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latheatreworks

L.A. Theatre Works records plays live in performance. We stage our shows in an audio-friendly format, so actors speak directly into microphones while we add sound effects and music to create an immersive audio experience. We"ve recorded over 500 plays in this way - everything from Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde to Arthur Miller and recent Tony winners - and turn the recordings into podcasts, streaming audio, radio shows, and CD’s, so you can listen to great theater anywhere. Because of our unique

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00:38:41

Golden Shield (Part 2)

latheatreworks ·

2025/01/22

American lawyer Julie Chen files a class-action lawsuit involving a multinational technology corporation and the Chinese government’s internet firewall, known as Golden Shield. When she hires her strong-minded sister Eva as her translator, what compromises will they make in order to win? And can they put aside their past differences to speak the same language?This play is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by

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00:42:49

Golden Shield (Part 1)

latheatreworks ·

2025/01/22

American lawyer Julie Chen files a class-action lawsuit involving a multinational technology corporation and the Chinese government’s internet firewall, known as Golden Shield. When she hires her strong-minded sister Eva as her translator, what compromises will they make in order to win? And can they put aside their past differences to speak the same language? This play is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by

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00:44:26

Golden Shield (Part 3)

latheatreworks ·

2025/01/21

American lawyer Julie Chen files a class-action lawsuit involving a multinational technology corporation and the Chinese government’s internet firewall, known as Golden Shield. When she hires her strong-minded sister Eva as her translator, what compromises will they make in order to win? And can they put aside their past differences to speak the same language? This play is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by

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00:59:00

Circumstances Affecting the Heat of the Sun's Rays...

latheatreworks ·

2025/01/17

You may not know her name, but Eunice Newton Foote made groundbreaking discoveries about the greenhouse effect in the 1850s. Her experiments showed that different gases, including carbon dioxide, absorb and trap heat, an early milestone in the history of climate science. And even though her findings were published in a leading scientific journal – a rarity in the days of a male-dominated field – her work remained virtually unknown until recently. Now, thanks to playwright Amanda Quaid, we have a

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00:59:00

Circumstances Affecting the Heat of the Sun's Rays...

latheatreworks ·

2025/01/16

You may not know her name, but Eunice Newton Foote made groundbreaking discoveries about the greenhouse effect in the 1850s. Her experiments showed that different gases, including carbon dioxide, absorb and trap heat, an early milestone in the history of climate science. And even though her findings were published in a leading scientific journal – a rarity in the days of a male-dominated field – her work remained virtually unknown until recently. Now, thanks to playwright Amanda Quaid, we have a

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00:59:00

The Glass Menagerie (Part 2)

latheatreworks ·

2024/12/26

Tennessee Williams’ iconic work is an evocative memory-play about an eccentric Southern family that revolves around the domineering Amanda Wingfield and her grown children: the cynical Tom and the fragile Laura. This L.A. Theatre Works production reunites the cast of the Roundabout Theatre’s celebrated revival, which earned Drama Desk Awards for Kevin Kilner as Jim, and, in her Broadway debut, Calista Flockhart as Laura.Directed by Gordon House Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg Calista

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00:59:00

The Glass Menagerie (Part 1)

latheatreworks ·

2024/12/26

Tennessee Williams’ iconic work is an evocative memory-play about an eccentric Southern family that revolves around the domineering Amanda Wingfield and her grown children: the cynical Tom and the fragile Laura. This L.A. Theatre Works production reunites the cast of the Roundabout Theatre’s celebrated revival, which earned Drama Desk Awards for Kevin Kilner as Jim, and, in her Broadway debut, Calista Flockhart as Laura. Directed by Gordon House Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg Calista

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00:59:00

Zeni, Dean of the Diamond (Part 1)

latheatreworks ·

2024/12/18

Kenichi Zenimura – known as “Zeni” – loved baseball. As a young man in the 1920s he developed a Nisei baseball league in Fresno, California, and later organized barnstorming tours that brought the likes of Babe Ruth to the West Coast and Japan. And despite being sent to a Japanese-American internment camp in Arizona during World War II, he knew that somehow, baseball would be the key to improving the lives of his fellow detainees. This play is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public

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00:59:00

Zeni, Dean of the Diamond (Part 2)

latheatreworks ·

2024/12/18

Kenichi Zenimura – known as “Zeni” – loved baseball. As a young man in the 1920s he developed a Nisei baseball league in Fresno, California, and later organized barnstorming tours that brought the likes of Babe Ruth to the West Coast and Japan. And despite being sent to a Japanese-American internment camp in Arizona during World War II, he knew that somehow, baseball would be the key to improving the lives of his fellow detainees. This play is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public

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00:59:01

The Country Girl (Part 1)

latheatreworks ·

2024/11/15

Clifford Odets, one of America's great dramatists, rocked the worlds of Broadway and Hollywood in this moving drama about a desperately self-destructive alcoholic actor and his long-suffering wife. A searing and emotional play of love and redemption. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in November 2001. Directed by Nancy Malone Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording, starring: Harry Hamlin as Bernie

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00:59:01

The Country Girl (Part 2)

latheatreworks ·

2024/11/15

Clifford Odets, one of America's great dramatists, rocked the worlds of Broadway and Hollywood in this moving drama about a desperately self-destructive alcoholic actor and his long-suffering wife. A searing and emotional play of love and redemption.Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in November 2001. Directed by Nancy Malone Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording, starring: Harry Hamlin as Bernie

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00:59:01

An Immaculate Misconception (Part 1)

latheatreworks ·

2015/08/07

Playwright and scientist Carl Djerassi took a particular interest in assisted reproductive technology, and all of its ethical implications. As the inventor of the oral contraceptive pill, Djerassi was uniquely qualified to address concerns about the future of reproduction, a topic he explored in "An Immaculate Misconception." It's a story about the conflicts of interest that result when emotions overrule objectivity, and science becomes inseparable from the scientist. The broadcast includes a

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00:58:59

Moving Bodies

latheatreworks ·

2015/05/08

Episodes from the life of Richard Feynman, one of the most distinctive personalities – and visionary thinkers – in modern science. As a young man, Feynman worked on the development of the atomic bomb under the Manhattan Project before winning the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965. His science lectures at the California Institute of Technology became the basis for a milestone series of books, "The Feynman Lectures on Physics." And later in life, he played a pivotal role in the Rogers Commission, which

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00:58:59

Intelligence - Slave

latheatreworks ·

2015/05/08

The humble pocket calculator has an incredible back story. As a young Austrian engineer named Curt Herzstark was in the midst of perfecting his invention – the Curta calculator – the Nazis arrested him and took him to a salt mine deep below the Billroda concentration camp, where he continued to work on his revolutionary device. Playwright Kenneth Lin based his story, in part, on an oral history recounted by Herzstark shortly before his death in 1988."Intelligence-Slave" is part of L.A. Theatre

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Proof Web Extra: Steven Strogatz

latheatreworks ·

2014/10/15

Listen to our interview with Steven Strogatz, a professor at the Cornell University School of Theoretical and Applied Mathematics. He spoke with us about the people who ply the field of mathematics. This piece is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Major funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, to enhance public understanding of science and technology in the modern world.

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Proof Web Extra: Dr. Carrie Bearden

latheatreworks ·

2014/10/15

Listen to our interview with Dr. Carrie Bearden, a Clinical Neuropsychologist and Assistant Professor-in-Residence in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA. She spoke with us about heredity and mental illness. This piece is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Major funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, to enhance public understanding of science and technology in the modern world.

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