winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Recorded live at UCLA’s James Bridges Theater in April 2018.

Directed by Brian Kite

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Geoffrey Arend as Isaac

Behzad Dabu as Abe

Hari Dhillon as Amir

Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris as Jory

Emily Swallow as Emily

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The Grapes of Wrath (Part 4) Apr 05, 2024

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Set during the Great Depression, The Grapes of Wrath tells the powerful story of the Joad family’s trek from the dust bowl of Oklahoma to the promise of a new life in California. But what they find threatens to rip apart their lives, and sever the ties that bind them together.

Original music composed and performed by the Joel Rafael Band: Joel Rafael, Jamaica Rafael, and Carl Johnson.

Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in October of 2002.

Directed by Richard Masur

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Shirley Knight as Ma Joad

Jeffrey Donovan as Tom Joad

Emily Bergl as Rose of Sharon

Michael Buie as Connie/Others

Daniel Chacón as Al Joad

Maurice Chasse as Deputy Sheriff/Others

Shannon Cochran as Mrs. Wainwright/Elizabeth Sandry

Trista Delamere as 2nd Narrator/Al’s Girl

Francis Guinan as Jim Casy

Charlie Matthes as Willy/Gas Station Attendant/Hooper Ranch Guard

Rod McLachlan as Uncle John

Robert Pescovitz as Pa Joad

Joel Rafael as Car Salesman/Man with Guitar

Stephen Ramsey as 1st Narrator/Others

Nicholas Sadler as Agricultural Officer/Others

Andy Taylor as Gas Station Owner/Floyd Knowles/Camp Director/Others

Todd Waring as Hooper Ranch Bookkeeper/Others

Fredd Wayne as Grampa/Mayor of Hooverville/Camp Guard

Michael Weston as Noah Joad/Others

Kate Williamson as Gramma/Others

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The Grapes of Wrath (Part 3) Apr 05, 2024

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Set during the Great Depression, The Grapes of Wrath tells the powerful story of the Joad family’s trek from the dust bowl of Oklahoma to the promise of a new life in California. But what they find threatens to rip apart their lives, and sever the ties that bind them together.

Original music composed and performed by the Joel Rafael Band: Joel Rafael, Jamaica Rafael, and Carl Johnson.

Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in October of 2002.

Directed by Richard Masur

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Shirley Knight as Ma Joad

Jeffrey Donovan as Tom Joad

Emily Bergl as Rose of Sharon

Michael Buie as Connie/Others

Daniel Chacón as Al Joad

Maurice Chasse as Deputy Sheriff/Others

Shannon Cochran as Mrs. Wainwright/Elizabeth Sandry

Trista Delamere as 2nd Narrator/Al’s Girl

Francis Guinan as Jim Casy

Charlie Matthes as Willy/Gas Station Attendant/Hooper Ranch Guard

Rod McLachlan as Uncle John

Robert Pescovitz as Pa Joad

Joel Rafael as Car Salesman/Man with Guitar

Stephen Ramsey as 1st Narrator/Others

Nicholas Sadler as Agricultural Officer/Others

Andy Taylor as Gas Station Owner/Floyd Knowles/Camp Director/Others

Todd Waring as Hooper Ranch Bookkeeper/Others

Fredd Wayne as Grampa/Mayor of Hooverville/Camp Guard

Michael Weston as Noah Joad/Others

Kate Williamson as Gramma/Others

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The Grapes of Wrath (Part 2) Apr 05, 2024

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Set during the Great Depression, The Grapes of Wrath tells the powerful story of the Joad family’s trek from the dust bowl of Oklahoma to the promise of a new life in California. But what they find threatens to rip apart their lives, and sever the ties that bind them together.

Original music composed and performed by the Joel Rafael Band: Joel Rafael, Jamaica Rafael, and Carl Johnson.

Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in October of 2002.

Directed by Richard Masur

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Shirley Knight as Ma Joad

Jeffrey Donovan as Tom Joad

Emily Bergl as Rose of Sharon

Michael Buie as Connie/Others

Daniel Chacón as Al Joad

Maurice Chasse as Deputy Sheriff/Others

Shannon Cochran as Mrs. Wainwright/Elizabeth Sandry

Trista Delamere as 2nd Narrator/Al’s Girl

Francis Guinan as Jim Casy

Charlie Matthes as Willy/Gas Station Attendant/Hooper Ranch Guard

Rod McLachlan as Uncle John

Robert Pescovitz as Pa Joad

Joel Rafael as Car Salesman/Man with Guitar

Stephen Ramsey as 1st Narrator/Others

Nicholas Sadler as Agricultural Officer/Others

Andy Taylor as Gas Station Owner/Floyd Knowles/Camp Director/Others

Todd Waring as Hooper Ranch Bookkeeper/Others

Fredd Wayne as Grampa/Mayor of Hooverville/Camp Guard

Michael Weston as Noah Joad/Others

Kate Williamson as Gramma/Others

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The Grapes of Wrath (Part 1) Apr 05, 2024

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Set during the Great Depression, The Grapes of Wrath tells the powerful story of the Joad family’s trek from the dust bowl of Oklahoma to the promise of a new life in California. But what they find threatens to rip apart their lives, and sever the ties that bind them together.

Original music composed and performed by the Joel Rafael Band: Joel Rafael, Jamaica Rafael, and Carl Johnson.

Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in October of 2002.

Directed by Richard Masur

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Shirley Knight as Ma Joad

Jeffrey Donovan as Tom Joad

Emily Bergl as Rose of Sharon

Michael Buie as Connie/Others

Daniel Chacón as Al Joad

Maurice Chasse as Deputy Sheriff/Others

Shannon Cochran as Mrs. Wainwright/Elizabeth Sandry

Trista Delamere as 2nd Narrator/Al’s Girl

Francis Guinan as Jim Casy

Charlie Matthes as Willy/Gas Station Attendant/Hooper Ranch Guard

Rod McLachlan as Uncle John

Robert Pescovitz as Pa Joad

Joel Rafael as Car Salesman/Man with Guitar

Stephen Ramsey as 1st Narrator/Others

Nicholas Sadler as Agricultural Officer/Others

Andy Taylor as Gas Station Owner/Floyd Knowles/Camp Director/Others

Todd Waring as Hooper Ranch Bookkeeper/Others

Fredd Wayne as Grampa/Mayor of Hooverville/Camp Guard

Michael Weston as Noah Joad/Others

Kate Williamson as Gramma/Others

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Seven Bonus: Interview with Playwrights Paula Cizmar and Susan Yankowitz Apr 03, 2024

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Hear our conversation with playwrights Paula Cizmar and Susan Yankowitz.

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Seven Bonus: Interview with Activist Marina Pisklakova-Parker Apr 03, 2024

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Hear our interview with Russian activist Marina Pisklakova-Parker.

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Seven (Part 3) Apr 03, 2024

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Seven women give voice to the voiceless. Seven is a documentary play created with the support of Vital Voices Global Partnership and is a collaboration between the playwrights and seven female activists from around the globe, telling inspiring stories of overcoming adversity to effect real change and improve the lives of women.

Written by: Paula Cizmar, Catherine Filloux, Gail Kriegel, Carol K. Mack, Ruth Margraff, Anna Deavere Smith, and Susan Yankowitz.

Directed by Judyann Elder

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Shannon Holt as Marina Pisklakova-Parker

Jossara Jinaro as Laura Alonso

Alex Kingston as Inez McCormack

Emily Kuroda as Mu Sochua

Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris as Hafsat Abiola

Annet Mahendru as Farida Azizi

Sarah Shahi as Mukhtar Mai

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Seven (Part 2) Apr 03, 2024

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Seven women give voice to the voiceless. Seven is a documentary play created with the support of Vital Voices Global Partnership and is a collaboration between the playwrights and seven female activists from around the globe, telling inspiring stories of overcoming adversity to effect real change and improve the lives of women.

Written by: Paula Cizmar, Catherine Filloux, Gail Kriegel, Carol K. Mack, Ruth Margraff, Anna Deavere Smith, and Susan Yankowitz.

Directed by Judyann Elder

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Shannon Holt as Marina Pisklakova-Parker

Jossara Jinaro as Laura Alonso

Alex Kingston as Inez McCormack

Emily Kuroda as Mu Sochua

Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris as Hafsat Abiola

Annet Mahendru as Farida Azizi

Sarah Shahi as Mukhtar Mai

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Seven (Part 1) Apr 03, 2024

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Seven women give voice to the voiceless. Seven is a documentary play created with the support of Vital Voices Global Partnership and is a collaboration between the playwrights and seven female activists from around the globe, telling inspiring stories of overcoming adversity to effect real change and improve the lives of women.

Written by: Paula Cizmar, Catherine Filloux, Gail Kriegel, Carol K. Mack, Ruth Margraff, Anna Deavere Smith, and Susan Yankowitz.

Directed by Judyann Elder

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Shannon Holt as Marina Pisklakova-Parker

Jossara Jinaro as Laura Alonso

Alex Kingston as Inez McCormack

Emily Kuroda as Mu Sochua

Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris as Hafsat Abiola

Annet Mahendru as Farida Azizi

Sarah Shahi as Mukhtar Mai

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Chavez Ravine (Part 3) Mar 25, 2024

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

The controversial history of Chavez Ravine, the immigrant community that once existed on the site that is now Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, is explored with humor, brutal honesty, and pulse-racing music by the nation's premier Chicano/Latino theatre troupe, Culture Clash.

Recorded before a live audience at The Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles in June 2004.

Directed by Lisa Peterson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Richard Montoya as Frank Wilkinson/Others

Ric Salinas as Henry Ruiz/Others

Herbert Sigüenza as Manazar/Others

Zilah Mendoza as Maria/Others

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Chavez Ravine (Part 2) Mar 25, 2024

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

The controversial history of Chavez Ravine, the immigrant community that once existed on the site that is now Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, is explored with humor, brutal honesty, and pulse-racing music by the nation's premier Chicano/Latino theatre troupe, Culture Clash.

Recorded before a live audience at The Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles in June 2004.

Directed by Lisa Peterson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Richard Montoya as Frank Wilkinson/Others

Ric Salinas as Henry Ruiz/Others

Herbert Sigüenza as Manazar/Others

Zilah Mendoza as Maria/Others

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Chavez Ravine (Part 1) Mar 25, 2024

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

The controversial history of Chavez Ravine, the immigrant community that once existed on the site that is now Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, is explored with humor, brutal honesty, and pulse-racing music by the nation's premier Chicano/Latino theatre troupe, Culture Clash.

Recorded before a live audience at The Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles in June 2004.

Directed by Lisa Peterson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Richard Montoya as Frank Wilkinson/Others

Ric Salinas as Henry Ruiz/Others

Herbert Sigüenza as Manazar/Others

Zilah Mendoza as Maria/Others

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Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting Bonus: Al Downing Interview Mar 21, 2024

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Hear our conversation with former MLB pitcher Al Downing, talking about Jackie Robinson's impact on baseball.

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Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting (Part 4) Mar 21, 2024

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Playwright Ed Schmidt imagines a spring day in 1947, when Branch Rickey, the powerful general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, summons heavyweight champion Joe Louis, tap star Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson, and actor Paul Robeson to his hotel room in Manhattan. Rickey wants their support when he chooses Jackie Robinson to be Major League Baseball’s first black player. But a power struggle ensues when the group raises questions about Rickey’s motivations to integrate baseball.

Recorded before a live audience at the DoubleTree Suites, Santa Monica in May 1996.

Directed by Sheldon Epps

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Edward Asner as Branch Rickey

David Downing as Clancy Hope (Elder)

Tommy Hicks as Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson

Carl Lumbly as Paul Robeson

Sterling Macer as Jackie Robinson

Charlie Robinson as Joe Louis

Rugg Williams as Clancy Hope

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Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting (Part 3) Mar 21, 2024

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Playwright Ed Schmidt imagines a spring day in 1947, when Branch Rickey, the powerful general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, summons heavyweight champion Joe Louis, tap star Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson, and actor Paul Robeson to his hotel room in Manhattan. Rickey wants their support when he chooses Jackie Robinson to be Major League Baseball’s first black player. But a power struggle ensues when the group raises questions about Rickey’s motivations to integrate baseball.

Recorded before a live audience at the DoubleTree Suites, Santa Monica in May 1996.

Directed by Sheldon Epps

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Edward Asner as Branch Rickey

David Downing as Clancy Hope (Elder)

Tommy Hicks as Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson

Carl Lumbly as Paul Robeson

Sterling Macer as Jackie Robinson

Charlie Robinson as Joe Louis

Rugg Williams as Clancy Hope

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Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting (Part 2) Mar 21, 2024

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Playwright Ed Schmidt imagines a spring day in 1947, when Branch Rickey, the powerful general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, summons heavyweight champion Joe Louis, tap star Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson, and actor Paul Robeson to his hotel room in Manhattan. Rickey wants their support when he chooses Jackie Robinson to be Major League Baseball’s first black player. But a power struggle ensues when the group raises questions about Rickey’s motivations to integrate baseball.

Recorded before a live audience at the DoubleTree Suites, Santa Monica in May 1996.

Directed by Sheldon Epps

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Edward Asner as Branch Rickey

David Downing as Clancy Hope (Elder)

Tommy Hicks as Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson

Carl Lumbly as Paul Robeson

Sterling Macer as Jackie Robinson

Charlie Robinson as Joe Louis

Rugg Williams as Clancy Hope

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Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting (Part 1) Mar 21, 2024

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Playwright Ed Schmidt imagines a spring day in 1947, when Branch Rickey, the powerful general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, summons heavyweight champion Joe Louis, tap star Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson, and actor Paul Robeson to his hotel room in Manhattan. Rickey wants their support when he chooses Jackie Robinson to be Major League Baseball’s first black player. But a power struggle ensues when the group raises questions about Rickey’s motivations to integrate baseball.

Recorded before a live audience at the DoubleTree Suites, Santa Monica in May 1996.

Directed by Sheldon Epps

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Edward Asner as Branch Rickey

David Downing as Clancy Hope (Elder)

Tommy Hicks as Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson

Carl Lumbly as Paul Robeson

Sterling Macer as Jackie Robinson

Charlie Robinson as Joe Louis

Rugg Williams as Clancy Hope

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In the Name of Security - The Case of J. Robert Oppenheimer Mar 18, 2024

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

At the height of the Cold War, American democracy was challenged by the anti-Communist atmosphere of the McCarthy era. Peter Goodchild combines dramatic re-enactments based on original trial transcripts, archival material, and the commentaries of relatives and friends of the accused.

Directed by Martin Jenkins and John Theocaris

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Starring:

John de Lancie as Oppenheimer

William Frankfather as the Narrator

Richard Hoyt Miller as Gordon Gray

Alan Wilder as Roger Robb

Arthur Hanket as Lloyd Garrison

Tom Virtue as General Groves

Recorded at the KCRW Studios, Santa Monica in November 1997.

A co-production with the BBC.

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Boats on a River (Part 4) Mar 12, 2024

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

American expatriate Sidney Webb and Sister Margaret, his British colleague, work tirelessly to rehabilitate Cambodian children from the nightmare of prostitution. After a surprise raid on a brothel, an eager young U.S. lawyer places three liberated orphans under Sidney and the Sister's care. The girls begin the inspirational process of recovery under the loving watch of their new protectors.

Original music by Dengue Fever. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in April 2008.

Directed by Michael Dixon

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

William Mapother as Ted Thompson

Gregory Itzin as Sidney Webb

Jenny O'Hara as Sister Margaret

John Cabrera as Jonathon Black

Elizabeth Pan as Yen

Jane Le as Lida

Michelle Ongkingco as Kolab

Keo Woolford as Max

Emily Liu as Tam Webb

Samantha Abrigo as Cambodian Girl

Amy Sara Lim as Cambodian Girl

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Boats on a River (Part 3) Mar 12, 2024

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

American expatriate Sidney Webb and Sister Margaret, his British colleague, work tirelessly to rehabilitate Cambodian children from the nightmare of prostitution. After a surprise raid on a brothel, an eager young U.S. lawyer places three liberated orphans under Sidney and the Sister's care. The girls begin the inspirational process of recovery under the loving watch of their new protectors.

Original music by Dengue Fever. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in April 2008.

Directed by Michael Dixon

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

William Mapother as Ted Thompson

Gregory Itzin as Sidney Webb

Jenny O'Hara as Sister Margaret

John Cabrera as Jonathon Black

Elizabeth Pan as Yen

Jane Le as Lida

Michelle Ongkingco as Kolab

Keo Woolford as Max

Emily Liu as Tam Webb

Samantha Abrigo as Cambodian Girl

Amy Sara Lim as Cambodian Girl

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Boats on a River (Part 2) Mar 12, 2024

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

American expatriate Sidney Webb and Sister Margaret, his British colleague, work tirelessly to rehabilitate Cambodian children from the nightmare of prostitution. After a surprise raid on a brothel, an eager young U.S. lawyer places three liberated orphans under Sidney and the Sister's care. The girls begin the inspirational process of recovery under the loving watch of their new protectors.

Original music by Dengue Fever. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in April 2008.

Directed by Michael Dixon

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

William Mapother as Ted Thompson

Gregory Itzin as Sidney Webb

Jenny O'Hara as Sister Margaret

John Cabrera as Jonathon Black

Elizabeth Pan as Yen

Jane Le as Lida

Michelle Ongkingco as Kolab

Keo Woolford as Max

Emily Liu as Tam Webb

Samantha Abrigo as Cambodian Girl

Amy Sara Lim as Cambodian Girl

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Boats on a River (Part 1) Mar 12, 2024

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

American expatriate Sidney Webb and Sister Margaret, his British colleague, work tirelessly to rehabilitate Cambodian children from the nightmare of prostitution. After a surprise raid on a brothel, an eager young U.S. lawyer places three liberated orphans under Sidney and the Sister's care. The girls begin the inspirational process of recovery under the loving watch of their new protectors.

Original music by Dengue Fever. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in April 2008.

