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Paradise
Written By: Laura Maria Censabella
Starring: Medalion Rahimi, Jeff Marlow
Directed by: Anna Lyse Erikson
"A standout. Compelling contemporary theater" —AudioFile Magazine
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.
This play 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.
Air Date: December 12, 2025
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The Great Gatsby
Written By: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Adapted By: Anna Lyse Erikson
Starring: Rufus Sewell, Nate Corddry, Sarah Drew
Directed by: Rosalind Ayres
"Smart, sensitive, and faithful adaptation" —AudioFile Magazine
Set in New York during the Jazz Age, this new adaptation tells the tragic tale of self-made millionaire Jay Gatsby (Rufus Sewell, The Man in the High Castle). Consumed with desire for his former lover, Daisy Buchanan (Sarah Drew, Gray's Anatomy), Gatsby draws new neighbor Nick Carraway into his desperate pursuit to win her back — and into their world of lavish wealth, wild parties and free-flowing liquor.
Air Date: December 19, 2025
Daniel Deronda
Written By: George Eliot
Starring: Kimberley Nixon, Ifan Meredith, Julian Sands
Adapted and Directed by: Kate McAll
"Lively, entertaining, and educational" —AudioFile Magazine
Scornful of men and the love they profess for her, Gwendolen Harleth (Kimberley Nixon, BBC’s Cranford) is a beautiful but spoiled young woman, frustrated by her limited options in Victorian England. Daniel Deronda (Ifan Meredith, BBC’s EastEnders) is an intelligent, handsome young man who has been raised by his guardian, Sir Hugo Mallinger, but knows nothing of his true origins. Deronda’s search leads him into the world of 19th-century Zionism, a discovery that will alter the course of his life. Also starring Julian Sands (A Room with a View). An L.A. Theatre Works original commission.
Includes an interview with Hilary Schor, Professor of English, Comparative Literature and Law at USC.
Air Date: December 26, 2025
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