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Sep 15, 2020 • 1h 25min

Of One Blood

David Schwimmer stars in Andrew White’s poignant and disturbing play about the infamous murder of three civil rights workers―James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner―in Mississippi in 1964. Originally produced by the Lookingglass Theatre Company in Chicago.Directed by Andrew WhiteProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergLee Arenberg as Deputy Sheriff Cecil Price/Governor Johnson/Mr. SchwernerJohn Cothran, Jr. as Mr. Cole/Bob Moses/CoronerJudyann Elder as Mrs. Chaney/Mrs. ColeArye Gross as Andrew GoodmanValerie Landsburg as Rita Schwerner/Girl in CORE TrainingMacon McCalman as Sam BowersBruce Norris as Bobby Buford/Reporter #1/FBI OfficerDavid Schwimmer as Michael SchwernerJoey Slotnick as Alton Wayne Roberts/Reporter #2/Resident #2Brian Wesley Thomas as James ChaneyRenée Victor as Mrs. Goodman/Mrs. Herring/Reporter #3/Resident #1/WomanSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Aug 28, 2020 • 30min

Are You Now or Have You Ever Been? (Part 2)

The threat of a "radical leftist agenda" is nothing new in American politics; in the McCarthy-era 1950s, the House Un-American Activities Committee began investigating the communist influence in the entertainment industry. Based on the hearings' original transcripts, playwright Eric Bentley and a distinguished cast bring to life one of America's most unsavory chapters - in a docudrama that is still uncomfortably relevant today."Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?" features Edward Asner, Bonnie Bedelia, Richard Dreyfuss, Hector Elizondo, Harry Hamlin, James Earl Jones, James Whitmore and Michael York leading an all-star cast. A co-production with the BBC.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Aug 28, 2020 • 57min

Are You Now or Have You Ever Been? (Part 1)

The threat of a "radical leftist agenda" is nothing new in American politics; in the McCarthy-era 1950s, the House Un-American Activities Committee began investigating the communist influence in the entertainment industry.Based on the hearings' original transcripts, playwright Eric Bentley and a distinguished cast bring to life one of America's most unsavory chapters - in a docudrama that is still uncomfortably relevant today."Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?" features Edward Asner, Bonnie Bedelia, Richard Dreyfuss, Hector Elizondo, Harry Hamlin, James Earl Jones, James Whitmore and Michael York leading an all-star cast. A co-production with the BBC.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Jul 15, 2020 • 48min

The Relativity Series: Fake (Part 2)

Oscar-winning and Tony-nominated writer and director Eric Simonson explores the most famous archeological hoax in history. Alternating between 1914 and 1953, journalists and scientists set out to uncover who planted the Piltdown Man skull. Everyone’s a suspect, including legendary Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Originally produced at Steppenwolf Theatre 2009 with Martha Lavey as Artistic Director.Fake 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 Eric SimonsonProducing Director Susan Albert LoewenbergKate Arrington as Rebecca/KatarinaCoburn Goss as Chardin/Doug ArntFrancis Guinan as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle/Jonathan ColeAlan Wilder as Arthur Woodward/Paul MoodyLarry Yando as Charles Dawson/Henry BillingsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Jul 15, 2020 • 58min

The Relativity Series: Fake (Part 1)

Oscar-winning and Tony-nominated writer and director Eric Simonson explores the most famous archeological hoax in history. Alternating between 1914 and 1953, journalists and scientists set out to uncover who planted the Piltdown Man skull. Everyone’s a suspect, including legendary Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Originally produced at Steppenwolf Theatre 2009 with Martha Lavey as Artistic Director.Fake 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 Eric SimonsonProducing Director Susan Albert LoewenbergKate Arrington as Rebecca/KatarinaCoburn Goss as Chardin/Doug ArntFrancis Guinan as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle/Jonathan ColeAlan Wilder as Arthur Woodward/Paul MoodyLarry Yando as Charles Dawson/Henry BillingsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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May 19, 2020 • 42min

The Relativity Series: The Explorers Club (Part 2)

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.The Explorers Club by Nell Benjamin. Directed by Kate McAll. Producing Director, Susan Albert Loewenberg. Starring Jack Cutmore-Scott as Bebee/Irish Assassin, Carson Elrod as Luigi, David Furr as Harry Percy, John Getz as Professor Sloane, Martin Jarvis as Sir Bernard Humphries, David Krumholtz as Professor Walling, Lorenzo Pisoni as Lucius Fretway, Jennifer Westfeldt as Phyllida/Countess, Matthew Wolf as Professor Cope.The Explorers Club 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.Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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May 19, 2020 • 50min

The Relativity Series: The Explorers Club (Part 1)

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.The Explorers Club by Nell Benjamin. Directed by Kate McAll. Producing Director, Susan Albert Loewenberg. Starring Jack Cutmore-Scott as Bebee/Irish Assassin, Carson Elrod as Luigi, David Furr as Harry Percy, John Getz as Professor Sloane, Martin Jarvis as Sir Bernard Humphries, David Krumholtz as Professor Walling, Lorenzo Pisoni as Lucius Fretway, Jennifer Westfeldt as Phyllida/Countess, Matthew Wolf as Professor Cope. The Explorers Club 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.Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Mar 27, 2020 • 33min

The Relativity Series: Behind the Sheet (Part 2)

In 1840’s Alabama, a slave-owning doctor performs medical experiments on involuntary subjects – his slaves. As the experiments proceed, the enslaved women realize their survival will depend on learning to trust each other. Behind the Sheet by Charly Evon Simpson was directed by Rosalind Ayres and Inger Tudor, and stars Monica McSwain, Matthew Floyd Miller, Dominique Morriseau, Larry Powell, Devon Sorvari, Jasmine St. Clair, Josh Stamberg Danielle Truitt and Karen Malina White. Narration performed by Inger Tudor.Behind the Sheet 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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Mar 27, 2020 • 59min

The Relativity Series: Behind the Sheet (Part 1)

In 1840’s Alabama, a slave-owning doctor performs medical experiments on involuntary subjects – his slaves. As the experiments proceed, the enslaved women realize their survival will depend on learning to trust each other. Behind the Sheet by Charly Evon Simpson was directed by Rosalind Ayres and Inger Tudor, and stars Monica McSwain, Matthew Floyd Miller, Dominique Morriseau, Larry Powell, Devon Sorvari, Jasmine St. Clair, Josh Stamberg Danielle Truitt and Karen Malina White. Narration performed by Inger Tudor.Behind the Sheet 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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Sep 27, 2019 • 22min

The Relativity Series Bonus Episode: Pamela Bjorkman for Photograph 51

Listen to our interivew with Cal Tech's Pamela BjorkmanPhotograph 51 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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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