Directed by Michael Dixon

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

William Mapother as Ted Thompson

Gregory Itzin as Sidney Webb

Jenny O'Hara as Sister Margaret

John Cabrera as Jonathon Black

Elizabeth Pan as Yen

Jane Le as Lida

Michelle Ongkingco as Kolab

Keo Woolford as Max

Emily Liu as Tam Webb

Samantha Abrigo as Cambodian Girl

Amy Sara Lim as Cambodian Girl

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John Ball's In the Heat of the Night Bonus: Post-Show Discussion Feb 29, 2024

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Hear our post-show discussion with director Brian Kite, playwright Matt Pelfrey, and UCLA Professor of Directing and Theater History Michael Hackett

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John Ball's In the Heat of the Night Bonus: Journalist Todd Purdum Feb 29, 2024

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Hear our post-show discussion about the play with journalist Todd Purdum.

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John Ball's In the Heat of the Night (Part 4) Feb 27, 2024

This play is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Based on John Ball’s novel which inspired the Oscar-winning film and the Emmy-winning television series, "In the Heat of the Night" pits a visiting black detective from California against a small Alabama town simmering with anger over desegregation. A fitting reflection of America in the 1960s, this Off-Broadway hit is provocative, timely, and uncomfortably relevant. Adapted by Matt Pelfrey.

Original music composed by Mark Holden and Michael Lopez. Includes audience Q&A sessions with director Brian Kite and playwright Matt Pelfrey, as well as political journalist Todd Purdum. Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The James Bridges Theater, UCLA in October of 2014.

Directed by Brian Kite

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Ryan Vincent Anderson as Virgil Tibbs

Michael Hammond as Sam Wood

Kalen Harriman as Melanie Purdy/Noreen Tatum

Travis Johns as Pete/Man In Shadows/Klansman 1

James Morrison as Chief Gillespie

Darren Richardson as Charles Tatum/Endicott/Al Jennings

Tom Virtue as Harvey Oberst/Purdy/Klansman

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John Ball's In the Heat of the Night (Part 3) Feb 27, 2024

This play is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Based on John Ball’s novel which inspired the Oscar-winning film and the Emmy-winning television series, "In the Heat of the Night" pits a visiting black detective from California against a small Alabama town simmering with anger over desegregation. A fitting reflection of America in the 1960s, this Off-Broadway hit is provocative, timely, and uncomfortably relevant. Adapted by Matt Pelfrey.

Original music composed by Mark Holden and Michael Lopez. Includes audience Q&A sessions with director Brian Kite and playwright Matt Pelfrey, as well as political journalist Todd Purdum. Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The James Bridges Theater, UCLA in October of 2014.

Directed by Brian Kite

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Ryan Vincent Anderson as Virgil Tibbs

Michael Hammond as Sam Wood

Kalen Harriman as Melanie Purdy/Noreen Tatum

Travis Johns as Pete/Man In Shadows/Klansman 1

James Morrison as Chief Gillespie

Darren Richardson as Charles Tatum/Endicott/Al Jennings

Tom Virtue as Harvey Oberst/Purdy/Klansman

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John Ball's In the Heat of the Night (Part 2) Feb 27, 2024

This play is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Based on John Ball’s novel which inspired the Oscar-winning film and the Emmy-winning television series, "In the Heat of the Night" pits a visiting black detective from California against a small Alabama town simmering with anger over desegregation. A fitting reflection of America in the 1960s, this Off-Broadway hit is provocative, timely, and uncomfortably relevant. Adapted by Matt Pelfrey.

Original music composed by Mark Holden and Michael Lopez. Includes audience Q&A sessions with director Brian Kite and playwright Matt Pelfrey, as well as political journalist Todd Purdum. Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The James Bridges Theater, UCLA in October of 2014.

Directed by Brian Kite

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Ryan Vincent Anderson as Virgil Tibbs

Michael Hammond as Sam Wood

Kalen Harriman as Melanie Purdy/Noreen Tatum

Travis Johns as Pete/Man In Shadows/Klansman 1

James Morrison as Chief Gillespie

Darren Richardson as Charles Tatum/Endicott/Al Jennings

Tom Virtue as Harvey Oberst/Purdy/Klansman

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John Ball's In the Heat of the Night (Part 1) Feb 27, 2024

This play is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Based on John Ball’s novel which inspired the Oscar-winning film and the Emmy-winning television series, "In the Heat of the Night" pits a visiting black detective from California against a small Alabama town simmering with anger over desegregation. A fitting reflection of America in the 1960s, this Off-Broadway hit is provocative, timely, and uncomfortably relevant. Adapted by Matt Pelfrey.

Original music composed by Mark Holden and Michael Lopez. Includes audience Q&A sessions with director Brian Kite and playwright Matt Pelfrey, as well as political journalist Todd Purdum. Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The James Bridges Theater, UCLA in October of 2014.

Directed by Brian Kite

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Ryan Vincent Anderson as Virgil Tibbs

Michael Hammond as Sam Wood

Kalen Harriman as Melanie Purdy/Noreen Tatum

Travis Johns as Pete/Man In Shadows/Klansman 1

James Morrison as Chief Gillespie

Darren Richardson as Charles Tatum/Endicott/Al Jennings

Tom Virtue as Harvey Oberst/Purdy/Klansman

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A Lesson Before Dying (Part 4) Feb 25, 2024

A Lesson Before Dying is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Based on Ernest J. Gaines’ National Book Critics Circle Award-winning novel, Romulus Linney’s adaptation of A Lesson Before Dying is set in a small Louisiana Cajun community in the late 1940s. Jefferson, a young illiterate black man, is falsely convicted of murder and is sentenced to death. Grant Wiggins, the plantation schoolteacher, agrees to talk with the condemned man. The disheartened Wiggins had once harbored dreams of escaping from his impoverished youth, yet he returned to his home town after university, to teach children whose lives seemed as unpromising as Jefferson’s.

Recorded before a live audience at Voice of America, Washington D.C. in July of 2001.

Directed by Nick Olcott

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Rick Foucheux as Paul Bonin

Keith Glover as Grant Wiggins

Jamahl Marsh as Jefferson

Linda Powell as Vivian Baptiste

Jefferson A. Russell as Reverend Moses Ambrose

Jerry Whiddon as Sam Guidry

Beatrice Winde as Emma Glenn

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A Lesson Before Dying (Part 3) Feb 25, 2024

A Lesson Before Dying is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Based on Ernest J. Gaines’ National Book Critics Circle Award-winning novel, Romulus Linney’s adaptation of A Lesson Before Dying is set in a small Louisiana Cajun community in the late 1940s. Jefferson, a young illiterate black man, is falsely convicted of murder and is sentenced to death. Grant Wiggins, the plantation schoolteacher, agrees to talk with the condemned man. The disheartened Wiggins had once harbored dreams of escaping from his impoverished youth, yet he returned to his home town after university, to teach children whose lives seemed as unpromising as Jefferson’s.

Recorded before a live audience at Voice of America, Washington D.C. in July of 2001.

Directed by Nick Olcott

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Rick Foucheux as Paul Bonin

Keith Glover as Grant Wiggins

Jamahl Marsh as Jefferson

Linda Powell as Vivian Baptiste

Jefferson A. Russell as Reverend Moses Ambrose

Jerry Whiddon as Sam Guidry

Beatrice Winde as Emma Glenn

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A Lesson Before Dying (Part 2) Feb 25, 2024

A Lesson Before Dying is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Based on Ernest J. Gaines’ National Book Critics Circle Award-winning novel, Romulus Linney’s adaptation of A Lesson Before Dying is set in a small Louisiana Cajun community in the late 1940s. Jefferson, a young illiterate black man, is falsely convicted of murder and is sentenced to death. Grant Wiggins, the plantation schoolteacher, agrees to talk with the condemned man. The disheartened Wiggins had once harbored dreams of escaping from his impoverished youth, yet he returned to his home town after university, to teach children whose lives seemed as unpromising as Jefferson’s.

Recorded before a live audience at Voice of America, Washington D.C. in July of 2001.

Directed by Nick Olcott

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Rick Foucheux as Paul Bonin

Keith Glover as Grant Wiggins

Jamahl Marsh as Jefferson

Linda Powell as Vivian Baptiste

Jefferson A. Russell as Reverend Moses Ambrose

Jerry Whiddon as Sam Guidry

Beatrice Winde as Emma Glenn

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A Lesson Before Dying (Part 1) Feb 25, 2024

A Lesson Before Dying is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Based on Ernest J. Gaines’ National Book Critics Circle Award-winning novel, Romulus Linney’s adaptation of A Lesson Before Dying is set in a small Louisiana Cajun community in the late 1940s. Jefferson, a young illiterate black man, is falsely convicted of murder and is sentenced to death. Grant Wiggins, the plantation schoolteacher, agrees to talk with the condemned man. The disheartened Wiggins had once harbored dreams of escaping from his impoverished youth, yet he returned to his home town after university, to teach children whose lives seemed as unpromising as Jefferson’s.

Recorded before a live audience at Voice of America, Washington D.C. in July of 2001.

Directed by Nick Olcott

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Rick Foucheux as Paul Bonin

Keith Glover as Grant Wiggins

Jamahl Marsh as Jefferson

Linda Powell as Vivian Baptiste

Jefferson A. Russell as Reverend Moses Ambrose

Jerry Whiddon as Sam Guidry

Beatrice Winde as Emma Glenn

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"Master Harold"...and the Boys Bonus: Rebecca Ginsburg on South Africa in the 1950's Feb 24, 2024

Author Rebecca Ginsburg talks about life in South Africa in the time of the play.

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"Master Harold"...and the Boys Bonus: Playwright Athol Fugard Feb 24, 2024

Hear our conversation with the acclaimed author of "Master Harold"...and the Boys, Athol Fugard.

Sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

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"Master Harold"...and the Boys (Part 4) Feb 24, 2024

"Master Harold"...and the Boys is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Academy-Award winner Athol Fugard, one of theatre’s most acclaimed playwrights, finds humor and heartbreak in the friendship of Harold, a 17-year old white boy in 1950’s South Africa, and the two middle aged black servants who raised him. Racism unexpectedly shatters Harold’s childhood and friendships in this absorbing and affecting coming of age play. The play, initially banned from production in South Africa, is a Drama Desk Award winner for Outstanding New Play.

Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in May of 2004.

Directed by Stuart K. Robinson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Leon Addison Brown as Willie

Keith David as Sam

Bobby Steggert as Hally

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"Master Harold"...and the Boys (Part 3) Feb 24, 2024

"Master Harold"...and the Boys is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Academy-Award winner Athol Fugard, one of theatre’s most acclaimed playwrights, finds humor and heartbreak in the friendship of Harold, a 17-year old white boy in 1950’s South Africa, and the two middle aged black servants who raised him. Racism unexpectedly shatters Harold’s childhood and friendships in this absorbing and affecting coming of age play. The play, initially banned from production in South Africa, is a Drama Desk Award winner for Outstanding New Play.

Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in May of 2004.

Directed by Stuart K. Robinson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Leon Addison Brown as Willie

Keith David as Sam

Bobby Steggert as Hally

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"Master Harold"...and the Boys (Part 2) Feb 24, 2024

"Master Harold"...and the Boys is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Academy-Award winner Athol Fugard, one of theatre’s most acclaimed playwrights, finds humor and heartbreak in the friendship of Harold, a 17-year old white boy in 1950’s South Africa, and the two middle aged black servants who raised him. Racism unexpectedly shatters Harold’s childhood and friendships in this absorbing and affecting coming of age play. The play, initially banned from production in South Africa, is a Drama Desk Award winner for Outstanding New Play.

Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in May of 2004.

Directed by Stuart K. Robinson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Leon Addison Brown as Willie

Keith David as Sam

Bobby Steggert as Hally

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"Master Harold"...and the Boys (Part 1) Feb 24, 2024

"Master Harold"...and the Boys is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Academy-Award winner Athol Fugard, one of theatre’s most acclaimed playwrights, finds humor and heartbreak in the friendship of Harold, a 17-year old white boy in 1950’s South Africa, and the two middle aged black servants who raised him. Racism unexpectedly shatters Harold’s childhood and friendships in this absorbing and affecting coming of age play. The play, initially banned from production in South Africa, is a Drama Desk Award winner for Outstanding New Play.

Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in May of 2004.

Directed by Stuart K. Robinson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Leon Addison Brown as Willie

Keith David as Sam

Bobby Steggert as Hally

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The Relativity Series Bonus: Jessica Dickey Interview for Nan and the Lower Body Feb 02, 2024

Nan and the Lower Body is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Hear our interview with playwright Jessica Dickey and LATW Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg.

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The Relativity Series: Nan and the Lower Body (Part 3) Feb 02, 2024

This play is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Nan takes a prestigious research position working for Dr. George Papanicolaou, the inventor of the Pap smear. The doctor worries Nan's new husband might distract from their important work, but Nan has a secret that could upend everyone's plans for her.

Includes an interview with playwright Jessica Dickey.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in November 2023.

Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

An L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:

Shannon Cochran as Mache Papanicolaou

Josh Dallas as Ted Day

Ginnifer Goodwin as Nan Day

Richard Schiff as Dr. George Papanicoloaou

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson

Prepared for Audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Recorded, edited, designed, and mixed by Charles Carroll for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

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The Relativity Series: Nan and the Lower Body (Part 2) Feb 02, 2024

This play is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Nan takes a prestigious research position working for Dr. George Papanicolaou, the inventor of the Pap smear. The doctor worries Nan's new husband might distract from their important work, but Nan has a secret that could upend everyone's plans for her.

Includes an interview with playwright Jessica Dickey.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in November 2023.

Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

An L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:

Shannon Cochran as Mache Papanicolaou

Josh Dallas as Ted Day

Ginnifer Goodwin as Nan Day

Richard Schiff as Dr. George Papanicoloaou

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson

Prepared for Audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Recorded, edited, designed, and mixed by Charles Carroll for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

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The Relativity Series: Nan and the Lower Body (Part 1) Feb 02, 2024

This play is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Nan takes a prestigious research position working for Dr. George Papanicolaou, the inventor of the Pap smear. The doctor worries Nan's new husband might distract from their important work, but Nan has a secret that could upend everyone's plans for her.

Includes an interview with playwright Jessica Dickey.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in November 2023.

Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

An L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:

Shannon Cochran as Mache Papanicolaou

Josh Dallas as Ted Day

Ginnifer Goodwin as Nan Day

Richard Schiff as Dr. George Papanicoloaou

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson

Prepared for Audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Recorded, edited, designed, and mixed by Charles Carroll for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

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Incident at Vichy Jan 24, 2024

This play is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

In Vichy, France, in 1942, nine men are detained under a shadowy pretext. As the tension builds, the men are questioned – are they the sort of people whom the new Nazi regime considers "inferior?"

Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in February 2002.

Directed by Richard Masur

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

An L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:

Ben Diskin as A Boy

Arye Gross as Bayard, An Electrician

Jamie Hanes as Rom/Police Captain

Andrew Hawkes as A Major

Gregory Itzin as Monceau, An Actor

Robert Lesser as Police Guard/Marchand, A Businessman/Ferrand, A Café Proprietor

Jon Matthews as Lebeau, A Painter

Lawrence Pressman as Von Berg, A Prince

Raphael Sbarge as Leduc, A Doctor

Armin Shimerman as First Detective/Professor Hoffman

Shahar Sorek as A Waiter/Second Detective

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The Mountaintop Jan 15, 2024

This play is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

On April 4th, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated outside of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. What happened inside room 306 on the evening of April 3rd is the subject of Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop. Hours after King’s final speech, punctuated by his immortal line, “I’ve been to the mountaintop,” the celebrated Reverend forms an unlikely friendship with a motel maid as they talk into the early hours of what will be his final day.

Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The James Bridges Theater, UCLA in May 2016.

Directed by Roger Guenveur Smith

Aja Naomi King as Camae

Larry Powell as Dr. Martin Luther King

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Kindertransport Bonus Feature: Interview with Hilda Fogelson Dec 31, 2023

Hear our interview with Kindertransport survivor Hilda Fogelson, recorded in 2013.

Sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

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Kindertransport (Part 4) Dec 31, 2023

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Diane Samuels’ play about families, secrets and survival takes us to the days of the impending Holocaust. As conditions deteriorated in Germany in the 1930s, many tried in vain to escape. But thanks to a British humanitarian effort, about 10,000 Jewish children from Germany and neighboring countries were relocated to live with families in the United Kingdom, while their parents stayed behind. This passage to freedom became known as Kindertransport.

Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The James Bridges Theater, UCLA in June 2013.

Directed by Jeanie Hackett

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Jane Kaczmarek as Helga

Hugo Armstrong as Ratcatcher/Others

Shannon Lee Clair as Eva

Angela Paton as Lil

Molly C. Quinn as Faith

Susan Sullivan as Evelyn

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Kindertransport (Part 3) Dec 31, 2023

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Diane Samuels’ play about families, secrets and survival takes us to the days of the impending Holocaust. As conditions deteriorated in Germany in the 1930s, many tried in vain to escape. But thanks to a British humanitarian effort, about 10,000 Jewish children from Germany and neighboring countries were relocated to live with families in the United Kingdom, while their parents stayed behind. This passage to freedom became known as Kindertransport.

Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The James Bridges Theater, UCLA in June 2013.

Directed by Jeanie Hackett

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Jane Kaczmarek as Helga

Hugo Armstrong as Ratcatcher/Others

Shannon Lee Clair as Eva

Angela Paton as Lil

Molly C. Quinn as Faith

Susan Sullivan as Evelyn

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Kindertransport (Part 2) Dec 31, 2023

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Diane Samuels’ play about families, secrets and survival takes us to the days of the impending Holocaust. As conditions deteriorated in Germany in the 1930s, many tried in vain to escape. But thanks to a British humanitarian effort, about 10,000 Jewish children from Germany and neighboring countries were relocated to live with families in the United Kingdom, while their parents stayed behind. This passage to freedom became known as Kindertransport.

Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The James Bridges Theater, UCLA in June 2013.

Directed by Jeanie Hackett

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Jane Kaczmarek as Helga

Hugo Armstrong as Ratcatcher/Others

Shannon Lee Clair as Eva

Angela Paton as Lil

Molly C. Quinn as Faith

Susan Sullivan as Evelyn

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Kindertransport (Part 1) Dec 31, 2023

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Diane Samuels’ play about families, secrets and survival takes us to the days of the impending Holocaust. As conditions deteriorated in Germany in the 1930s, many tried in vain to escape. But thanks to a British humanitarian effort, about 10,000 Jewish children from Germany and neighboring countries were relocated to live with families in the United Kingdom, while their parents stayed behind. This passage to freedom became known as Kindertransport.

Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The James Bridges Theater, UCLA in June 2013.

Directed by Jeanie Hackett

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Jane Kaczmarek as Helga

Hugo Armstrong as Ratcatcher/Others

Shannon Lee Clair as Eva

Angela Paton as Lil

Molly C. Quinn as Faith

Susan Sullivan as Evelyn

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Native Guard (Part 3) Dec 06, 2023

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Based on Natasha Trethewey’s collection of poems, The Alliance Theatre’s production of Native Guard is both an elegy to her mother and a journey into Mississippi’s Civil War history. Trethewey’s work was the winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. This recording was produced with the generous support of The Poetry Foundation.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in July 2018.

Directed by Rosalind Ayres

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Neal A. Ghant as The Native Guard

January LaVoy as The Poet

Nicole Banks Long as Vocalist

Tyrone Jackson as Keyboard/Composer/Music Director

Associate Artistic Director: Anna Lyse Erikson

Associate Producer, Studio Production Coordinator, and Mixing Engineer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Production Assistant: Amanda Allen

Recording Engineer: Erick Cifuentes

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Native Guard (Part 2) Dec 06, 2023

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Based on Natasha Trethewey’s collection of poems, The Alliance Theatre’s production of Native Guard is both an elegy to her mother and a journey into Mississippi’s Civil War history. Trethewey’s work was the winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. This recording was produced with the generous support of The Poetry Foundation.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in July 2018.

Directed by Rosalind Ayres

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Neal A. Ghant as The Native Guard

January LaVoy as The Poet

Nicole Banks Long as Vocalist

Tyrone Jackson as Keyboard/Composer/Music Director

Associate Artistic Director: Anna Lyse Erikson

Associate Producer, Studio Production Coordinator, and Mixing Engineer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Production Assistant: Amanda Allen

Recording Engineer: Erick Cifuentes

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Native Guard (Part 1) Dec 06, 2023

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Based on Natasha Trethewey’s collection of poems, The Alliance Theatre’s production of Native Guard is both an elegy to her mother and a journey into Mississippi’s Civil War history. Trethewey’s work was the winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. This recording was produced with the generous support of The Poetry Foundation.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in July 2018.

Directed by Rosalind Ayres

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Neal A. Ghant as The Native Guard

January LaVoy as The Poet

Nicole Banks Long as Vocalist

Tyrone Jackson as Keyboard/Composer/Music Director

Associate Artistic Director: Anna Lyse Erikson

Associate Producer, Studio Production Coordinator, and Mixing Engineer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Production Assistant: Amanda Allen

Recording Engineer: Erick Cifuentes

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Judgment at Nuremberg Bonus Feature: Interview with Judge Bruce Einhorn Nov 23, 2023

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Hear our conversation with Judge Bruce Einhorn, who served at the Justice Department supervising litigation against Nazi war criminals. Recorded at the UCLA James Bridges Theater in September 2015 after a performance of the play.

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Judgment at Nuremberg (Part 4) Nov 23, 2023

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Abby Mann’s classic story about the Nuremberg trials, under which German leaders were found guilty of crimes against humanity in 1945 and 1946. Even today, the play remains a shattering indictment of the consequences of unchecked authority and the seductive power of group thought.

Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The UCLA James Bridges Theater in September 2015.

Honorary Executive Producer: David Kavner. Special thanks to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios.

Directed by Shannon Cochran

Ryan Vincent Anderson as Captain Byers/Narrator/Others

Michael Canavan as Dr. Wickert/Dr. Geuter

Jake Green as Judge Norris/Hoffstetter/Rudolph Peterson

Harry Hamlin as Emil Hahn/General Merrin

Shannon Holt as Mrs. Halbestadt/Elsa Lindow

Alan Mandell as Judge Ives/Werner Lammpe

James Morrison as Judge Dan Haywood

David Selby as Colonel Parker

Kate Steele as Margarete Bertholt/Maria

Nick Toren as Oscar Rolfe

John Vickery as Ernst Janning

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Judgment at Nuremberg (Part 3) Nov 23, 2023

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Abby Mann’s classic story about the Nuremberg trials, under which German leaders were found guilty of crimes against humanity in 1945 and 1946. Even today, the play remains a shattering indictment of the consequences of unchecked authority and the seductive power of group thought.

Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The UCLA James Bridges Theater in September 2015.

Honorary Executive Producer: David Kavner. Special thanks to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios.

Directed by Shannon Cochran

Ryan Vincent Anderson as Captain Byers/Narrator/Others

Michael Canavan as Dr. Wickert/Dr. Geuter

Jake Green as Judge Norris/Hoffstetter/Rudolph Peterson

Harry Hamlin as Emil Hahn/General Merrin

Shannon Holt as Mrs. Halbestadt/Elsa Lindow

Alan Mandell as Judge Ives/Werner Lammpe

James Morrison as Judge Dan Haywood

David Selby as Colonel Parker

Kate Steele as Margarete Bertholt/Maria

Nick Toren as Oscar Rolfe

John Vickery as Ernst Janning

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Judgment at Nuremberg (Part 2) Nov 23, 2023

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Abby Mann’s classic story about the Nuremberg trials, under which German leaders were found guilty of crimes against humanity in 1945 and 1946. Even today, the play remains a shattering indictment of the consequences of unchecked authority and the seductive power of group thought.

Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The UCLA James Bridges Theater in September 2015.

Honorary Executive Producer: David Kavner. Special thanks to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios.

Directed by Shannon Cochran

Ryan Vincent Anderson as Captain Byers/Narrator/Others

Michael Canavan as Dr. Wickert/Dr. Geuter

Jake Green as Judge Norris/Hoffstetter/Rudolph Peterson

Harry Hamlin as Emil Hahn/General Merrin

Shannon Holt as Mrs. Halbestadt/Elsa Lindow

Alan Mandell as Judge Ives/Werner Lammpe

James Morrison as Judge Dan Haywood

David Selby as Colonel Parker

Kate Steele as Margarete Bertholt/Maria

Nick Toren as Oscar Rolfe

John Vickery as Ernst Janning

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Judgment at Nuremberg (Part 1) Nov 23, 2023

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Abby Mann’s classic story about the Nuremberg trials, under which German leaders were found guilty of crimes against humanity in 1945 and 1946. Even today, the play remains a shattering indictment of the consequences of unchecked authority and the seductive power of group thought.

Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The UCLA James Bridges Theater in September 2015.

Honorary Executive Producer: David Kavner. Special thanks to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios.

Directed by Shannon Cochran

Ryan Vincent Anderson as Captain Byers/Narrator/Others

Michael Canavan as Dr. Wickert/Dr. Geuter

Jake Green as Judge Norris/Hoffstetter/Rudolph Peterson

Harry Hamlin as Emil Hahn/General Merrin

Shannon Holt as Mrs. Halbestadt/Elsa Lindow

Alan Mandell as Judge Ives/Werner Lammpe

James Morrison as Judge Dan Haywood

David Selby as Colonel Parker

Kate Steele as Margarete Bertholt/Maria

Nick Toren as Oscar Rolfe

John Vickery as Ernst Janning

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Zoot Suit Bonus Feature: Interview with Alma Martinez Oct 19, 2023

Listen to our interview with actor and educator Alma Martinez, an original Zoot Suit cast member.

Sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

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Zoot Suit (Part 5) Oct 19, 2023

Playwright Luis Valdez masterfully uses the Sleepy Lagoon murder case to examine the Chicano Zoot Suit Culture of the 40’s. Passionate and provocative, Zoot Suit pulses with the beat of big band music and traditional Latin songs. Music Direction by Daniel Valdez. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in July of 2001.

This play is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Directed by Luis Valdez

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Marco Rodriguez as El Pachuco

Kinan Valdez as Henry Reyna

Daniel Valdez as Enrique Reyna

Alma Martinez as Dolores Reyna

Primavera Flor-Valdez as Lupe Reyna

Lakin Valdez as Rudy Reyna/Sergeant Smith/Bailiff/Bosun’s Mate

Gregory Itzin as George Shearer

Xochiquetzal Candelaria as Alice Bloomfield

Estrella Esparza as Della Barrios

Ruben C. Gonzalez as Smiley Torres/Rafas/Swabie

Raul Cardona as Joey Castro/Marine

Daniel Chacón as Tommy Roberts/Cub Reporter/Sailor

Katrina Valdez as Bertha Villareal/Newsboy

Seth Millwood as Lt. Edwards/Guard/Shore Patrol

Spencer Garrett as The Press

Al Ruscio as Judge F.W. Charles

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Zoot Suit (Part 4) Oct 19, 2023

Playwright Luis Valdez masterfully uses the Sleepy Lagoon murder case to examine the Chicano Zoot Suit Culture of the 40’s. Passionate and provocative, Zoot Suit pulses with the beat of big band music and traditional Latin songs. Music Direction by Daniel Valdez. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in July of 2001.

This play is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Directed by Luis Valdez

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Marco Rodriguez as El Pachuco

Kinan Valdez as Henry Reyna

Daniel Valdez as Enrique Reyna

Alma Martinez as Dolores Reyna

Primavera Flor-Valdez as Lupe Reyna

Lakin Valdez as Rudy Reyna/Sergeant Smith/Bailiff/Bosun’s Mate

Gregory Itzin as George Shearer

Xochiquetzal Candelaria as Alice Bloomfield

Estrella Esparza as Della Barrios

Ruben C. Gonzalez as Smiley Torres/Rafas/Swabie

Raul Cardona as Joey Castro/Marine

Daniel Chacón as Tommy Roberts/Cub Reporter/Sailor

Katrina Valdez as Bertha Villareal/Newsboy

Seth Millwood as Lt. Edwards/Guard/Shore Patrol

Spencer Garrett as The Press

Al Ruscio as Judge F.W. Charles

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Zoot Suit (Part 3) Oct 19, 2023

Playwright Luis Valdez masterfully uses the Sleepy Lagoon murder case to examine the Chicano Zoot Suit Culture of the 40’s. Passionate and provocative, Zoot Suit pulses with the beat of big band music and traditional Latin songs. Music Direction by Daniel Valdez. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in July of 2001.

This play is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Directed by Luis Valdez

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Marco Rodriguez as El Pachuco

Kinan Valdez as Henry Reyna

Daniel Valdez as Enrique Reyna

Alma Martinez as Dolores Reyna

Primavera Flor-Valdez as Lupe Reyna

Lakin Valdez as Rudy Reyna/Sergeant Smith/Bailiff/Bosun’s Mate

Gregory Itzin as George Shearer

Xochiquetzal Candelaria as Alice Bloomfield

Estrella Esparza as Della Barrios

Ruben C. Gonzalez as Smiley Torres/Rafas/Swabie

Raul Cardona as Joey Castro/Marine

Daniel Chacón as Tommy Roberts/Cub Reporter/Sailor

Katrina Valdez as Bertha Villareal/Newsboy

Seth Millwood as Lt. Edwards/Guard/Shore Patrol

Spencer Garrett as The Press

Al Ruscio as Judge F.W. Charles

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Zoot Suit (Part 2) Oct 19, 2023

Playwright Luis Valdez masterfully uses the Sleepy Lagoon murder case to examine the Chicano Zoot Suit Culture of the 40’s. Passionate and provocative, Zoot Suit pulses with the beat of big band music and traditional Latin songs. Music Direction by Daniel Valdez. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in July of 2001.

This play is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Directed by Luis Valdez

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Marco Rodriguez as El Pachuco

Kinan Valdez as Henry Reyna

Daniel Valdez as Enrique Reyna

Alma Martinez as Dolores Reyna

Primavera Flor-Valdez as Lupe Reyna

Lakin Valdez as Rudy Reyna/Sergeant Smith/Bailiff/Bosun’s Mate

Gregory Itzin as George Shearer

Xochiquetzal Candelaria as Alice Bloomfield

Estrella Esparza as Della Barrios

Ruben C. Gonzalez as Smiley Torres/Rafas/Swabie

Raul Cardona as Joey Castro/Marine

Daniel Chacón as Tommy Roberts/Cub Reporter/Sailor

Katrina Valdez as Bertha Villareal/Newsboy

Seth Millwood as Lt. Edwards/Guard/Shore Patrol

Spencer Garrett as The Press

Al Ruscio as Judge F.W. Charles

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Zoot Suit (Part 1) Oct 19, 2023

Playwright Luis Valdez masterfully uses the Sleepy Lagoon murder case to examine the Chicano Zoot Suit Culture of the 40’s. Passionate and provocative, Zoot Suit pulses with the beat of big band music and traditional Latin songs. Music Direction by Daniel Valdez. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in July of 2001.

This play is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Directed by Luis Valdez

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Marco Rodriguez as El Pachuco

Kinan Valdez as Henry Reyna

Daniel Valdez as Enrique Reyna

Alma Martinez as Dolores Reyna

Primavera Flor-Valdez as Lupe Reyna

Lakin Valdez as Rudy Reyna/Sergeant Smith/Bailiff/Bosun’s Mate

Gregory Itzin as George Shearer

Xochiquetzal Candelaria as Alice Bloomfield

Estrella Esparza as Della Barrios

Ruben C. Gonzalez as Smiley Torres/Rafas/Swabie

Raul Cardona as Joey Castro/Marine

Daniel Chacón as Tommy Roberts/Cub Reporter/Sailor

Katrina Valdez as Bertha Villareal/Newsboy

Seth Millwood as Lt. Edwards/Guard/Shore Patrol

Spencer Garrett as The Press

Al Ruscio as Judge F.W. Charles

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Bordertown (Part 4) Oct 10, 2023

Culture Clash brashly explores the San Diego-Tijuana region through satire and humor. Bordertown is based upon interviews the trio conducted with more than 100 people from both sides of the border and from every walk of life.

This play is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Directed by Stuart K. Robinson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Written and performed by Culture Clash:

Richard Montoya as Roger Hedgecock/Others

Ric Salinas as Veteran/Others

Herbert Sigüenza as Marshall Applewhite/Others

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Bordertown (Part 3) Oct 10, 2023

Culture Clash brashly explores the San Diego-Tijuana region through satire and humor. Bordertown is based upon interviews the trio conducted with more than 100 people from both sides of the border and from every walk of life.

This play is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Directed by Stuart K. Robinson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Written and performed by Culture Clash:

Richard Montoya as Roger Hedgecock/Others

Ric Salinas as Veteran/Others

Herbert Sigüenza as Marshall Applewhite/Others

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Bordertown (Part 2) Oct 10, 2023

Culture Clash brashly explores the San Diego-Tijuana region through satire and humor. Bordertown is based upon interviews the trio conducted with more than 100 people from both sides of the border and from every walk of life.

This play is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Directed by Stuart K. Robinson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Written and performed by Culture Clash:

Richard Montoya as Roger Hedgecock/Others

Ric Salinas as Veteran/Others

Herbert Sigüenza as Marshall Applewhite/Others

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Bordertown (Part 1) Oct 10, 2023

Culture Clash brashly explores the San Diego-Tijuana region through satire and humor. Bordertown is based upon interviews the trio conducted with more than 100 people from both sides of the border and from every walk of life.

This play is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Directed by Stuart K. Robinson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Written and performed by Culture Clash:

Richard Montoya as Roger Hedgecock/Others

Ric Salinas as Veteran/Others

Herbert Sigüenza as Marshall Applewhite/Others

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The Relativity Series Bonus: Philo T. Farsnworth Feature for The Ruby Sunrise Aug 22, 2023

Hear our piece about Philo T. Farnsworth, one of the early unsung inventors of television, with historian Karen Herman and documentarian Phil Savaneck.

This piece is part of L.A. Theatre Works' Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

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The Relativity Series Bonus: Playwright Charly Evon Simpson Interview for Behind the Sheet Aug 22, 2023

Hear our interview with Charly Evon Simpson, Behind the Sheet's playwright.

This piece is part of L.A. Theatre Works' Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

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The Relativity Series Bonus: Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens Interview for Behind the Sheet Aug 22, 2023

Hear our conversation with Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens, author of Medical Bondage: Race, Gender and the Origins of American Gynecology.

This piece is part of L.A. Theatre Works' Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

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The Relativity Series Bonus: Brian Greene Interview for Moving Bodies Jul 25, 2023

Hear our conversation about Richard Feynman with Brian Greene, a professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University, recorded in 2009.

This piece is part of L.A. Theatre Works' Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

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The Relativity Series Bonus: Dan Rockmore Interview for Completeness Jul 25, 2023

Listen to our interview with Dan Rockmore, the Chair of the Department of Mathematics and a Professor of Computer Science at Dartmouth College. He spoke with us about issues raised in the play, in particular the "Traveling Salesman Problem." Recorded in 2012.

This piece is part of L.A. Theatre Works' Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

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The Relativity Series Bonus: Ira Nadel Interview for Arcadia Jul 11, 2023

Hear our conversation with Ira Nadel, author of "Tom Stoppard: A Life" recorded in 2009.

This piece is part of L.A. Theatre Works' Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

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The Relativity Series Bonus: Dr. Steven Strogatz Interview for Arcadia Jul 11, 2023

Hear our interview with Steven Strogatz, a professor at the Cornell University School of Theoretical and Applied Mathematics, helping us to understand chaos theory and how it figures in "Arcadia."

This piece is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

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The Relativity Series Bonus: Dr. Neil Wenger Interview for The Doctor's Dilemma Jul 11, 2023

Hear our interview with Dr. Neil Wenger, the Director of the Healthcare Ethics Center at UCLA. He spoke with us about the fundamentals of good health care and the physician's responsibility to his patients.

This piece is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

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The Relativity Series Bonus: Dr. Stanley Nelson Interview for Relativity Jun 20, 2023

A conversation with Dr. Stanley Nelson about the scientific ideas in Relativity. Dr. Nelson is Professor and Vice Chair of Human Genetics and Professor of Psychiatry within the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

This conversation is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Leadfunding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

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The Relativity Series: Relativity (Part 4) Jun 20, 2023

At the center of Cassandra Medley’s play is the controversial idea that higher concentrations of melanin in the genetic makeup of people of color make them mentally, physically, and spiritually superior. Based on the scientific studies of her now-deceased father, Kalima, a fledgling molecular scientist looking to come into her own, has a difficult time owning his flawed research.

