L.A. Theatre Works Apps

The Scarlet Letter 1.0.10
The Scarlet Letter (by Nathaniel Hawthorne) ispresented by L.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook appcombines a professional audio recording with supplemental featuresfor download-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.The Scarlet Letter is set in 17th century Salem, Massachusetts,and concerns the public condemnation of Hester Prynne, who bears anillegitimate child. However, the story is not about adultery, noris it specifically about sin. Rather it traces the effect of actualand symbolic sin on the mind and spirit of each character. In theend, The Scarlet Letter comes to stand not for adultery, but forthe guilt that is the common experience of all humans.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring ShirleyAnderson, David Catlin, Raymond Fox, Joy Gregory, Michael Lapthorn,Heidi Stillman and Andrew White.DURATION: About a 1.25 hour performance.
Arms and the Man 1.0.10
Arms and the Man (by George Bernard Shaw) ispresented by L.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook appcombines a professional audio recording with supplemental featuresfor download-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.Arms and the Man is a comedy by George Bernard Shaw, whose titlecomes from the opening words of Virgil’s Aeneid in Latin: Armavirumque cano (“Arms and the man I sing”). Set during thefour-month-long Serbo-Bulgarian War (November 1885–March 1886),this play is a satire on the foolishness of glorifying something soterrible as war, as well as a satire on the foolishness of basingaffections on idealistic notions of love.An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring AlEspinosa, Jeremy Sisto, Teri Garr, Anne Heche, Micahel Winters,Jason Kravits, and Sarah Rafferty.DURATION: About a 1.5 hour performance.
Tartuffe (Molière) 1.0.10
Tartuffe (by Molière) is presented by L.A.Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook app combines aprofessional audio recording with supplemental features fordownload-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.Initially banned in France by King Louis, Molière’s celebratedsocial satire Tartuffe exposes false piety and hypocrisy in theCatholic Church. When a pious fraud worms his way into a wealthyfamily and manipulates the patriarch into giving up his fortune,it’s up to his family to expose the truth before they end up in thepoor house!An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance starring:Brian Bedford as TartuffeJB Blanc as M. Loyal and OfficerDaniel Blinkoff as DamisGia Carides as DorineJane Carr as Mme. PernelleJohn de Lancie as CleanteMartin Jarvis as OrgonMatthew Rhys as ValereSarah Zimmerman as MarianeTranslated by Richard Wilbur. Directed by Dakin Matthews.Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood.DURATION: About a 1.75 hour performance.
Arcadia (Tom Stoppard) 1.0.10
Arcadia (by Tom Stoppard) is presented by L.A.Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook app combines aprofessional audio recording with supplemental features fordownload-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia merges science with human concerns andideals, examining the universe’s influence in our everyday livesand ultimate fates through relationship between past and present,order and disorder and the certainty of knowledge. Set in anEnglish country house in the year 1809-1812 and 1989, the playexamines the lives of two modern scholars and the house’s currentresidents with the lives of those who lived there 180 yearsearlier.The New York Times calls Arcadia: “Tom Stoppard’s richest, mostravishing comedy to date. A play of wit, intellect, language, brioand emotion,” and The Royal Institution of Great Britain calls it:“the best science book ever written.”Includes an interview with Steven Strogatz, the author ofNonlinear Dynamics and Chaos and professor at the CornellUniversity School of Theoretical and Applied Mathematics.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:Kate Burton as HannahMark Capri as ChaterJennifer Dundas as ThomasinaGregory Itzin as Bernard NightingaleDavid Manis as Cpt. BriceChristopher Neame as Noakes and JellabyPeter Paige as ValentineDarren Richardson as AugustusKate Steele as ChloeSerena Scott Thomas as Lady CroomDouglas Weston as SeptimusDirected by John Rubinstein. Recorded at the Invisible Studios,West Hollywood.This play is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Seriesfeaturing science-themed plays. Major funding for the RelativitySeries is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to enhancepublic understanding of science and technology in the modernworld.DURATION: About a 3 hour performance.
The Real Thing (Tom Stoppard) 1.0.10
The Real Thing (by Tom Stoppard) is presentedby L.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook app combines aprofessional audio recording with supplemental features fordownload-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.Henry may be the wittiest playwright of his generation, but he’shopelessly naïve when it comes to understanding love andinfidelity. Writing about betrayal is one thing, living with it isanother. After Henry leaves his wife for another woman, he’sconfronted with being the cuckold himself. Both dazzlingly cleverand emotionally naked, Henry’s search for the “the real thing” inart and love demonstrates beautifully why both are worth the effortin the end.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:Andrea Bowen as DebbieMatt Gaydos as Brodie and TV DirectorCarolyn Seymour as CharlotteSimon Templeman as HenryDouglas Weston as MaxJoanne Whalley as AnnieMatthew Wolf as BillyDirected by Rosalind Ayres. Recorded before a live audience at theSkirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.DURATION: About a 1.75 hour performance.
