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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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The Relativity Series: Franklinland Apr 21, 2022

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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

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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

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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.

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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