Original music composed and performed by Stuart K. Robinson. Recorded at Voice Box Studios, Los Angeles in January 2008.

Relativity is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Directed by Stuart K. Robinson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Judyann Elder as Claire

Deidrie Henry as Kalima

James Pickens Jr. as Malik

Jason Ritter as Dan

Terrell Tilford as Leon

Lorraine Toussaint as Iris

Recording Engineer, Sound Designer, Mixer and Editor: Mark Holden

Stage Manager: Tracy Pattin

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The Relativity Series: Relativity (Part 3) Jun 20, 2023

At the center of Cassandra Medley’s play is the controversial idea that higher concentrations of melanin in the genetic makeup of people of color make them mentally, physically, and spiritually superior. Based on the scientific studies of her now-deceased father, Kalima, a fledgling molecular scientist looking to come into her own, has a difficult time owning his flawed research.

Original music composed and performed by Stuart K. Robinson. Recorded at Voice Box Studios, Los Angeles in January 2008.

Relativity is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Directed by Stuart K. Robinson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Judyann Elder as Claire

Deidrie Henry as Kalima

James Pickens Jr. as Malik

Jason Ritter as Dan

Terrell Tilford as Leon

Lorraine Toussaint as Iris

Recording Engineer, Sound Designer, Mixer and Editor: Mark Holden

Stage Manager: Tracy Pattin

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The Relativity Series: Relativity (Part 2) Jun 20, 2023

At the center of Cassandra Medley’s play is the controversial idea that higher concentrations of melanin in the genetic makeup of people of color make them mentally, physically, and spiritually superior. Based on the scientific studies of her now-deceased father, Kalima, a fledgling molecular scientist looking to come into her own, has a difficult time owning his flawed research.

Original music composed and performed by Stuart K. Robinson. Recorded at Voice Box Studios, Los Angeles in January 2008.

Relativity is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Directed by Stuart K. Robinson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Judyann Elder as Claire

Deidrie Henry as Kalima

James Pickens Jr. as Malik

Jason Ritter as Dan

Terrell Tilford as Leon

Lorraine Toussaint as Iris

Recording Engineer, Sound Designer, Mixer and Editor: Mark Holden

Stage Manager: Tracy Pattin

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The Relativity Series: Relativity (Part 1) Jun 20, 2023

At the center of Cassandra Medley’s play is the controversial idea that higher concentrations of melanin in the genetic makeup of people of color make them mentally, physically, and spiritually superior. Based on the scientific studies of her now-deceased father, Kalima, a fledgling molecular scientist looking to come into her own, has a difficult time owning his flawed research.

Original music composed and performed by Stuart K. Robinson. Recorded at Voice Box Studios, Los Angeles in January 2008.

Relativity is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Directed by Stuart K. Robinson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Judyann Elder as Claire

Deidrie Henry as Kalima

James Pickens Jr. as Malik

Jason Ritter as Dan

Terrell Tilford as Leon

Lorraine Toussaint as Iris

Recording Engineer, Sound Designer, Mixer and Editor: Mark Holden

Stage Manager: Tracy Pattin

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A Conversation with Hold These Truths Playwright Jeanne Sakata May 24, 2023

We spoke with playwright and actor Jeanne Sakata about "Hold These Truths."

Sponsored in part by the California Civil Liberties Program from the California State Library.

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Hold These Truths (Part 2) May 24, 2023

During WWII in Seattle, University of Washington student Gordon Hirabayashi fights the US government's orders to forcibly remove and incarcerate all people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast. As he struggles to reconcile his country's betrayal with his passionate belief in the US Constitution, Gordon begins a 50-year journey toward a greater understanding of America's triumphs - and a confrontation with its failures.

"Hold These Truths" is sponsored in part by the California Civil Liberties Program from the California State Library.

Directed by Jessica Kubzansky

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Ryun Yu as Gordon Hirabayashi

Matthew Floyd Miller as Additional voices

Suzy Nakamura as Additional voices

Matt Walker as Additional voices

Greg Watanabe as Additional voices

Associate Artistic Director: Anna Lyse Erikson

Sound Designer and Mixing Engineer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

Recording Engineer and Editor: Erick Cifuentes

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Hold These Truths (Part 1) May 24, 2023

During WWII in Seattle, University of Washington student Gordon Hirabayashi fights the US government's orders to forcibly remove and incarcerate all people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast. As he struggles to reconcile his country's betrayal with his passionate belief in the US Constitution, Gordon begins a 50-year journey toward a greater understanding of America's triumphs - and a confrontation with its failures.

"Hold These Truths" is sponsored in part by the California Civil Liberties Program from the California State Library.

Directed by Jessica Kubzansky

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Ryun Yu as Gordon Hirabayashi

Matthew Floyd Miller as Additional voices

Suzy Nakamura as Additional voices

Matt Walker as Additional voices

Greg Watanabe as Additional voices

Associate Artistic Director: Anna Lyse Erikson

Sound Designer and Mixing Engineer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

Recording Engineer and Editor: Erick Cifuentes

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No-No Boy (Part 2) May 17, 2023

No-No Boy is sponsored in part by the California Civil Liberties Program from the California State Library.

Ken Narasaki's adaptation of the novel by Japanese-American author John Okada is set during the aftermath of the U.S. government's incarceration of 120,000 people of Japanese descent during World War II, and the resettlement of Japanese Americans to the West Coast. In the play, Ichiro returns to Seattle, where he struggles to transition into post-war life.

Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Kurt Kanazawa as Taro

Emily Kuroda as Mrs. Kanno, Mrs. Kumasaka

John Miyasaki as Freddie, Voice 3, Radio DJ

Ken Narasaki as Kenji, Kumasaka-san, Voice 1, Judge

Sharon Omi as Ma

Joy Osmanski as Emi, 2A

Sab Shimono as Pa

Greg Watanabe as Ichiro

Paul Yen as Eto, Jun, Cop, Voice 2, Drunk Guy

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson

Prepared for Audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Sound Design by: Mark Holden and Neil Wogensen

Recording Engineers: Charles Carroll and Neil Wogensen

Mixed by: Charles Carroll and Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

Editor: Neil Wogensen

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No-No Boy (Part 1) May 17, 2023

No-No Boy is sponsored in part by the California Civil Liberties Program from the California State Library.

Ken Narasaki's adaptation of the novel by Japanese-American author John Okada is set during the aftermath of the U.S. government's incarceration of 120,000 people of Japanese descent during World War II, and the resettlement of Japanese Americans to the West Coast. In the play, Ichiro returns to Seattle, where he struggles to transition into post-war life.

Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Kurt Kanazawa as Taro

Emily Kuroda as Mrs. Kanno, Mrs. Kumasaka

John Miyasaki as Freddie, Voice 3, Radio DJ

Ken Narasaki as Kenji, Kumasaka-san, Voice 1, Judge

Sharon Omi as Ma

Joy Osmanski as Emi, 2A

Sab Shimono as Pa

Greg Watanabe as Ichiro

Paul Yen as Eto, Jun, Cop, Voice 2, Drunk Guy

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson

Prepared for Audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Sound Design by: Mark Holden and Neil Wogensen

Recording Engineers: Charles Carroll and Neil Wogensen

Mixed by: Charles Carroll and Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

Editor: Neil Wogensen

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For Us All Bonus Interview May 11, 2023

In For Us All, a team of legal experts used a creative strategy to overturn the conviction of Fred Korematsu, unjustly sentenced for resisting the WWII mass incarceration of all Japanese Americans on the West Coast.

Now, meet the real-life attorneys from that landmark case: Lori Bannai, Peter Irons, Dale Minami and Don Tamaki, in conversation with playwright Jeanne Sakata.

For Us All is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

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For Us All (Part 2) May 11, 2023

A team of lawyers uses a little-known legal writ to fight and overturn the conviction of Fred Korematsu, unjustly sentenced for resisting the WWII mass incarceration of all Japanese Americans on the West Coast.

For Us All is sponsored in part by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

The play draws much inspiration from Enduring Conviction: Fred Korematsu and his Quest for Justice by Lorraine K. Bannai (University of Washington Press 2015) and Justice Delayed by Peter Irons (Wesleyan University Press 1989).

Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Edward Asner as John J. McCloy

Brooke Ishibashi as Karen Korematsu, Clerk

Tess Lina as Judge Marilyn Hall Patel, Times Analyst, Clerk

Mike McShane as Lt. General John L. DeWitt, CBS News Anchor, ABC News Anchor, NBC Reporter

Derek Mio as Dale Minami

Joy Osmanski as Lorraine (Lori) Bannai, Maya

Jeanne Sakata as Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga

André Sogliuzzo as Edward Ennis, Victor Stone, NY Times Reporter

Josh Stamberg as Peter Irons

Greg Watanabe as Fred Korematsu, Eric Yamamoto

Paul Yen as Don Tamaki

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson

Prepared for audio by Mark Holden and mixed by Charles Carroll for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Recording Engineer, Sound Designer, Editor: Neil Wogensen

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

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For Us All (Part 1) May 11, 2023

A team of lawyers uses a little-known legal writ to fight and overturn the conviction of Fred Korematsu, unjustly sentenced for resisting the WWII mass incarceration of all Japanese Americans on the West Coast.

For Us All is sponsored in part by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

The play draws much inspiration from Enduring Conviction: Fred Korematsu and his Quest for Justice by Lorraine K. Bannai (University of Washington Press 2015) and Justice Delayed by Peter Irons (Wesleyan University Press 1989).

Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Edward Asner as John J. McCloy

Brooke Ishibashi as Karen Korematsu, Clerk

Tess Lina as Judge Marilyn Hall Patel, Times Analyst, Clerk

Mike McShane as Lt. General John L. DeWitt, CBS News Anchor, ABC News Anchor, NBC Reporter

Derek Mio as Dale Minami

Joy Osmanski as Lorraine (Lori) Bannai, Maya

Jeanne Sakata as Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga

André Sogliuzzo as Edward Ennis, Victor Stone, NY Times Reporter

Josh Stamberg as Peter Irons

Greg Watanabe as Fred Korematsu, Eric Yamamoto

Paul Yen as Don Tamaki

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson

Prepared for audio by Mark Holden and mixed by Charles Carroll for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Recording Engineer, Sound Designer, Editor: Neil Wogensen

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

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The Relativity Series: Continuity (Part 4) Mar 30, 2023

A sheet of ice sits in the desert of New Mexico. A mad eco-terrorist plants a bomb in order to save humankind. A beleaguered film crew tries to get in one last shot before losing the light. Storytelling and science collide with hilarious and devastating consequences.

"Continuity" is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in December 2022.

Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

An L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:

Johnny Berchtold as Jake/George

Seamus Dever as David Caxton

Sarah Drew as Eve/Nicole

Mark Holden as Sound Guy

Desirée Mee Jung as First AD

Kurt Kanazawa as The PA

Stacey Martinez as Second PA

Bukola Ogunmola as Dr. Anna Gerber/Lily

Devon Sorvari as Second AD/Camera Op

Stephen Tobolowsky as Larry

Liza Weil as Maria

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson

Audio Concept Design by Mark Holden

Recording Engineer and Editor: Neil Wogensen

Sound Design: Mark Holden, David Wilson and Charles Carroll

Mixing Engineer: Charles Carroll

Prepared for Audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

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The Relativity Series: Continuity (Part 3) Mar 30, 2023

A sheet of ice sits in the desert of New Mexico. A mad eco-terrorist plants a bomb in order to save humankind. A beleaguered film crew tries to get in one last shot before losing the light. Storytelling and science collide with hilarious and devastating consequences.

"Continuity" is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in December 2022.

Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

An L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:

Johnny Berchtold as Jake/George

Seamus Dever as David Caxton

Sarah Drew as Eve/Nicole

Mark Holden as Sound Guy

Desirée Mee Jung as First AD

Kurt Kanazawa as The PA

Stacey Martinez as Second PA

Bukola Ogunmola as Dr. Anna Gerber/Lily

Devon Sorvari as Second AD/Camera Op

Stephen Tobolowsky as Larry

Liza Weil as Maria

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson

Audio Concept Design by Mark Holden

Recording Engineer and Editor: Neil Wogensen

Sound Design: Mark Holden, David Wilson and Charles Carroll

Mixing Engineer: Charles Carroll

Prepared for Audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

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The Relativity Series: Continuity (Part 2) Mar 30, 2023

A sheet of ice sits in the desert of New Mexico. A mad eco-terrorist plants a bomb in order to save humankind. A beleaguered film crew tries to get in one last shot before losing the light. Storytelling and science collide with hilarious and devastating consequences.

"Continuity" is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in December 2022.

Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

An L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:

Johnny Berchtold as Jake/George

Seamus Dever as David Caxton

Sarah Drew as Eve/Nicole

Mark Holden as Sound Guy

Desirée Mee Jung as First AD

Kurt Kanazawa as The PA

Stacey Martinez as Second PA

Bukola Ogunmola as Dr. Anna Gerber/Lily

Devon Sorvari as Second AD/Camera Op

Stephen Tobolowsky as Larry

Liza Weil as Maria

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson

Audio Concept Design by Mark Holden

Recording Engineer and Editor: Neil Wogensen

Sound Design: Mark Holden, David Wilson and Charles Carroll

Mixing Engineer: Charles Carroll

Prepared for Audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

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The Relativity Series: Continuity (Part 1) Mar 30, 2023

A sheet of ice sits in the desert of New Mexico. A mad eco-terrorist plants a bomb in order to save humankind. A beleaguered film crew tries to get in one last shot before losing the light. Storytelling and science collide with hilarious and devastating consequences.

"Continuity" is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in December 2022.

Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

An L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:

Johnny Berchtold as Jake/George

Seamus Dever as David Caxton

Sarah Drew as Eve/Nicole

Mark Holden as Sound Guy

Desirée Mee Jung as First AD

Kurt Kanazawa as The PA

Stacey Martinez as Second PA

Bukola Ogunmola as Dr. Anna Gerber/Lily

Devon Sorvari as Second AD/Camera Op

Stephen Tobolowsky as Larry

Liza Weil as Maria

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson

Audio Concept Design by Mark Holden

Recording Engineer and Editor: Neil Wogensen

Sound Design: Mark Holden, David Wilson and Charles Carroll

Mixing Engineer: Charles Carroll

Prepared for Audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

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The Relativity Series Bonus: Dr. Daniela Schiller Interview for What You Are Now Mar 24, 2023

Sam Chanse's play "What You Are Now" asks if there's a way to alter our traumatic memories. To help us gain insight into this idea, we spoke with Dr. Daniela Schiller, a Professor of Neuroscience and Psychiatry at the Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. As director of the school’s laboratory of affective neuroscience, her research concerns the discovery of the neural mechanisms underlying emotional control and flexibility.

"What You Are Now" is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

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The Relativity Series: What You Are Now (Part 4) Mar 24, 2023

Pia is a neuroscientist whose research focuses on changing the way we process traumatic experiences. Will Pia’s emotionally distant mother - who survived the Khmer Rouge in 1970’s Cambodia – benefit from her daughter’s work? Or are some things just too terrible to remember?

"What You Are Now" is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in November 2022

Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

An L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:

Carie Kawa as Pia

Tess Lina as Chantrea

Joe Ngo as Darany

Samantha Quan as Siobhan

Mark Jude Sullivan as Evan

Greg Watanabe as the Narrator

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson

Prepared for Audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Recording Engineer, Editor and Mixer: Charles Carroll

Sound Design: David Wilson and Charles Carroll

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

The original song “What You Are Now” is by Him Sophy, founder of the Him Sophy School of Music in Pnomh Penh.

Special thanks to Professor Craig Woodson and Dr. Terry Miller for their recording of “The Sorrowful King” from “Roots of Rhythm.net.”

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The Relativity Series: What You Are Now (Part 3) Mar 24, 2023

Pia is a neuroscientist whose research focuses on changing the way we process traumatic experiences. Will Pia’s emotionally distant mother - who survived the Khmer Rouge in 1970’s Cambodia – benefit from her daughter’s work? Or are some things just too terrible to remember?

"What You Are Now" is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in November 2022

Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

An L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:

Carie Kawa as Pia

Tess Lina as Chantrea

Joe Ngo as Darany

Samantha Quan as Siobhan

Mark Jude Sullivan as Evan

Greg Watanabe as the Narrator

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson

Prepared for Audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Recording Engineer, Editor and Mixer: Charles Carroll

Sound Design: David Wilson and Charles Carroll

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

The original song “What You Are Now” is by Him Sophy, founder of the Him Sophy School of Music in Pnomh Penh.

Special thanks to Professor Craig Woodson and Dr. Terry Miller for their recording of “The Sorrowful King” from “Roots of Rhythm.net.”

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The Relativity Series: What You Are Now (Part 2) Mar 24, 2023

Pia is a neuroscientist whose research focuses on changing the way we process traumatic experiences. Will Pia’s emotionally distant mother - who survived the Khmer Rouge in 1970’s Cambodia – benefit from her daughter’s work? Or are some things just too terrible to remember?

"What You Are Now" is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in November 2022

Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

An L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:

Carie Kawa as Pia

Tess Lina as Chantrea

Joe Ngo as Darany

Samantha Quan as Siobhan

Mark Jude Sullivan as Evan

Greg Watanabe as the Narrator

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson

Prepared for Audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Recording Engineer, Editor and Mixer: Charles Carroll

Sound Design: David Wilson and Charles Carroll

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

The original song “What You Are Now” is by Him Sophy, founder of the Him Sophy School of Music in Pnomh Penh.

Special thanks to Professor Craig Woodson and Dr. Terry Miller for their recording of “The Sorrowful King” from “Roots of Rhythm.net.”

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The Relativity Series: What You Are Now (Part 1) Mar 24, 2023

Pia is a neuroscientist whose research focuses on changing the way we process traumatic experiences. Will Pia’s emotionally distant mother - who survived the Khmer Rouge in 1970’s Cambodia – benefit from her daughter’s work? Or are some things just too terrible to remember?

"What You Are Now" is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in November 2022

Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

An L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:

Carie Kawa as Pia

Tess Lina as Chantrea

Joe Ngo as Darany

Samantha Quan as Siobhan

Mark Jude Sullivan as Evan

Greg Watanabe as the Narrator

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson

Prepared for Audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Recording Engineer, Editor and Mixer: Charles Carroll

Sound Design: David Wilson and Charles Carroll

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

The original song “What You Are Now” is by Him Sophy, founder of the Him Sophy School of Music in Pnomh Penh.