Antigone (Jean Anouilh) 1.0.10
Antigone (by Jean Anouilh) is presented byL.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook app combines aprofessional audio recording with supplemental features fordownload-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.The body of Polynices, Antigone’s brother, has been ordered toremain unburied by Creon, the new king of Thebes. Antigone’sfaithfulness to her dead brother and his proper burial, and herdefiance of the dictator Creon, seals her fate. Originally producedin Paris during the Nazi occupation, Anouilh’s Antigone was seen bythe French as theatre of the resistance and by the Germans as anaffirmation of authority.Includes an interview with translator Christopher Nixon anddirector Brendon Fox.Also includes an interview with Ned Chaillet, a playwright,radio producer and director for the BBC. Chaillet is the formerDeputy Drama Critic for the Times of London and the London theatrecritic for the Wall Street Journal-Europe. He spoke with us aboutAntigone in the context of World War Two, the differences bewtweenthe original myth of Sophocles and the Anouilh version, andAnouilh’s influence on later playwrights.An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring:Jordan Bridges as Haemon and GuardDominic Fumusa as GuardFrancis Guinan as CreonJohn Hansen as Guard and MessengerAlan Mandell as ChorusElizabeth Marvel as AntigoneAlley Mills as NannyMandy Siegfried as IsmeneDirected by Brendon Fox. Recorded before a live audience at theSkirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.DURATION: About a 2 hour performance.
She Stoops to Conquer 1.0.10
She Stoops to Conquer (by Oliver Goldsmith) ispresented by L.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook appcombines a professional audio recording with supplemental featuresfor download-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.In this classic comedy of manners, two young men set out to woothe alluring and upper-crust Kate and Constance. But is anybody inthis rural estate ruly who they seem? Bawdy hijinks and poppedpretensions are the hallmarks of this romping frolic that’s keptaudiences laughing for over two centuries.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:Rosalind Ayres as Mrs. HardcastleAdam Godley as Tony LumpkinJulian Holloway as Elder Marlow and StingoJames Marsters as Charles MarlowChristopher Neame as RogerPaula Jane Newman as Bet Bouncer and PimpleIan Ogilvy as Mr. HardcastleMoira Quirk as Constance NevilleDarren Richardson as Diggory and JeremyJoanne Whalley as Kate HardcastleMatthew Wolf as George HastingsDirected by Martin Jarvis. Recorded before a live audience atthe Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.DURATION: About a 2 hour performance.
Hamlet (William Shakespeare) 1.0.11
Hamlet (by William Shakespeare) is presentedby L.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook app combines aprofessional audio recording with supplemental features fordownload-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.Shakespeare’s timeless story of revenge, corruption, and murderis considered one of the greatest works in the English language.Prince Hamlet sets out to avenge his beloved father’s death at thehand of his uncle Claudius — but Hamlet’s spiral into grief andmadness will have permanent and immutable consequences for theKingdom of Denmark. Composed over 400 years ago, Hamlet remains oneof the theater’s most studied and performed works, and is presentedhere in a stunning, sound-rich full-cast recording.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:Josh Stamberg as HamletStephen Collins as King ClaudiusJoBeth Williams as Queen GertrudeStacy Keach as GhostAlan Mandell as PoloniusEmily Swallow as OpheliaJD Cullum as LaertesMatthew Wolf as HoratioMark Capri as Ambassador and othersJosh Clark as Gravedigger, Voltemand and othersHenri Lubatti as Rosencrantz and othersJon Matthews as Guildenstern and othersDarren Richardson as Player Queen and othersAndré Sogliuzzo as Reynaldo and othersDirected by Martin Jarvis. Recorded at the Invisible Studios,West Hollywood in August, 2011.DURATION: About a 3.25 hour performance.
Macbeth (William Shakespeare) 1.0.12
Macbeth (by William Shakespeare) is presentedby L.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook app combines aprofessional audio recording with supplemental features fordownload-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.Infamously known as the cursed Scottish play, Macbeth is perhapsShakespeare’s darkest tragedy.When General Macbeth is foretold by three witches that he willone day be King of Scotland, Lady Macbeth convinces him to get ridof anyone who could stand in his way – including committingregicide.As Macbeth ascends to the throne through bloody murder, hebecomes a tyrant consumed by fear and paranoia.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: JamesMarsters as Macbeth Joanne Whalley as Lady Macbeth Josh Cooke asBanquo and others JD Cullum as Macduff and Second Murderer DanDonohue as Ross Jeannie Elias as Second Witch and others ChumaGault as Lennox and Servant Jon Matthews as Malcolm Alan Shearmanas Angus and others André Sogliuzzo as Donalbain, Third Witch andothers Kate Steele as Lady Macduff, First Witch and Apparition KrisTabori as Duncan and others.Directed by Martin Jarvis. Sound effects by Tony Palermo.Recorded at the Invisible Studios, West Hollywood.DURATION: About a 2 hour performance.
