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LISTEN NOW: Boats on a River by Julie Marie Myatt. A special presentation for Women’s History Month, sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program.
Boats on a River
By: Julie Marie Myatt
Starring: Gregory Itzin, Jenny O’Hara, Elizabeth Pan, Emily Liu
Directed by: Michael Dixon
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.
This play is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded project of the California State Library.
Air Date: March 17, 2023
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What You Are Now
By: Sam Chanse
Starring: Carie Kawa, Tess Lina, Samantha Quan
Directed by: Anna Lyse Erikson
Are we stuck with our memories – or can we fix them? 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? Includes a conversation with Dr. Daniela Schiller, a Professor of Neuroscience and Psychiatry at the Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. An LATW broadcast premiere.
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.
Air Date: March 24, 2023
The Explorers Club
By: Nell Benjamin
Starring: John Getz, Martin Jarvis, Jennifer Westfeldt, Matthew Wolf
Directed by: Kate McAll
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.
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.
Air Date: March 31, 2023
The Cherry Orchard
By: Anton Chekhov
Translated and Adapted by: Frank Dwyer and Nicholas Saunders
Starring: Hector Elizondo, Marsha Mason, Jennifer Tilly, Charles Durning
Directed by: Rosalind Ayres
Chekhov’s masterful last play is a work of timeless, bittersweet beauty about the fading fortunes of an aristocratic Russian family and their struggle to maintain their status in a changing world
Air Date: April 7, 2023
Macbeth
By: William Shakespeare
Starring: James Marsters, Joanne Whalley
Directed by: Martin Jarvis
Infamously known as the cursed Scottish play, Macbeth is perhaps Shakespeare’s darkest tragedy. When General Macbeth is foretold by three witches that he will one day be King of Scotland, Lady Macbeth convinces him to get rid of anyone who could stand in his way – including committing regicide. As Macbeth ascends to the throne through bloody murder, he becomes a tyrant consumed by fear and paranoia.
Air Date: April 14, 2023
The Hound of the Baskervilles
By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Adapted by: David Pichette and R. Hamilton Wright
Starring: Geoffrey Arend, Seamus Dever, Sarah Drew, James Marsters
Directed by: Alexis Jacknow
Did a supernatural hound cause the death of Sir Charles Baskerville? Or is the famous Baskerville curse simply a cover for more sinister goings on? The redoubtable Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson face danger in an old mansion and on the moors in this rollicking stage adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic adventure. Winner of the 2015 Audie Award for Best Audio Drama
Air Date: April 21, 2023
The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial
By: Peter Goodchild
Starring: Edward Asner, John de Lancie
Directed by: Brendon Fox
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.
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.
Air Date: April 28, 2023
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