Special thanks to Professor Craig Woodson and Dr. Terry Miller for their recording of “The Sorrowful King” from “Roots of Rhythm.net.”

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Sisters Matsumoto Post-Play Discussion with George Takei Mar 02, 2023

Actor and activist George Takei joined us for a panel discussion after a performance of Sisters Matsumoto in 2018, along with playwright Philip Kan Gotanda and director Tim Dang.

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Sisters Matsumoto (Part 2) Mar 02, 2023

Stockton, California 1945. Three Japanese-American sisters return to their farm after years in an internment camp, but the once prosperous family finds it’s not easy to pick up the pieces of their former lives. As the details of their deceased father’s final arrangements emerge, the sisters must work together to keep their dreams alive.

Sponsored in part by the California Civil Liberties Program from the California State Library.

Directed by Tim Dang

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Keiko Agena as Rose Matsumoto

June Angela as Grace Matsumoto

Ron Bottitta as Mr. Hersham

Kurt Kanazawa as Henry

Suzy Nakamura as Chiz Matsumoto

Greg Watanabe as Bola

Ryun Yu as Hideo

Associate Artistic Director: Anna Lyse Erikson

Recording Engineer, Sound Designer and Mixer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

Production Manager: Nikki Hyde

Editor: Mitchell Lindskoog

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Sisters Matsumoto (Part 1) Mar 02, 2023

Stockton, California 1945. Three Japanese-American sisters return to their farm after years in an internment camp, but the once prosperous family finds it’s not easy to pick up the pieces of their former lives. As the details of their deceased father’s final arrangements emerge, the sisters must work together to keep their dreams alive.

Sponsored in part by the California Civil Liberties Program from the California State Library.

Directed by Tim Dang

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Keiko Agena as Rose Matsumoto

June Angela as Grace Matsumoto

Ron Bottitta as Mr. Hersham

Kurt Kanazawa as Henry

Suzy Nakamura as Chiz Matsumoto

Greg Watanabe as Bola

Ryun Yu as Hideo

Associate Artistic Director: Anna Lyse Erikson

Recording Engineer, Sound Designer and Mixer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

Production Manager: Nikki Hyde

Editor: Mitchell Lindskoog

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The Relativity Series: The Doctor's Dilemma (Part 2) Feb 10, 2023

The blowhards, the know-it-alls, the scrupulous and the impecunious are all targets for Shaw’s incisive wit in his classic satire of the medical profession. A well-respected physician is forced to choose whom he shall save: a bumbling friend or the ne’er-do-well husband of the woman he loves. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in December 1998.

The Doctor's Dilemma is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Adapted for Radio and Directed by: Rosalind Ayres

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Jane Carr as Emmy/Minnie Tinwell

Gregory Cooke as Redpenny/Newspaper Man

Kenneth Danziger as Dr. Blinkensop/Mr. Danby

Roy Dotrice as Sir Patrick Cullen

Martin Jarvis as Sir Colenso Ridgeon

Jennifer Dundas as Jennifer Dubedat

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The Relativity Series: The Doctor's Dilemma (Part 1) Feb 10, 2023

The blowhards, the know-it-alls, the scrupulous and the impecunious are all targets for Shaw’s incisive wit in his classic satire of the medical profession. A well-respected physician is forced to choose whom he shall save: a bumbling friend or the ne’er-do-well husband of the woman he loves. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in December 1998.

The Doctor's Dilemma is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Adapted for Radio and Directed by: Rosalind Ayres

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Jane Carr as Emmy/Minnie Tinwell

Gregory Cooke as Redpenny/Newspaper Man

Kenneth Danziger as Dr. Blinkensop/Mr. Danby

Roy Dotrice as Sir Patrick Cullen

Martin Jarvis as Sir Colenso Ridgeon

Jennifer Dundas as Jennifer Dubedat

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The Relativity Series: Doctor Cerberus (Part Two) Jan 10, 2023

From Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa comes the tale of Franklin Robertson, who's struggling to survive adolescence. The one bright spot in his life is the glow of the black-and-white TV in his parents’ basement where he worships at the altar of the Saturday Night Horror Movie, hosted by the eerie Dr. Cerberus.

Original music by Steven Cahill.

Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in July of 2010.

Doctor Cerberus is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Directed by Bart DeLorenzo

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Simon Helberg as Franklin Robertson

Jamison Jones as Doctor Cerberus

Steven Culp as Lawrence Robertson

Pamela J. Gray as Lydia Robertson

Jarrett Sleeper as Rodney Robertson

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The Relativity Series: Doctor Cerberus (Part One) Jan 10, 2023

From Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa comes the tale of Franklin Robertson, who's struggling to survive adolescence. The one bright spot in his life is the glow of the black-and-white TV in his parents’ basement where he worships at the altar of the Saturday Night Horror Movie, hosted by the eerie Dr. Cerberus.

Original music by Steven Cahill.

Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in July of 2010.

Doctor Cerberus is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Directed by Bart DeLorenzo

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Simon Helberg as Franklin Robertson

Jamison Jones as Doctor Cerberus

Steven Culp as Lawrence Robertson

Pamela J. Gray as Lydia Robertson

Jarrett Sleeper as Rodney Robertson

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The Relativity Series: The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial (Part 4) Nov 12, 2022

The Scopes Trial, over the right to teach evolution in public schools, reaffirmed the importance of intellectual freedom as codified in the Bill of Rights. The trial, in a small-town Tennessee courtroom in 1925, set the stage for ongoing debates over the separation of Church and State in a democratic society—debates that continue to this day. Peter Goodchild used transcripts from the trial to create this intense docudrama. Recorded in Cambridge, Massachusetts before a live audience at the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University in April of 2007.

The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Directed by Brendon Fox

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Edward Asner as William Jennings Bryan

Bill Brochtrup as Ensemble

Kyle Colerider-Krugh as Ensemble

Matthew Patrick Davis as John Thomas Scopes

John de Lancie as Clarence Darrow

James Gleason as H.L. Mencken

Harry Groener as Dudley Field Malone

Jerry Hardin as John Raulston

Geoffrey Lower as Attorney General Stewart

Marnie Mosiman as Narrator

Kenneth Alan Williams as Arthur Garfield Hays

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The Relativity Series: The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial (Part 3) Nov 12, 2022

The Scopes Trial, over the right to teach evolution in public schools, reaffirmed the importance of intellectual freedom as codified in the Bill of Rights. The trial, in a small-town Tennessee courtroom in 1925, set the stage for ongoing debates over the separation of Church and State in a democratic society—debates that continue to this day. Peter Goodchild used transcripts from the trial to create this intense docudrama. Recorded in Cambridge, Massachusetts before a live audience at the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University in April of 2007.

The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Directed by Brendon Fox

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Edward Asner as William Jennings Bryan

Bill Brochtrup as Ensemble

Kyle Colerider-Krugh as Ensemble

Matthew Patrick Davis as John Thomas Scopes

John de Lancie as Clarence Darrow

James Gleason as H.L. Mencken

Harry Groener as Dudley Field Malone

Jerry Hardin as John Raulston

Geoffrey Lower as Attorney General Stewart

Marnie Mosiman as Narrator

Kenneth Alan Williams as Arthur Garfield Hays

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The Relativity Series: The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial (Part 2) Nov 12, 2022

The Scopes Trial, over the right to teach evolution in public schools, reaffirmed the importance of intellectual freedom as codified in the Bill of Rights. The trial, in a small-town Tennessee courtroom in 1925, set the stage for ongoing debates over the separation of Church and State in a democratic society—debates that continue to this day. Peter Goodchild used transcripts from the trial to create this intense docudrama. Recorded in Cambridge, Massachusetts before a live audience at the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University in April of 2007.

The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Directed by Brendon Fox

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Edward Asner as William Jennings Bryan

Bill Brochtrup as Ensemble

Kyle Colerider-Krugh as Ensemble

Matthew Patrick Davis as John Thomas Scopes

John de Lancie as Clarence Darrow

James Gleason as H.L. Mencken

Harry Groener as Dudley Field Malone

Jerry Hardin as John Raulston

Geoffrey Lower as Attorney General Stewart

Marnie Mosiman as Narrator

Kenneth Alan Williams as Arthur Garfield Hays

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The Relativity Series: The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial (Part 1) Nov 12, 2022

The Scopes Trial, over the right to teach evolution in public schools, reaffirmed the importance of intellectual freedom as codified in the Bill of Rights. The trial, in a small-town Tennessee courtroom in 1925, set the stage for ongoing debates over the separation of Church and State in a democratic society—debates that continue to this day. Peter Goodchild used transcripts from the trial to create this intense docudrama. Recorded in Cambridge, Massachusetts before a live audience at the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University in April of 2007.

The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Directed by Brendon Fox

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Edward Asner as William Jennings Bryan

Bill Brochtrup as Ensemble

Kyle Colerider-Krugh as Ensemble

Matthew Patrick Davis as John Thomas Scopes

John de Lancie as Clarence Darrow

James Gleason as H.L. Mencken

Harry Groener as Dudley Field Malone

Jerry Hardin as John Raulston

Geoffrey Lower as Attorney General Stewart

Marnie Mosiman as Narrator

Kenneth Alan Williams as Arthur Garfield Hays

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The Relativity Series Bonus: Playwright Lloyd Suh Interview for Franklinland Apr 21, 2022

We spoke with playwright Lloyd Suh about his inspiration for Franklinland.

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The Relativity Series: Franklinland Apr 21, 2022

This modern, comic take on the American Revolution puts the spotlight on the relationship between the brilliant and domineering Ben Franklin and his son William. As Ben plants the seeds of a new republic, King George III appoints William as Royal Governor of New Jersey - a change in affairs that creates a revolutionary family rift.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in November 2021.

Franklinland is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

An L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:

Gregory Harrison as Benjamin Franklin

Kurt Kanazawa as William Temple

Larry Powell as William Franklin

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson

Prepared for Audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Recording Engineer, Editor and Mixer: Charles Carroll

Sound Design: Charles Carroll and Austin Haltermann

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

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The Relativity Series Bonus: Interview with Playwright Laura Maria Censabella Mar 15, 2022

A conversation with Paradise playwright Laura Maria Censabella.

Paradise is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

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The Relativity Series: Paradise (Part 2) Mar 15, 2022

Yasmeen is a Yemeni-American high school senior with big dreams. Dr. Guy Royston is her science teacher with a mysterious past. When Yasmeen asks Dr. Royston for an important favor, it sets off a series of events that challenges their core beliefs about science, faith and the nature of love.

Paradise is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

An L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:

Jeff Marlow as Dr. Guy Royston

Medalion Rahimi as Yasmeen al-Hamadi

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson

Sound Designer and Mixing Engineer: Charles Carroll for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

Recording Engineers: Charles Carroll and Neil Wogensen

Editor: Neil Wogensen

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The Relativity Series: Paradise (Part 1) Mar 15, 2022

Yasmeen is a Yemeni-American high school senior with big dreams. Dr. Guy Royston is her science teacher with a mysterious past. When Yasmeen asks Dr. Royston for an important favor, it sets off a series of events that challenges their core beliefs about science, faith and the nature of love.

Paradise is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

An L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:

Jeff Marlow as Dr. Guy Royston

Medalion Rahimi as Yasmeen al-Hamadi

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson

Sound Designer and Mixing Engineer: Charles Carroll for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

Recording Engineers: Charles Carroll and Neil Wogensen

Editor: Neil Wogensen

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The Relativity Series Bonus: Headstrong Interview with Dr. Robert Cantu Feb 02, 2022

A conversation with preeminent sports physician Dr. Robert Cantu about the risk of brain injuries.

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The Relativity Series: Headstrong Feb 02, 2022

Patrick Link has crafted a story about a retired NFL linebacker who must deal with a family tragedy and his own suffering because of the violence of his chosen sport.

Headstrong is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Seriesfeaturing science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Directed by Bart DeLorenzo

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Deidrie Henry as Sylvia Green

Ernie Hudson as Duncan Troy

Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine as Dr. Moses Odame

Scott Wolf as Nick Merritt

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood, in January 2013.

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The Relativity Series: Arcadia (Part 3) Oct 06, 2021

Part 3 of 3. Tom Stoppard's Arcadia merges science with human concerns and ideals. Set in an English country house in the years 1809-1812 and 1989, the play examines the connections between two modern scholars, the house's current residents and the lives of those who lived there 180 years earlier.

Arcadia is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Additional funding is provided by the Sidney E. Frank Foundation.

Directed by John Rubinstein

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Kate Burton as Hannah

Mark Capri as Chater

Jennifer Dundas as Thomasina

Gregory Itzin as Bernard Nightingale

David Manis as Captain Brice

Christopher Neame as Noakes/Jellaby

Peter Paige as Valentine

Darren Richardson as Augustus

Kate Steele as Chloe

Serena Scott Thomas as Lady Croom

Douglas Weston as Septimus

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The Relativity Series: Arcadia (Part 2) Oct 02, 2021

Part 2 of 3. Tom Stoppard's Arcadia merges science with human concerns and ideals. Set in an English country house in the years 1809-1812 and 1989, the play examines the connections between two modern scholars, the house's current residents and the lives of those who lived there 180 years earlier.

Arcadia is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Additional funding is provided by the Sidney E. Frank Foundation.

Directed by John Rubinstein

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Kate Burton as Hannah

Mark Capri as Chater

Jennifer Dundas as Thomasina

Gregory Itzin as Bernard Nightingale

David Manis as Captain Brice

Christopher Neame as Noakes/Jellaby

Peter Paige as Valentine

Darren Richardson as Augustus

Kate Steele as Chloe

Serena Scott Thomas as Lady Croom

Douglas Weston as Septimus

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The Relativity Series: Arcadia (Part 1) Sep 30, 2021

Part 1 of 3. Tom Stoppard's Arcadia merges science with human concerns and ideals. Set in an English country house in the years 1809-1812 and 1989, the play examines the connections between two modern scholars, the house's current residents and the lives of those who lived there 180 years earlier.

Arcadia is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Additional funding is provided by the Sidney E. Frank Foundation.

Directed by John Rubinstein

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Kate Burton as Hannah

Mark Capri as Chater

Jennifer Dundas as Thomasina

Gregory Itzin as Bernard Nightingale

David Manis as Captain Brice

Christopher Neame as Noakes/Jellaby

Peter Paige as Valentine

Darren Richardson as Augustus

Kate Steele as Chloe

Serena Scott Thomas as Lady Croom

Douglas Weston as Septimus

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The Relativity Series Bonus: Bump Interview with Chiara Atik and Dr. Judith Reichman Jul 31, 2021

A conversation with Bump playwright Chiara Atik and renowned OB/GYN Dr. Judith Reichman, former medical correspondent for The Today Show

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The Relativity Series: Bump (Part 2) Jul 31, 2021

When Claudia gets pregnant she has a very clear plan for how she wants to give birth. Her pre-natal anxieties inspire her father to create a device for safer deliveries and Claudia realizes that nothing ever goes quite as expected.

Bump is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Bump was written by Chiara Atik

Directed by Rosalind Ayres

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Lucy DeVito as Mary, Apple, Receptionist

Anna Lyse Erikson as Lemon, Third Woman

Alma Martinez as Maria

Anna Mathias as Midwife, Avocado, Doula

Ana Ortiz as Claudia

Moira Quirk as Walnut, Mama, Second Woman

Herbert Sigüenza as Luis

André Sogliuzzo as YouTube Guy

Devon Sorvari as Grapefruit, Waiting Mother

Inger Tudor as Narrator, Plum, Different Mama

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The Relativity Series: Bump (Part 1) Jul 31, 2021

When Claudia gets pregnant she has a very clear plan for how she wants to give birth. Her pre-natal anxieties inspire her father to create a device for safer deliveries and Claudia realizes that nothing ever goes quite as expected.

Bump is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Bump was written by Chiara Atik

Directed by Rosalind Ayres

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Lucy DeVito as Mary, Apple, Receptionist

Anna Lyse Erikson as Lemon, Third Woman

Alma Martinez as Maria

Anna Mathias as Midwife, Avocado, Doula

Ana Ortiz as Claudia

Moira Quirk as Walnut, Mama, Second Woman

Herbert Sigüenza as Luis

André Sogliuzzo as YouTube Guy

Devon Sorvari as Grapefruit, Waiting Mother

Inger Tudor as Narrator, Plum, Different Mama

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The Relativity Series Bonus: Extinction Interview with Hannie Rayson and Martin Jarvis Apr 01, 2021

Hear our conversation with Extinction's playwright Hannie Rayson and director Martin Jarvis.

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The Relativity Series: Extinction (Part 2) Apr 01, 2021

A zoologist in Australia gets funding to save an endangered species from the very company that threatens its existence. Will this deal with the devil allow her to save the species, or will it destroy her entire life's work?

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood, in September 2020.

Extinction is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Extinction was written by Hannie Rayson

Directed by Martin Jarvis

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Seamus Dever as Harry Jewell

Sarah Drew as Dr. Piper Ross

Darren Richardson as Andy Dixon

Joanne Whalley as Professor Heather Dixon-Brown

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson

Recording Engineer, Editor and Sound Designer: Neil Wogensen

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

Mixed by Charles Carroll for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

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The Relativity Series: Extinction (Part 1) Apr 01, 2021

A zoologist in Australia gets funding to save an endangered species from the very company that threatens its existence. Will this deal with the devil allow her to save the species, or will it destroy her entire life's work?

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood, in September 2020.

Extinction is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Extinction was written by Hannie Rayson

Directed by Martin Jarvis

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Seamus Dever as Harry Jewell

Sarah Drew as Dr. Piper Ross

Darren Richardson as Andy Dixon

Joanne Whalley as Professor Heather Dixon-Brown

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson

Recording Engineer, Editor and Sound Designer: Neil Wogensen

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

Mixed by Charles Carroll for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

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The Relativity Series Bonus: Life on Paper Interview with Kenneth Lin Mar 21, 2021

Hear our conversation with playwright Kenneth Lin.

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The Relativity Series: Life on Paper (Part 2) Mar 21, 2021

One of the world’s wealthiest men has died in a plane crash. The insurance company representing the airline assigns math genius Mitch Bloom to the case to minimize their payout – but Mitch finds himself facing a formidable opponent in Ida Watkins, a small town actuary who challenges his ideas about the value of a human life.

