LA Theatre Works

This play is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.In Vichy, France, in 1942, nine men are detained under a shadowy pretext. As the tension builds, the men are questioned – are they the sort of people whom the new Nazi regime considers "inferior?"Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in February 2002.Directed by Richard MasurProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergAn L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:Ben Diskin as A BoyArye Gross as Bayard, An ElectricianJamie Hanes as Rom/Police CaptainAndrew Hawkes as A MajorGregory Itzin as Monceau, An ActorRobert Lesser as Police Guard/Marchand, A Businessman/Ferrand, A Café ProprietorJon Matthews as Lebeau, A PainterLawrence Pressman as Von Berg, A PrinceRaphael Sbarge as Leduc, A DoctorArmin Shimerman as First Detective/Professor HoffmanShahar Sorek as A Waiter/Second DetectiveSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This play is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.On April 4th, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated outside of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. What happened inside room 306 on the evening of April 3rd is the subject of Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop. Hours after King’s final speech, punctuated by his immortal line, “I’ve been to the mountaintop,” the celebrated Reverend forms an unlikely friendship with a motel maid as they talk into the early hours of what will be his final day.Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The James Bridges Theater, UCLA in May 2016.Directed by Roger Guenveur SmithAja Naomi King as CamaeLarry Powell as Dr. Martin Luther KingSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hear our interview with Kindertransport survivor Hilda Fogelson, recorded in 2013.Sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.Diane Samuels’ play about families, secrets and survival takes us to the days of the impending Holocaust. As conditions deteriorated in Germany in the 1930s, many tried in vain to escape. But thanks to a British humanitarian effort, about 10,000 Jewish children from Germany and neighboring countries were relocated to live with families in the United Kingdom, while their parents stayed behind. This passage to freedom became known as Kindertransport.Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The James Bridges Theater, UCLA in June 2013.Directed by Jeanie HackettProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergJane Kaczmarek as HelgaHugo Armstrong as Ratcatcher/OthersShannon Lee Clair as EvaAngela Paton as LilMolly C. Quinn as FaithSusan Sullivan as EvelynSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.Diane Samuels’ play about families, secrets and survival takes us to the days of the impending Holocaust. As conditions deteriorated in Germany in the 1930s, many tried in vain to escape. But thanks to a British humanitarian effort, about 10,000 Jewish children from Germany and neighboring countries were relocated to live with families in the United Kingdom, while their parents stayed behind. This passage to freedom became known as Kindertransport.Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The James Bridges Theater, UCLA in June 2013.Directed by Jeanie HackettProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergJane Kaczmarek as HelgaHugo Armstrong as Ratcatcher/OthersShannon Lee Clair as EvaAngela Paton as LilMolly C. Quinn as FaithSusan Sullivan as EvelynSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.Diane Samuels’ play about families, secrets and survival takes us to the days of the impending Holocaust. As conditions deteriorated in Germany in the 1930s, many tried in vain to escape. But thanks to a British humanitarian effort, about 10,000 Jewish children from Germany and neighboring countries were relocated to live with families in the United Kingdom, while their parents stayed behind. This passage to freedom became known as Kindertransport.Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The James Bridges Theater, UCLA in June 2013.Directed by Jeanie HackettProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergJane Kaczmarek as HelgaHugo Armstrong as Ratcatcher/OthersShannon Lee Clair as EvaAngela Paton as LilMolly C. Quinn as FaithSusan Sullivan as EvelynSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.Diane Samuels’ play about families, secrets and survival takes us to the days of the impending Holocaust. As conditions deteriorated in Germany in the 1930s, many tried in vain to escape. But thanks to a British humanitarian effort, about 10,000 Jewish children from Germany and neighboring countries were relocated to live with families in the United Kingdom, while their parents stayed behind. This passage to freedom became known as Kindertransport.Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The James Bridges Theater, UCLA in June 2013.Directed by Jeanie HackettProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergJane Kaczmarek as HelgaHugo Armstrong as Ratcatcher/OthersShannon Lee Clair as EvaAngela Paton as LilMolly C. Quinn as FaithSusan Sullivan as EvelynSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.Based on Natasha Trethewey’s collection of poems, The Alliance Theatre’s production of Native Guard is both an elegy to her mother and a journey into Mississippi’s Civil War history. Trethewey’s work was the winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. This recording was produced with the generous support of The Poetry Foundation.Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in July 2018.Directed by Rosalind AyresProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergNeal A. Ghant as The Native GuardJanuary LaVoy as The PoetNicole Banks Long as VocalistTyrone Jackson as Keyboard/Composer/Music DirectorAssociate Artistic Director: Anna Lyse EriksonAssociate Producer, Studio Production Coordinator, and Mixing Engineer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West HollywoodSenior Radio Producer: Ronn LipkinProduction Assistant: Amanda AllenRecording Engineer: Erick CifuentesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.Based on Natasha Trethewey’s collection of poems, The Alliance Theatre’s production of Native Guard is both an elegy to her mother and a journey into Mississippi’s Civil War history. Trethewey’s work was the winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. This recording was produced with the generous support of The Poetry Foundation.Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in July 2018.Directed by Rosalind AyresProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergNeal A. Ghant as The Native GuardJanuary LaVoy as The PoetNicole Banks Long as VocalistTyrone Jackson as Keyboard/Composer/Music DirectorAssociate Artistic Director: Anna Lyse EriksonAssociate Producer, Studio Production Coordinator, and Mixing Engineer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West HollywoodSenior Radio Producer: Ronn LipkinProduction Assistant: Amanda AllenRecording Engineer: Erick CifuentesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.Based on Natasha Trethewey’s collection of poems, The Alliance Theatre’s production of Native Guard is both an elegy to her mother and a journey into Mississippi’s Civil War history. Trethewey’s work was the winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. This recording was produced with the generous support of The Poetry Foundation.Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in July 2018.Directed by Rosalind AyresProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergNeal A. Ghant as The Native GuardJanuary LaVoy as The PoetNicole Banks Long as VocalistTyrone Jackson as Keyboard/Composer/Music DirectorAssociate Artistic Director: Anna Lyse EriksonAssociate Producer, Studio Production Coordinator, and Mixing Engineer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West HollywoodSenior Radio Producer: Ronn LipkinProduction Assistant: Amanda AllenRecording Engineer: Erick CifuentesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.