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

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Hear our conversation with playwright Kenneth Lin.

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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