Life on Paper is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Life on Paper was written by Kenneth Lin

Directed by Rosalind Ayres

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Kevin Daniels as Ivan Blumenthal

Seamus Dever as Mitch Bloom

Sarah Drew as Ida Watkins

Mark Jude Sullivan as Michael Watkins

Summer Spiro as Maggie Jones

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson

Recording Engineer, Editor and Sound Designer: Neil Wogensen

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

Mixed by Charles Carroll for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Music for Maggie’s song written and performed by Summer Spiro

Cello accompaniment by Anna Lyse Erikson

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The Relativity Series: Life on Paper (Part 1) Mar 21, 2021

One of the world’s wealthiest men has died in a plane crash. The insurance company representing the airline assigns math genius Mitch Bloom to the case to minimize their payout – but Mitch finds himself facing a formidable opponent in Ida Watkins, a small town actuary who challenges his ideas about the value of a human life.

Life on Paper is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Life on Paper was written by Kenneth Lin

Directed by Rosalind Ayres

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Kevin Daniels as Ivan Blumenthal

Seamus Dever as Mitch Bloom

Sarah Drew as Ida Watkins

Mark Jude Sullivan as Michael Watkins

Summer Spiro as Maggie Jones

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson

Recording Engineer, Editor and Sound Designer: Neil Wogensen

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

Mixed by Charles Carroll for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Music for Maggie’s song written and performed by Summer Spiro

Cello accompaniment by Anna Lyse Erikson

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The Relativity Series: The Ruby Sunrise (Part 2) Feb 26, 2021

Hailed by The Boston Globe as “a gem,” The Ruby Sunrise begins when a 1920s tomboy feverishly works to develop her latest invention—a little something called “television.” Twenty-five years later, her daughter will stop at nothing to bring her mother’s incredible story to life during TV’s Golden Age. But will it get the truth it deserves?

The Ruby Sunrise is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in March 2007.

The Ruby Sunrise was written by Rinne Groff

Directed by Brendon Fox

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Asher Book as Henry/Paul Benjamin

Katharine Leonard as Suzie Tyrone

Kate McGregor-Stewart as Lois/Ethel Reed

Elisabeth Moss as Ruby Sunrise/Elizabeth Hunter

Jason Ritter as Tad Rose

Kate Steele as Lulu

Henry Winkler as Martin Marcus

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The Relativity Series: The Ruby Sunrise (Part 1) Feb 26, 2021

Hailed by The Boston Globe as “a gem,” The Ruby Sunrise begins when a 1920s tomboy feverishly works to develop her latest invention—a little something called “television.” Twenty-five years later, her daughter will stop at nothing to bring her mother’s incredible story to life during TV’s Golden Age. But will it get the truth it deserves?

The Ruby Sunrise is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in March 2007.

The Ruby Sunrise was written by Rinne Groff

Directed by Brendon Fox

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Asher Book as Henry/Paul Benjamin

Katharine Leonard as Suzie Tyrone

Kate McGregor-Stewart as Lois/Ethel Reed

Elisabeth Moss as Ruby Sunrise/Elizabeth Hunter

Jason Ritter as Tad Rose

Kate Steele as Lulu

Henry Winkler as Martin Marcus

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The Relativity Series Bonus: Tooth and Claw Interview with Carol Ann Bassett Feb 02, 2021

A conversation with Carol Ann Bassett, the author of Galápagos at the Crossroads: Pirates, Biologists, Tourists, and Creationists Battle for Darwin’s Cradle of Evolution.

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The Relativity Series Bonus: Tooth and Claw Interview with Michael Hollinger Feb 02, 2021

Tooth and Claw author Michael Hollinger tells us about what inspired him to write the play.

Tooth and Claw is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

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The Relativity Series: Tooth and Claw (Part 2) Feb 02, 2021

In an emotional ecosystem as complex as that of our planet, is life nothing more than survival of the fittest? Michael Hollinger based his probing work on the real-life giant tortoise named ‘Lonesome George’, and the efforts to preserve his species that threatened the livelihood of the native fishermen on the Galàpagos Islands.

Tooth and Claw is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Directed by Jessica Kubzansky

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Jaime Alvarez as Pedro/Chico

Stephanie Beatriz as Ana Ortega

Daniel Chacón as Park Official/Tour Guide/Alberto

Richard Gallegos as Tito/Bernardo

Daniel Guzman as Gonzalo Reyes

Justin Huen as Jorge/Manuel

Jay Montalvo as Miguel Mendoza

W. Morgan Sheppard as Malcolm Geary

Jos Viramontes as Carlos Zavala

Cynthia Watros as Schuyler Baines

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The Relativity Series: Tooth and Claw (Part 1) Feb 02, 2021

In an emotional ecosystem as complex as that of our planet, is life nothing more than survival of the fittest? Michael Hollinger based his probing work on the real-life giant tortoise named ‘Lonesome George’, and the efforts to preserve his species that threatened the livelihood of the native fishermen on the Galàpagos Islands.

Tooth and Claw is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Directed by Jessica Kubzansky

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Jaime Alvarez as Pedro/Chico

Stephanie Beatriz as Ana Ortega

Daniel Chacón as Park Official/Tour Guide/Alberto

Richard Gallegos as Tito/Bernardo

Daniel Guzman as Gonzalo Reyes

Justin Huen as Jorge/Manuel

Jay Montalvo as Miguel Mendoza

W. Morgan Sheppard as Malcolm Geary

Jos Viramontes as Carlos Zavala

Cynthia Watros as Schuyler Baines

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The Relativity Series: Dr. Steven Strogatz Interview for Proof Jan 12, 2021

Hear mathematician Dr. Steven Strogatz talk about Proof in an interview from 2010.

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The Relativity Series: Dr. Carrie Bearden Interview for Proof Jan 12, 2021

Listen to clinical psychologist Dr. Carrie Bearden talk about Proof in an interview from 2010.

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The Relativity Series: Proof (Part 2) Jan 12, 2021

An enigmatic young woman. A manipulative sister. Their brilliant father. An unexpected suitor. One life-altering question. The search for the truth behind a mysterious mathematical proof is the perplexing problem in David Auburn’s dynamic play. Proof won both a Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Proof is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Directed by Jenny Sullivan

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Anne Heche as Catherine

Jeremy Sisto as Hal

Robert Foxworth as Robert

Kaitlin Hopkins as Claire

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The Relativity Series: Proof (Part 1) Jan 12, 2021

An enigmatic young woman. A manipulative sister. Their brilliant father. An unexpected suitor. One life-altering question. The search for the truth behind a mysterious mathematical proof is the perplexing problem in David Auburn’s dynamic play. Proof won both a Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Proof is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Directed by Jenny Sullivan

Anne Heche as Catherine

Jeremy Sisto as Hal

Robert Foxworth as Robert

Kaitlin Hopkins as Claire

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The Relativity Series Bonus Episode: Interview with Robert John Russell for End Days Sep 25, 2020

Listen to our conversation about End Days with Robert John Russell, founder and Director of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences.

This piece is part of LATW's Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

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The Relativity Series: End Days (Part 2) Sep 25, 2020

In Deborah Zoe Laufer’s End Days, a suburban family is undergoing a spiritual crisis following the September 11th attacks. Sylvia Stein has turned to Christianity to save her disaffected husband Arthur and her rebellious teenage daughter Rachel. And as Sylvia races around preparing for the Rapture, Rachel is learning that there are more things in Heaven and Earth than are dreamt of in her philosophy.

End Days is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Directed by Michael Hackett;

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg;

Josh Clark as Jesus/Stephen Hawking;

Shannon Cochran as Sylvia Stein;

Dane DeHaan as Nelson Steinberg;

Arye Gross as Arthur Stein;

Kenneth Houston as the Bully;

Kate Rylie as Rachel Stein

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The Relativity Series: End Days (Part 1) Sep 25, 2020

In Deborah Zoe Laufer’s End Days, a suburban family is undergoing a spiritual crisis following the September 11th attacks. Sylvia Stein has turned to Christianity to save her disaffected husband Arthur and her rebellious teenage daughter Rachel. And as Sylvia races around preparing for the Rapture, Rachel is learning that there are more things in Heaven and Earth than are dreamt of in her philosophy.

End Days is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Directed by Michael Hackett;

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg;

Josh Clark as Jesus/Stephen Hawking;

Shannon Cochran as Sylvia Stein;

Dane DeHaan as Nelson Steinberg;

Arye Gross as Arthur Stein;

Kenneth Houston as the Bully;

Kate Rylie as Rachel Stein

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Of One Blood Sep 15, 2020

David Schwimmer stars in Andrew White’s poignant and disturbing play about the infamous murder of three civil rights workers―James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner―in Mississippi in 1964. Originally produced by the Lookingglass Theatre Company in Chicago.

Directed by Andrew White

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Lee Arenberg as Deputy Sheriff Cecil Price/Governor Johnson/Mr. Schwerner

John Cothran, Jr. as Mr. Cole/Bob Moses/Coroner

Judyann Elder as Mrs. Chaney/Mrs. Cole

Arye Gross as Andrew Goodman

Valerie Landsburg as Rita Schwerner/Girl in CORE Training

Macon McCalman as Sam Bowers

Bruce Norris as Bobby Buford/Reporter #1/FBI Officer

David Schwimmer as Michael Schwerner

Joey Slotnick as Alton Wayne Roberts/Reporter #2/Resident #2

Brian Wesley Thomas as James Chaney

Renée Victor as Mrs. Goodman/Mrs. Herring/Reporter #3/Resident #1/Woman

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Are You Now or Have You Ever Been? (Part 2) Aug 28, 2020

The threat of a "radical leftist agenda" is nothing new in American politics; in the McCarthy-era 1950s, the House Un-American Activities Committee began investigating the communist influence in the entertainment industry.

Based on the hearings' original transcripts, playwright Eric Bentley and a distinguished cast bring to life one of America's most unsavory chapters - in a docudrama that is still uncomfortably relevant today.

"Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?" features Edward Asner, Bonnie Bedelia, Richard Dreyfuss, Hector Elizondo, Harry Hamlin, James Earl Jones, James Whitmore and Michael York leading an all-star cast. A co-production with the BBC.

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Are You Now or Have You Ever Been? (Part 1) Aug 28, 2020

The threat of a "radical leftist agenda" is nothing new in American politics; in the McCarthy-era 1950s, the House Un-American Activities Committee began investigating the communist influence in the entertainment industry.

Based on the hearings' original transcripts, playwright Eric Bentley and a distinguished cast bring to life one of America's most unsavory chapters - in a docudrama that is still uncomfortably relevant today.

"Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?" features Edward Asner, Bonnie Bedelia, Richard Dreyfuss, Hector Elizondo, Harry Hamlin, James Earl Jones, James Whitmore and Michael York leading an all-star cast. A co-production with the BBC.

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The Relativity Series: Fake (Part 2) Jul 15, 2020

Oscar-winning and Tony-nominated writer and director Eric Simonson explores the most famous archeological hoax in history. Alternating between 1914 and 1953, journalists and scientists set out to uncover who planted the Piltdown Man skull. Everyone’s a suspect, including legendary Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Originally produced at Steppenwolf Theatre 2009 with Martha Lavey as Artistic Director.

Fake is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Directed by Eric Simonson

Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg

Kate Arrington as Rebecca/Katarina

Coburn Goss as Chardin/Doug Arnt

Francis Guinan as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle/Jonathan Cole

Alan Wilder as Arthur Woodward/Paul Moody

Larry Yando as Charles Dawson/Henry Billings

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The Relativity Series: Fake (Part 1) Jul 15, 2020

Oscar-winning and Tony-nominated writer and director Eric Simonson explores the most famous archeological hoax in history. Alternating between 1914 and 1953, journalists and scientists set out to uncover who planted the Piltdown Man skull. Everyone’s a suspect, including legendary Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Originally produced at Steppenwolf Theatre 2009 with Martha Lavey as Artistic Director.

Fake is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Directed by Eric Simonson

Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg

Kate Arrington as Rebecca/Katarina

Coburn Goss as Chardin/Doug Arnt

Francis Guinan as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle/Jonathan Cole

Alan Wilder as Arthur Woodward/Paul Moody

Larry Yando as Charles Dawson/Henry Billings

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Stick Fly (Part 2) Jul 01, 2020

In Lydia Diamond’s powerful comedy-drama, sensitive ‘Spoon’ LeVay and his brother, Flip, see their weekend at the family home on Martha’s Vineyard as a perfect opportunity to introduce their girlfriends to their upper class African-American parents. Instead, they stumble into a domestic powder keg that exposes secrets of prejudice, hypocrisy, and adultery.

Directed by Shirley Jo Finney.

Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg.

Justine Bateman as Kimber Davies,

Dulé Hill as Kent 'Spoon' LeVay,

Tinashe Kajese as Cheryl Washington,

Carl Lumbly as Joseph LeVay,

Terrell Tilford as Flip LeVay,

Michole Briana White as Taylor Bradley Scott.

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Stick Fly (Part 1) Jul 01, 2020

In Lydia Diamond’s powerful comedy-drama, sensitive ‘Spoon’ LeVay and his brother, Flip, see their weekend at the family home on Martha’s Vineyard as a perfect opportunity to introduce their girlfriends to their upper class African-American parents. Instead, they stumble into a domestic powder keg that exposes secrets of prejudice, hypocrisy, and adultery.

Directed by Shirley Jo Finney.

Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg.

Justine Bateman as Kimber Davies,

Dulé Hill as Kent 'Spoon' LeVay,

Tinashe Kajese as Cheryl Washington,

Carl Lumbly as Joseph LeVay,

Terrell Tilford as Flip LeVay,

Michole Briana White as Taylor Bradley Scott.

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Dinah Was (Part 2) Jun 10, 2020

In a white fur coat, Dinah Washington sits on her luggage outside a Las Vegas hotel. It’s 1959—the legendary star can’t enter the hotel without a white escort. So in her inimitable style, she takes a long pull from her flask and starts kicking up a fuss. Yvette Freeman reprises her OBIE Award-winning performance in this passionate play by Oliver Goldstick that reminds us “What a Difference a Day Makes."

Directed by Gordon Hunt,

Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg,

Paul Eiding as Spinelli/Sam Greenblatt,

Yvette Freeman as Dinah Washington,

Adriane Lenox as Maye/Mama Jones/Violet,

Bud Leslie as Frick/Rollie,

Darryl Reed as Boss/Chase Adams/DJ

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Dinah Was (Part 1) Jun 10, 2020

In a white fur coat, Dinah Washington sits on her luggage outside a Las Vegas hotel. It’s 1959—the legendary star can’t enter the hotel without a white escort. So in her inimitable style, she takes a long pull from her flask and starts kicking up a fuss. Yvette Freeman reprises her OBIE Award-winning performance in this passionate play by Oliver Goldstick that reminds us “What a Difference a Day Makes."

Directed by Gordon Hunt,

Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg,

Paul Eiding as Spinelli/Sam Greenblatt,

Yvette Freeman as Dinah Washington,

Adriane Lenox as Maye/Mama Jones/Violet,

Bud Leslie as Frick/Rollie,

Darryl Reed as Boss/Chase Adams/DJ

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The Divine Sister Bonus: A Conversation with Charles Busch and Carl Andress Jun 02, 2020

Listen in as we talk with playwright/star Charles Busch and director Carl Andress.

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The Divine Sister (Part 2) Jun 02, 2020

A crumbling convent school is on the verge of insolvency, when a young postulant begins to display strange heavenly powers. And when a dashing film executive arrives to buy the rights to her story, the Reverend Mother refuses to put profits over prayer.

The Divine Sister by Charles Busch. Directed by Carl Andress.

Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg.

Emily Bergl as Agnes,

Charles Busch as Mother Superior,

Maxwell Caulfield as Jeremy/Brother Venerius,

Alison Fraser as Sister Walburga/Mrs. MacDuffie,

Julie Halston as Sister Acacius,

Juliet Mills as Mrs. Levinson/Timothy

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The Divine Sister (Part 1) Jun 02, 2020

A crumbling convent school is on the verge of insolvency, when a young postulant begins to display strange heavenly powers. And when a dashing film executive arrives to buy the rights to her story, the Reverend Mother refuses to put profits over prayer.

The Divine Sister by Charles Busch. Directed by Carl Andress.

Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg.

Emily Bergl as Agnes,

Charles Busch as Mother Superior,

Maxwell Caulfield as Jeremy/Brother Venerius,

Alison Fraser as Sister Walburga/Mrs. MacDuffie,

Julie Halston as Sister Acacius,

Juliet Mills as Mrs. Levinson/Timothy

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The Relativity Series: The Explorers Club (Part 2) May 19, 2020

It’s London, 1879, and the hapless members of the Explorers Club must confront their most lethal threat yet: the admission of a woman into their hermetically-sealed ranks. But the intrepid Phyllida Spotte-Hume turns out to be the least of their troubles, in this hilarious farce starring members of the original Broadway cast.

The Explorers Club by Nell Benjamin. Directed by Kate McAll. Producing Director, Susan Albert Loewenberg. Starring Jack Cutmore-Scott as Bebee/Irish Assassin, Carson Elrod as Luigi, David Furr as Harry Percy, John Getz as Professor Sloane, Martin Jarvis as Sir Bernard Humphries, David Krumholtz as Professor Walling, Lorenzo Pisoni as Lucius Fretway, Jennifer Westfeldt as Phyllida/Countess, Matthew Wolf as Professor Cope.

The Explorers Club is part of L.A. Theatre Works' Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood.

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The Relativity Series: The Explorers Club (Part 1) May 19, 2020

It’s London, 1879, and the hapless members of the Explorers Club must confront their most lethal threat yet: the admission of a woman into their hermetically-sealed ranks. But the intrepid Phyllida Spotte-Hume turns out to be the least of their troubles, in this hilarious farce starring members of the original Broadway cast.

The Explorers Club by Nell Benjamin. Directed by Kate McAll. Producing Director, Susan Albert Loewenberg. Starring Jack Cutmore-Scott as Bebee/Irish Assassin, Carson Elrod as Luigi, David Furr as Harry Percy, John Getz as Professor Sloane, Martin Jarvis as Sir Bernard Humphries, David Krumholtz as Professor Walling, Lorenzo Pisoni as Lucius Fretway, Jennifer Westfeldt as Phyllida/Countess, Matthew Wolf as Professor Cope.

