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This Week's Radio Broadcast
Life on Paper
By: Kenneth Lin
Directed by: Rosalind Ayres
Starring: Kevin Daniels, Seamus Dever, Sarah Drew, Mark Jude Sullivan, Summer Spiro
Air Date: March 5, 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. Includes an interview with playwright Kenneth Lin.
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.
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Photograph 51
By: Anna Ziegler
Directed by: Michael Hackett
Starring: Miriam Margolyes, Matthew Arkin, Maxwell Caulfield
Air Date: March 12, 2021
Rosalind Franklin, a research scientist with a gift for X-ray diffracting, uncovered 'the secret of life' in the race to uncover the secrets of DNA.
Top Girls
By: Caryl Churchill
Directed by: John Rubinstein
Starring: Amy Brenneman, Carolyn Seymour, Concetta Tomei, Missy Yager
Air Date: March 19, 2021
When Marlene makes Managing Director of Top Girls Employment Agency, she soon discovers life above the glass ceiling isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Extinction
By: Hannie Rayson
Directed by: Martin Jarvis
Starring: Seamus Dever, Sarah Drew, Darren Richardson, Joanne Whalley
Air Date: March 26, 2021
A zoologist makes a devil's bargain with a coal magnate to secure a future for an endangered species, but the tradeoff endangers her relationships.
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