The Explorers Club is part of L.A. Theatre Works' Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood.

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Mizlansky/Zilinsky (Part 2) May 05, 2020

Italian shoes, a house in the hills, a gift for stretching the truth, and a petulant assistant to pick the scallions out of his Szechuan noodles―Hollywood producer Davis Mizlansky has it all. But he’s about to lose it to the IRS unless he can pull off one more deal. A stellar cast performs Jon Robin Baitz’s hilarious send-up of 1980s Hollywood.

Directed by Ron West. Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg. Starring Samantha Bennett as Wendi Fink, Julie Kavner as Esther Arthur, Nathan Lane as Davis Mizlansky, Richard Masur as Alan Tolkin, Rob Morrow as Paul Trecker, Paul Sand as Sam Zilinsky, Grant Shaud as Miles Brook, Harry Shearer as Arthur Firnbach/Mr. Braithwait, Kurtwood Smith as Horton De Vries, Robert Walden as Lionel Hart

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Mizlansky/Zilinsky (Part 1) May 05, 2020

Italian shoes, a house in the hills, a gift for stretching the truth, and a petulant assistant to pick the scallions out of his Szechuan noodles―Hollywood producer Davis Mizlansky has it all. But he’s about to lose it to the IRS unless he can pull off one more deal. A stellar cast performs Jon Robin Baitz’s hilarious send-up of 1980s Hollywood.

Directed by Ron West. Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg. Starring Samantha Bennett as Wendi Fink, Julie Kavner as Esther Arthur, Nathan Lane as Davis Mizlansky, Richard Masur as Alan Tolkin, Rob Morrow as Paul Trecker, Paul Sand as Sam Zilinsky, Grant Shaud as Miles Brook, Harry Shearer as Arthur Firnbach/Mr. Braithwait, Kurtwood Smith as Horton De Vries, Robert Walden as Lionel Hart.

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The Relativity Series: Behind the Sheet (Part 2) Mar 27, 2020

In 1840’s Alabama, a slave-owning doctor performs medical experiments on involuntary subjects – his slaves. As the experiments proceed, the enslaved women realize their survival will depend on learning to trust each other.

Behind the Sheet by Charly Evon Simpson was directed by Rosalind Ayres and Inger Tudor, and stars Monica McSwain, Matthew Floyd Miller, Dominique Morriseau, Larry Powell, Devon Sorvari, Jasmine St. Clair, Josh Stamberg Danielle Truitt and Karen Malina White. Narration performed by Inger Tudor.

Behind the Sheet is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

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The Relativity Series: Behind the Sheet (Part 1) Mar 27, 2020

In 1840’s Alabama, a slave-owning doctor performs medical experiments on involuntary subjects – his slaves. As the experiments proceed, the enslaved women realize their survival will depend on learning to trust each other.

Behind the Sheetby Charly Evon Simpson was directed by Rosalind Ayres and Inger Tudor, and stars Monica McSwain, Matthew Floyd Miller, Dominique Morriseau, Larry Powell, Devon Sorvari, Jasmine St. Clair, Josh Stamberg Danielle Truitt and Karen Malina White. Narration performed by Inger Tudor.

Behind the Sheet is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

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Setting the Stage for Learning Mar 26, 2020

If you're an educator using online learning, we're offering free streaming of 25 plays that can help you in your virtual classroom. FInd out more at latw.org and click on the Education tab. Be well and stay safe.

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The Relativity Series Bonus Episode: Pamela Bjorkman for Photograph 51 Sep 27, 2019

Listen to our interivew with Cal Tech's Pamela Bjorkman

Photograph 51 is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

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The Relativity Series Bonus Episode: Brenda Maddox for Photograph 51 Sep 27, 2019

Listen to our interview with Rosalind Franklin biographer Brenda Maddox.

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The Relativity Series: Photograph 51 (Part 2) Sep 27, 2019

Rosalind Franklin's more famous contemporaries Watson and Krick took all the kudos for the discovery of the molecule’s double helix structure - yet it was Franklin’s skill with X-ray diffraction that first uncovered what’s called “the secret of life.”

Photograph 51 is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Written by Anna Ziegler. Directed by Michael Hackett. Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg. Starring Miriam Margolyes as Rosalind Franklin. Also starring Matthew Arkin, Maxwell Caulfield, Jon Matthews, Darren Richardson, and Nick Toren.

Sound Designer, Recording Engineer and Mixer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood. Editor: Wes Dewberry. Foley Artist: Theresa Arrison

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The Relativity Series: Photograph 51 (Part 1) Sep 27, 2019

Rosalind Franklin's more famous contemporaries Watson and Krick took all the kudos for the discovery of the molecule’s double helix structure - yet it was Franklin’s skill with X-ray diffraction that first uncovered what’s called “the secret of life.”

Photograph 51 is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Written by Anna Ziegler. Directed by Michael Hackett. Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg. Starring Miriam Margolyes as Rosalind Franklin. Also starring Matthew Arkin, Maxwell Caulfield, Jon Matthews, Darren Richardson, and Nick Toren.

Sound Designer, Recording Engineer and Mixer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood. Editor: Wes Dewberry. Foley Artist: Theresa Arrison

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The Relativity Series: Please Continue (Part 2) Jun 17, 2019

Based on the true story of renowned social psychologist Stanley Milgram, Frank Basloe's "Please Continue" recounts the infamous obedience experiments at Yale in the 1960s. In that study, participants were asked to administer strong electric shocks to a subject who gave the wrong answer to a question, not knowing that the shocks were fake, and they were the real subject of the study.

"Please Continue" is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in October 2018.

Directed by Rosalind Ayres. Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg. Starring Tara Lynne Barr, Will Brittain, Jake Green, Taj Jegaraj, Rob Morrow, James Scully, Mark Jude Sullivan, Matthew Wolf.

Associate Artistic Director, Anna Lyse Erikson. Mixed by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood. Senior Radio Producer, Ronn Lipkin. Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner. Script Supervisor, Nikki Hyde. Recording Engineer, Sound Designer and Editor, Erick Cifuentes.

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The Relativity Series: Please Continue (Part 1) Jun 17, 2019

Based on the true story of renowned social psychologist Stanley Milgram, Frank Basloe's "Please Continue" recounts the infamous obedience experiments at Yale in the 1960s. In that study, participants were asked to administer strong electric shocks to a subject who gave the wrong answer to a question, not knowing that the shocks were fake, and they were the real subject of the study.

"Please Continue" is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in October 2018.

Directed by Rosalind Ayres. Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg. Starring Tara Lynne Barr, Will Brittain, Jake Green, Taj Jegaraj, Rob Morrow, James Scully, Mark Jude Sullivan, Matthew Wolf.

Associate Artistic Director, Anna Lyse Erikson. Mixed by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood. Senior Radio Producer, Ronn Lipkin. Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner. Script Supervisor, Nikki Hyde. Recording Engineer, Sound Designer and Editor, Erick Cifuentes.

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The Relativity Series: Moving Bodies (Part 2) May 31, 2019

From his role in the development of the atomic bomb to his controversial testimony at the Challenger disaster hearings, Richard Feynman casts a long shadow across the worlds of physics and math. He was also fond of pulling practical jokes and playing the bongos. Through playwright Arthur Giron's eyes, we see how Feynman became one of the most important scientists of our time.

Moving Bodies by Arthur Giron. Directed by Rosalind Ayres. Susan Albert Loewenberg, Producing Director. Starring Alfred Molina as Richard Feynman. Also starring Emily Bergl, Jessica Chastain, Jill Gascoine, Matt Gaydos, Harry Groener, Arye Gross, Kathryn Hahn, Mark Harelik, Katherine Leonard, Mary McGowan, Alec Medlock, Jenny O’Hara, Raphael Sbarge, Joe Spano, and John Vickery. Recording Engineer, Sound Designer and Mixer, Mark Holden.

Moving Bodies is part of L.A. Theatre Works' Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

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The Relativity Series: Moving Bodies (Part 1) May 31, 2019

From his role in the development of the atomic bomb to his controversial testimony at the Challenger disaster hearings, Richard Feynman casts a long shadow across the worlds of physics and math. He was also fond of pulling practical jokes and playing the bongos. Through playwright Arthur Giron's eyes, we see how Feynman became one of the most important scientists of our time.

Moving Bodies by Arthur Giron. Directed by Rosalind Ayres. Susan Albert Loewenberg, Producing Director. Starring Alfred Molina as Richard Feynman. Also starring Emily Bergl, Jessica Chastain, Jill Gascoine, Matt Gaydos, Harry Groener, Arye Gross, Kathryn Hahn, Mark Harelik, Katherine Leonard, Mary McGowan, Alec Medlock, Jenny O’Hara, Raphael Sbarge, Joe Spano, and John Vickery. Recording Engineer, Sound Designer and Mixer, Mark Holden.

Moving Bodies is part of L.A. Theatre Works' Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

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The Relativity Series Bonus Episode: Interview with Dava Sobel Mar 25, 2019

A conversation with Dava Sobel, author of And the Sun Stood Still. Her books include The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars, and The Planets, among many others. Read more about her life and work on her website. And the Sun Stood Still is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

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The Relativity Series: And the Sun Stood Still (Part 2) Mar 25, 2019

Dava Sobel’s thoughtful play brings to life the story of Nicolaus Copernicus, the Renaissance astronomer and mathematician who proposed the heliocentric model of the universe in which the Sun stands at the center. Plagued by self-doubt and threatened by religious censure, Copernicus resisted the publication of his work until just before his death in 1543. Starring Robert Foxworth as Copernicus, Gregory Harrison as Giese, Michael Kirby as Rheticus, Kate Steele as Anna, and John Vickery as Bishop Dantiscus. Directed by Rosalind Ayres.

And the Sun Stood Still is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

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The Relativity Series: And the Sun Stood Still (Part 1) Mar 25, 2019

Dava Sobel’s thoughtful play brings to life the story of Nicolaus Copernicus, the Renaissance astronomer and mathematician who proposed the heliocentric model of the universe in which the Sun stands at the center. Plagued by self-doubt and threatened by religious censure, Copernicus resisted the publication of his work until just before his death in 1543. Starring Robert Foxworth as Copernicus, Gregory Harrison as Giese, Michael Kirby as Rheticus, Kate Steele as Anna, and John Vickery as Bishop Dantiscus. Directed by Rosalind Ayres.

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The Relativity Series: Lucy Bonus Episode with Dr. Daniel Geschwind Mar 19, 2019

Damien Atkins' play "Lucy" presents a challenging portrait of how a family deals with autism. To gain more insight, we interviewed noted autism researcher Dr. Daniel Geschwind. He holds the Gordon and Virginia MacDonald Distinguished Chair in Human Genetics and is a professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine. He is director of the Neurogenetics Program and the Center for Autism Research and Treatment (CART) and co-director of the Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics.

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The Relativity Series: Lucy (Part 2) Mar 19, 2019

Vivian has spent her adult life traveling the world as an anthropologist. When her estranged husband gives up custody of their autistic daughter Lucy, Vivan faces a daunting challenge to become a responsible parent while dealing with her daughter's condition.

"Lucy" by Damien Atkins stars Roxanne Hart as Vivian, Lucy DeVito as Lucy, Geoffrey Lower as Gavin, Sarah Rafferty as Julia, and Rafael Sbarge as Morris. Directed by Michael Hackett.

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The Relativity Series: Lucy (Part 1) Mar 19, 2019

Vivian has spent her adult life traveling the world as an anthropologist. When her estranged husband gives up custody of their autistic daughter Lucy, Vivan faces a daunting challenge to become a responsible parent while dealing with her daughter's condition.

"Lucy" by Damien Atkins stars Roxanne Hart as Vivian, Lucy DeVito as Lucy, Geoffrey Lower as Gavin, Sarah Rafferty as Julia, and Rafael Sbarge as Morris. Directed by Michael Hackett.

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The Relativity Series: Intelligence-Slave Feb 23, 2019

Deep in a salt mine, a prisoner of war creates a world-changing device. During World War II, a young Austrian engineer named Curt Herzstark was in the midst of perfecting his invention – the Curta calculator – when he was taken into custody by the Nazis. Somehow – some way – he never gave up. And the protoype of what became the hand held calculator was born.

"Intelligence-Slave" by Kenneth Lin stars: Garret Dillahunt as Herman Pister, Joe Spano as Fritz Englehard, Josh Stamberg as Curt Herzstark, Nick Toren as Bruno Clemens, Daniel Stewart as Finn Frey, and Matthew Wolf as the recorded voice of the German boy. Directed by Matt August.

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The Relativity Series: Secret Order (Part 2) Feb 14, 2019

William Shumway thinks he may have found a cure for cancer - but his budding discovery needs more work. When an unethical mentor forces him to publish his results prematurely, who's going to pay if the drug trials fail?

Secret Order by Bob Clyman stars Will McCormack as William Shumway, Angela Goethals as Alice Ceriton, Richard Schiff as Robert Brock, and George Segal as Saul Roth. Directed by Gordon Hunt.

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The Relativity Series: Secret Order (Part 1) Feb 14, 2019

William Shumway thinks he may have found a cure for cancer - but his budding discovery needs more work. When an unethical mentor forces him to publish his results prematurely, who's going to pay if the drug trials fail?

Secret Order by Bob Clyman stars Will McCormack as William Shumway, Angela Goethals as Alice Ceriton, Richard Schiff as Robert Brock, and George Segal as Saul Roth. Directed by Gordon Hunt.

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The Relativity Series: Donny's Brain Interview with Dr. David Hovda Feb 02, 2019

To give us more insight into the science behind "Donny's Brain," Producing Director Susan Loewenberg spoke with Dr. David Hovda, Director of the UCLA Brain Injury Research Center.

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The Relativity Series: Donny's Brain (Part 2 ) Feb 02, 2019

As a result of a brain injury sustained in a car crash, Donny wakes up in the hospital thinking his life is the same as it was three years ago. How will he ever navigate his strange new world?

"Donny's Brain" by Rona Munro stars Jared Harris as Donny, Siobhán Hewlett as Trish, Sophie Winkleman as Emma, Paul Fox as Al, and Moira Quirk as Flea. Directed by Martin Jarvis.

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The Relativity Series: Donny's Brain (Part 1) Feb 02, 2019

As a result of a brain injury sustained in a car crash, Donny wakes up in the hospital thinking his life is the same as it was three years ago. How will he ever navigate his strange new world?

"Donny's Brain" by Rona Munro stars Jared Harris as Donny, Siobhán Hewlett as Trish, Sophie Winkleman as Emma, Paul Fox as Al, and Moira Quirk as Flea. Directed by Martin Jarvis.

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The Relativity Series: Spill (Part 2) Jan 25, 2019

In April of 2010, British Petroleum gave orders to speed up production on its colossal drilling rig, the Deepwater Horizon. Despite the objections of many on the rig, safety measures were ignored or overlooked. On April 20th, the Deepwater Horizon exploded. Eleven men paid the ultimate price, and countless thousands who call the Gulf Coast home found their lives irrevocably altered.

Based on actual interviews and testimony, Leigh Fondakowski has created a chilling and intimate look at the people and ecosystem affected by the incident.

Spill by Leigh Fondakowski.Starring Elisa Bocanegra as Arleen Weise, Andrea Fleytas; Gilbert Glenn Brown as Obama, Jorey Danos, Christopher Pleasant; Nicholas Hormann as Bob Bea, Pat O'Bryan, Gary Bartholemy, Wyman Wheeler; Travis Johns as Keith Jones, Steve Bertone, Jonathan Henderson; Jane Kaczmarek as Narrator, Lillian Miller; James Morrison as Bill Anderson, Randy Ezell, Billy Nungesser; Darren Richardson as Tony Hayward, Jimmy Harrell, Gordon Jones, Don Vidrine: Kate Steele as Shelley Anderson, Jolene Danos; and Mark Jude Sullivan as Jason Anderson, Mike Williams. Directed by Martin Jarvis.

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The Relativity Series: Spill (Part 1) Jan 25, 2019

In April of 2010, British Petroleum gave orders to speed up production on its colossal drilling rig, the Deepwater Horizon. Despite the objections of many on the rig, safety measures were ignored or overlooked. On April 20th, the Deepwater Horizon exploded. Eleven men paid the ultimate price, and countless thousands who call the Gulf Coast home found their lives irrevocably altered.

Based on actual interviews and testimony, Leigh Fondakowski has created a chilling and intimate look at the people and ecosystem affected by the incident.

Spill by Leigh Fondakowski.Starring Elisa Bocanegra as Arleen Weise, Andrea Fleytas; Gilbert Glenn Brown as Obama, Jorey Danos, Christopher Pleasant; Nicholas Hormann as Bob Bea, Pat O'Bryan, Gary Bartholemy, Wyman Wheeler; Travis Johns as Keith Jones, Steve Bertone, Jonathan Henderson; Jane Kaczmarek as Narrator, Lillian Miller; James Morrison as Bill Anderson, Randy Ezell, Billy Nungesser; Darren Richardson as Tony Hayward, Jimmy Harrell, Gordon Jones, Don Vidrine: Kate Steele as Shelley Anderson, Jolene Danos; and Mark Jude Sullivan as Jason Anderson, Mike Williams. Directed by Martin Jarvis.

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The Relativity Series: Lenin's Embalmers Jan 17, 2019

Their mission: preserve Lenin's body for all time. Or else. In 1924, two Russian scientists have to race against time to preserve Lenin's body so it can be on display - forever. Playwright Vern Thiessen gives us his version of these real life events in Lenin’s Embalmers. It’s a dark comedy, a look at scientific ingenuity, and a study of the absurdity of life under Stalin.

Starring JD Cullum as Vlad, Simon Helberg as Boris, Gregory Harrison as Lenin, Jon Matthews as Krasin, Rufus Sewell as Stalin, John Sloan as Agent 2, Mark Jude Sullivan as Agent 1, and Jocelyn Towne as Nadia. Directed by Martin Jarvis.

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The Relativity Series: Copenhagen (Part 2) Jan 10, 2019

As World War 2 raged in Europe, Werner Heisenberg - head of the budding German nuclear program - met with his former mentor Niels Bohr, the brilliant physicist who opposed the Nazis.

While we don’t know for surewhat went on, we can thank the brilliant playwright Michael Frayn for this powerful speculation about their meeting, with Bohr’s wife Margrethe joining them to guide us through their memories of the encounter.Copenhagen by Michael Frayn.Starring Alfred Molina as Niels Bohr, David Krumholtz as Werner Heisenberg, and Shannon Cochran as Margrethe Bohr. Directed by Martin Jarvis.

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The Relativity Series: Copenhagen (Part 1) Jan 10, 2019

As World War 2 raged in Europe, Werner Heisenberg - head of the budding German nuclear program - met with his former mentor Niels Bohr, the brilliant physicist who opposed the Nazis.

While we don’t know for sure what went on, we can thank the brilliant playwright Michael Frayn for this powerful speculation about their meeting, with Bohr’s wife Margrethe joining them to guide us through their memories of the encounter. Copenhagen by Michael Frayn. Starring Alfred Molina as Niels Bohr, David Krumholtz as Werner Heisenberg, and Shannon Cochran as Margrethe Bohr. Directed by Martin Jarvis.

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The Relativity Series: An Enemy of the People (Part 2) Jan 02, 2019

In a town dependent on its natural spa baths for income, what happens when the waters become dangerously polluted? Henrik Ibsen tackled a scientific, ethical, and all-too-modern economic dilemma in "An Enemy of the People," in a translation by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. DIrected by Martin Jarvis. Producing Director, Susan Loewenberg.

Starring Rosalind Ayres as Catherine Stockman, Gregory Harrison as Peter Stockman, Richard Kind as Dr. Thomas Stockman, Alan Mandell as Morten Kill, Jon Matthews as Billing, Alan Shearman as Captain Horster, Josh Stamberg as Hovstad, Emily Swallow as Petra, and Tom Virtue as Aslaksen.

Starring Rosalind Ayres, Gregory Harrison, Richard Kind, Alan Mandell, Jon Matthews, Alan Shearman, Josh Stamberg, Emily Swallow, and Tom Virtue.

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The Relativity Series: An Enemy of the People (Part 1) Jan 02, 2019

In a town dependent on its natural spa baths for income, what happens when the waters become dangerously polluted? Henrik Ibsen tackled an all-too-modern scientific, ethical, and economic dilemma in "An Enemy of the People," in a translation by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. DIrected by Martin Jarvis. Producing Director, Susan Loewenberg.

L.A. Theatre Works' Relativity Series is presented with the generous support of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Starring Rosalind Ayres as Catherine Stockman, Gregory Harrison as Peter Stockman, Richard Kind as Dr. Thomas Stockman, Alan Mandell as Morten Kill, Jon Matthews as Billing, Alan Shearman as Captain Horster, Josh Stamberg as Hovstad, Emily Swallow as Petra, and Tom Virtue as Aslaksen.

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Steel Magnolias | Part 4 Mar 15, 2018

The concluding episode of Robert Harling’s timeless story about friendship and strength in the face of adversity. Starring Frances Fisher, Jeanie Hackett, Shannon Holt, Amy Pietz, Brittany Snow, and Jocelyn Towne. Directed by Jessica Kubzansky.

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Steel Magnolias | Part 3 Mar 08, 2018

Shelby’s got a healthy baby boy, despite being born three months premature. While Shelby seems to be doing well, the sudden revelation of a new health crisis sends shock waves through the group. Starring Frances Fisher, Jeanie Hackett, Shannon Holt, Amy Pietz, Brittany Snow, and Jocelyn Towne. Directed by Jessica Kubzansky.

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Steel Magnolias | Part 2 Mar 01, 2018

Shelby’s got big news –she’s pregnant. This delights the group of ladies getting ready for the holiday, except for Shelby’s mother M’lynn, who’s concerned her daughter’s diabetes will cause dangerous complications during the pregnancy. Starring Frances Fisher, Jeanie Hackett, Shannon Holt, Amy Pietz, Brittany Snow, and Jocelyn Towne. Directed by Jessica Kubzansky.

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Steel Magnolias | Part 1 Feb 22, 2018

t’s a big day at Truvy’s Beauty Salon. Truvy’s hired a mysterious new assistant named Annelle, and the ladies at the salon simply must discover her secrets. But that investigative work will have to take a back seat to the main event, Shelby’s wedding day, which is almost derailed when the diabetic bride-to-be suffers from a sudden attack of low blood sugar. Starring Frances Fisher, Jeanie Hackett, Shannon Holt, Amy Pietz, Brittany Snow, and Jocelyn Towne. Directed by Jessica Kubzansky.

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Things You Shouldn’t Say Past Midnight (Part 3) Feb 15, 2018

It’s time to get Gene’s brother on the phone to solve everyone’s sexual crises. Gene a psychiatrist who has a few issues of his own, especially when it comes to men old enough to be his grandfather.

Things You Shouldn’t Say Past Midnight by Peter Ackerman stars Jeffrey Donovan, Richard Kind, Mandy Siegfried, Alan Mandell, Clea Lewis, and Joey Slotnick. Directed by Gordon Hunt.

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Things You Shouldn’t Say Past Midnight (Part 2) Feb 08, 2018

Gene’s a hit man, and Grace gets very excited at the thought of sleeping with a gangster. Their late night tryst gets interrupted when Grace’s friend Nancy comes over to talk about a big problem with her boyfriend Ben.

Things You Shouldn’t Say Past Midnight by Peter Ackerman stars Jeffrey Donovan as Gene, and Clea Lewis as Grace. Also starring Mandy Siegfried, Joey Slotnick, Richard Kind, and Alan Mandell. Directed by Gordon Hunt.

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Things You Shouldn’t Say Past Midnight (Part 1) Feb 01, 2018

Get ready for a raucous, profane, hilarious ride through multiple bedrooms, dealing with words you scream in the heat of passion that you just might regret – even if they’re true.

Peter Ackerman’s Things You Shouldn’t Say Past Midnight stars Mandy Siegfried as Nancy and Joey Slotnick as Ben. Later episodes star Jeffrey Donovan, Richard Kind, Alan Mandell, and Clea Lewis. Directed by Gordon Hunt.

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The Heiress | Part 4 Jan 25, 2018

Catherine (Amy Irving) discovers surprising new strength in light of her relationship with Morris (Chris Noth). The Heiress by Ruth and Augustus Goetz, based on the novel Washington Square by Henry James. Directed by Nick Olcott.

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The Heiress | Part 3 Jan 18, 2018

As Catherine (Amy Irving) and Morris (Chris Noth) plan to elope, she tells him her inheritance is now at risk. Will that news keep Morris from showing up at the appointed hour of their escape? The Heiress by Ruth and Augustus Goetz, based on the novel Washington Square by Henry James.

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The Heiress | Part 2 Jan 11, 2018

Catherine Sloper (Amy Irving) has shocking news to tell her father – she’s engaged to the dashing Morris Townsend (Chris Noth). But Dad’s certain Morris is a gold-digger, and he tries to “cure” Catherine of her obsession. The Heiress by Ruth and Augustus Goetz, based on the novel Washington Square by Henry James.

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The Heiress | Part 1 Jan 04, 2018

Morris Townsend (Chris Noth) is handsome, charming, and broke. Catherine Sloper (Amy Irving) is wealthy, naïve, and desperate for romance. Is he a love-struck suitor or a fortune hunter stalking his prey?

The Heiress by Ruth and Augustus Goetz, based on the novel Washington Square by Henry James.

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Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine | Part 4 Dec 28, 2017

In the concluding episode, Undine discovers a shocking secret about her family while she prepares to give birth. Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine by Lynn Nottage stars Charlayne Woodard. Directed by Stuart K. Robinson.

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Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine | Part 3 Dec 21, 2017

Undine causes a scene at a social services office after a condescending clerk sends her into a rage. She later finds out her pregnancy is further along than she thought, so having an abortion is out of the question. Will she ever find her way back to the life she knew? Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine by Lynn Nottage stars Charlayne Woodard. Directed by Stuart K. Robinson.

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Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine | Part 2 Dec 14, 2017

Undine, now broke and pregnant, has done the unthinkable – she’s moved back in with her family. And if that weren’t bad enough, she gets busted while running an errand for her grandmother. Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine by Lynn Nottage stars Charlayne Woodard. Directed by Stuart K. Robinson.

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Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine | Part 1 Dec 07, 2017

From Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage comes the story of Undine Barnes, a self-absorbed publicist whose calculated ignorance fails to protect her from a sudden reversal of fortune. Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine by Lynn Nottage stars Charlayne Woodard. Directed by Stuart K. Robinson.

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Molly Sweeney | Part 4 Nov 30, 2017

Will Molly ever find happiness in a world of light and vision? Molly Sweeney by Brian Friel, starring Jenny Bacon, Robert Brueler, and Rick Snyder. Directed by Kyle Donnely. Co-produced with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company.

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Molly Sweeney | Part 3 Nov 23, 2017

The new torrent of sensory input is taking its toll on Molly’s spirit. Molly Sweeney by Brian Friel, starring Jenny Bacon, Robert Brueler, and Rick Snyder. Directed by Kyle Donnely. Co-produced with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company.

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Molly Sweeney | Part 2 Nov 16, 2017

Molly, her husband, and her eye surgeon reminisce about important events that led them to this crucial moment. Molly Sweeney by Brian Friel, starring Molly Sweeney by Brian Friel, starring Jenny Bacon, Robert Brueler, and Rick Snyder. Directed by Kyle Donnely. Co-produced with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company.

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Molly Sweeney | Part 1 Nov 09, 2017

Molly’s been blind since infancy but she’s learned to navigate her sightless world with ease. If she undergoes a risky operation to restore her sight, will she really be better off? Molly Sweeney by Brian Friel, starring Jenny Bacon, Robert Brueler, and Rick Snyder. Directed by Kyle Donnely. Co-produced with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company.

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Agnes of God | Part 3 Nov 02, 2017

Dr Livingstone becomes convinced of Agness innocence, while the Mother Superior reveals a surprising family connection. Agnes of God by John Pielmeier, starring Barbara Bain as Mother Superior, Emily Bergl as Agnes, and Harriet Harris as Dr. Martha Livingstone. Directed by Nancy Malone.

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Agnes of God | Part 2 Oct 26, 2017

The Mother Superior and Dr. Livingstone argue over Agness guilt. Will hypnosis unlock the secrets of this shocking murder? Agnes of God by John Pielmeier, starring Barbara Bain as Mother Superior, Emily Bergl as Agnes, and Harriet Harris as Dr. Martha Livingstone. Directed by Nancy Malone.

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Agnes of God | Part 1 Oct 19, 2017

A young nun is accused of strangling her baby. She claims the father is God, and she has no recollection of the murder. Is she clinically insane a clever liar - or is there something else at work? Agnes of God by John Pielmeier, starring Barbara Bain as Mother Superior, Emily Bergl as Agnes, and Harriet Harris as Dr. Martha Livingstone. Directed by Nancy Malone.

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The Relativity Series: Completeness (Part 4) Jun 15, 2017

Elliot (Jason Ritter) and Molly (Mandy Siegfried) face big decisions about their research and their future.

Completeness is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

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The Relativity Series: Completeness (Part 3) Jun 08, 2017

Things look bleak - Elliot (Jason Ritter) confesses to Molly (Mandy Siegfried) his first reaction to romance is a “heavy choking sadness.” Also starring Mia Barron and André Sogliuzzo.

Completeness is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

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The Relativity Series: Completeness (Part 2) Jun 01, 2017

Molly (Mandy Siegfried) and Elliot (Jason Ritter) take their research project to the next level, and that brings up old flames, past hurts, plenty of uncertainty. Also starring Mia Barron and André Sogliuzzo.

Completeness is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

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The Relativity Series: Completeness (Part 1) May 25, 2017

Jason Ritter and Mandy Siegfried star in Itamar Moses’ comedy about two young scientists facing complications in their research and their romantic lives. Also starring Mia Barron and André Sogliuzzo.

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Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers | Part 3 May 18, 2017

Listen to real-life journalists and political figures talk about the Pentagon Papers’ history and the vital role of a free press in a democracy. The panelists include former Nixon White House Counsel John Dean, journalist Carl Bernstein, and the man who leaked the top secret documents, Daniel Ellsberg.

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Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers | Part 2 May 18, 2017

After the Washington Post makes its fateful decision, they face off against the US government in an epic court battle. Written byGeoffrey Cowan and LeRoy Aarons, and starring Susan Sullivan, John Heard, Gregory Harrison, and John Getz.

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Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers | Part 1 May 11, 2017

Attacks on the media are nothing new: in 1971, the US government tried to shut down the publication of a top secret study indicating the United States could never win the war in Vietnam. “Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers” dramatizes a key moment in the history of freedom of the press. Written by Geoffrey Cowan and LeRoy Aarons, and starring Susan Sullivan, John Heard, Gregory Harrison, and John Getz.

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This Is Our Youth | Part 4 May 04, 2017

Mark Ruffalo, Josh Hamilton and Missy Yager star in This is Our Youth by Kenneth Lonergan, the writer and director of Manchester by the Sea. All of the deals Dennis haven’t turned out as planned, and Warren finally decides what to do with the stolen money. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in March of 2009.

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This Is Our Youth | Part 3 Apr 27, 2017

Mark Ruffalo, Josh Hamilton and Missy Yager star in This is Our Youth by Kenneth Lonergan, the writer and director of Manchester by the Sea. Warren and Jessica have had a crazy, extravagant night on the town, while Dennis tries to score big by selling Warren’s prized collectibles. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in March of 2009.

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This Is Our Youth | Part 2 Apr 20, 2017

Mark Ruffalo, Josh Hamilton and Missy Yager star in This is Our Youth by Kenneth Lonergan, the writer and director of Manchester by the Sea. Dennis has gone out to make a drug deal, while Warren and his crush Jessica have an awkward, stoned encounter. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in March of 2009.

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This Is Our Youth | Part 1 Apr 13, 2017

Mark Ruffalo, Josh Hamilton and Missy Yager star in This is Our Youth by Kenneth Lonergan, the writer and director of Manchester by the Sea. Warren’s just been thrown out of his house, and he stole a briefcase full of money from his dad. What will Warren and his friend Dennis do with all the cash? Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in March of 2009.

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The Motherfu**er With The Hat (Part 4) Apr 06, 2017

Julio and Jackie decide to stage an “intervention” that turns ugly in Ralph’s apartment.

Starring the original Broadway cast: Chris Rock, Bobby Cannavale, Annabella Sciorra, Yul Vazquez, and Elizabeth Rodriguez. Directed by Jace Alexander and written by Stephen Adly Guirgis. Recorded before a live audience at the UCLA James Bridges Theater in January 2013.

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The Motherfu**er With The Hat (Part 3) Mar 30, 2017

Jackie discovers the true identity of the title character and it’s driving him crazy.

Starring the original Broadway cast: Chris Rock, Bobby Cannavale, Annabella Sciorra, Yul Vazquez, and Elizabeth Rodriguez. Directed by Jace Alexander and written by Stephen Adly Guirgis. Recorded before a live audience at the UCLA James Bridges Theater in January 2013.

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The Motherfu**er With The Hat (Part 2) Mar 23, 2017

Jackie’s convinced Veronica’s been sleeping with her downstairs neighbor, so he confronts the guy and shows him who’s boss –but it turns out Jackie’s got the wrong guy with the wrong hat – so just who has Veronica been messing around with?

Starring the original Broadway cast: Chris Rock, Bobby Cannavale, Annabella Sciorra, Yul Vazquez, and Elizabeth Rodriguez. Directed by Jace Alexander and written by Stephen Adly Guirgis. Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at the UCLA James Bridges Theater in January 2013.

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The Motherfu**er With The Hat (Part 1) Mar 16, 2017

Jackie, an ex-con and recovering addict, comes home to his beloved Veronica and finds a stranger’s hat on the kitchen table. This sends Jackie into a frenzy, forcing his sobriety sponsor Ralph to do everything he can to keep Jackie from relapsing - or worse.

Starring the original Broadway cast: Chris Rock, Bobby Cannavale, Annabella Sciorra, Yul Vazquez, and Elizabeth Rodriguez. Directed by Jace Alexander and written by Stephen Adly Guirgis. Recorded before a live audience at the UCLA James Bridges Theater in January 2013.

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The Relativity Series: Boy (Part 3) Mar 09, 2017

Dr. Barnes and Samantha’s parents have a violent disagreement about Samantha’s future; Adam confronts Dr. Barnes about how his life has turned out; and Adam tells Jenny the truth about his background. Boy was recorded before a live audience at James Bridges Theater at UCLA.

Boy is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

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The Relativity Series: Boy (Part 2) Mar 02, 2017

As an 8-year-old, Samantha is acting out as she’s adapting to her new sexual identity; Jenny finds Adam’s behavior confusing and wonders if he’s gay; and Dr. Barnes’ efforts to help Samantha find herself at age 12 are unraveling.

Boy is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

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The Relativity Series: Boy (Part 1) Feb 23, 2017

In a new era of gender-neutral bathrooms and so many terms to define sexuality - what does it mean to be a man or a woman? Is it based on biology, social norms, or both? Listen to a challenging story about how we identify ourselves, based in part on a harrowing, real-life occurrence.

Boy is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

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Becky Shaw | Part 4 Feb 16, 2017

Max and Becky dissect what went wrong on their blind date and come to very different conclusions, while Susanna learns some unpleasant truths about her family.

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Becky Shaw | Part 3 Feb 14, 2017

After an unpleasant surprise on their way to a bar, Max and Becky’s blind date ends badly. Then, Becky ends up pouring her heart out to Susanna’s husband Andrew, who’s being a little too receptive to Becky’s plight.

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Becky Shaw | Part 2 Feb 09, 2017

Becky’s about to embark on a blind date with Max. She comes off as incredibly awkward, but can you blame her? She not only has to deal with cocky, rude Max, she finds herself in the middle of a raucous family argument.

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Becky Shaw | Part 1 Feb 09, 2017

Meet step-siblings Max and Susanna. They’ve got a lot to deal with: Susanna’s father has died, leaving an estate in tatters. Her mother has shacked up with a house painter; and all this chaos has made Max and Susanna closer than ever – and that spells trouble.

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