Headstrong (Patrick Link) 1.0.10
Headstrong (by Patrick Link) is presented byL.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook app combines aprofessional audio recording with supplemental features fordownload-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.In the wake of increasing concern over brain trauma inprofessional athletes, Patrick Link has crafted a story about aretired NFL linebacker who must deal with a family tragedy and hisown suffering because of the violence of his chosen sport.Ex-NFL linebacker Duncan Troy played with the greats, andtackled them to the ground. When his son-in-law, a pro bowlerhimself, dies under strange circumstances, Troy and his widoweddaughter struggle with their own culpability and whether the braintrauma he suffered in life was the price of football greatness.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:Deirdre Henry as Syliva GreenErnie Hudson as Duncan TroyNtare Guma Mbaho Mwine as Dr. Moses OdameScott Wolf as Nick MerrittDirected by Bart DeLorenzo. Recorded before a live audience.Includes an interview about brain injuries and sports with Dr.Robert Cantu, the Senior Advisor to the NFL Head, Neck and SpineCommittee.Headstrong is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Seriesfeaturing science-themed plays. Major funding for the RelativitySeries is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to enhancepublic understanding of science and technology in the modernworld.DURATION: About a 1.25 hour performance.
Doctor Cerberus 1.0.10
DOCTOR CERBERUS (by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa) ispresented by L.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook appcombines a professional audio recording with supplemental featuresfor download-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.A coming-of-age, coming-out cocktail with a twist of terror.Thirteen-year-old Franklin Robertson is trying to surviveadolescence. His parents don’t understand him, his brother tormentshim, he has no friends, and he’s more interested in the high schoolquarterback than any girl. The one bright spot in his life is theglow of the black-and-white TV in his parents’ basement. Here, heworships at the altar of the Saturday Night Horror Movie, hosted bythe eerie Dr. Cerberus. Before long, Franklin is convinced thatonly by going on the show will his life be redeemed—by Dr. Cerberushimself!An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:Simon Helberg as Franklin RobertsonJamison Jones as Doctor CerberusSteven Culp as Lawrence RobertsonPamela J. Gray as Lydia RobertsonJarrett Sleeper as Rodney RobertsonDirected by Bart DeLorenzo. Recorded before a live audience atthe Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.This play is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Seriesfeaturing science-themed plays. Major funding for the RelativitySeries is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to enhancepublic understanding of science and technology in the modernworld.DURATION: About a 2 hour performance.
Copenhagen (Michael Frayn) 1.0.10
Copenhagen (by Michael Frayn) is presented byL.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook app combines aprofessional audio recording with supplemental features fordownload-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.How different would the world have looked had the Nazis been thefirst to build an atomic bomb? Werner Heisenberg, one of Hitler’slead nuclear scientists, famously and mysteriously met inCopenhagen with his colleague and mentor, Niels Bohr, one of thefounders of the Manhattan Project. Michael Frayn’s TonyAward-winning drama imagines their reunion. Joined by Niels’ wife,Margrethe, these three brilliant minds converge for an encounter ofatomic proportions.An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring:Alfred Molina as Niels BohrShannon Cochran as Margrethe BohrDavid Krumholtz as Werner HeisenbergDirected by Martin Jarvis. Recorded before a live audience atthe James Bridges Theater at UCLA School of Theater, Film andTelevision in November, 2011.Copenhagen is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Seriesfeaturing science-themed plays. Major funding for the RelativitySeries is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to enhancepublic understanding of science and technology in the modernworld.DURATION: About a 2.25 hour performance.
Pride and Prejudice (J Austen) 1.0.10
Pride and Prejudice (by Jane Austen) ispresented by L.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook appcombines a professional audio recording with supplemental featuresfor download-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.A 1997 recording of Christina Calvit’s stage adaptation of Prideand Prejudice. Jane Austen’s classic romantic comedy is a sparklingtale of the Bennets, a family blessed with five daughters and amother desperate to marry them off. The tempestuous pairing of thewitty, independent Elizabeth and her arrogant but honorable suitorMr. Darcy sets the standard for all great couples of stage andscreen.An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring:Kate Burton as Elizabeth BennettMelanie Dix as Lydia Bennett/Charlotte LucasElizabeth Laidlaw as Mary BennettFrances Limoncelli as Jane Bennett/Mrs. HurstMiriam Margolyes as Mrs. Bennett/Lady Catherine de Bourgh/Mr.Darcy's HousekeeperBradley Mott as Mr. Bennett/Sir William Lucas/Mr. DennyJames Sie as Mr. Bingley/Colonel FitzwilliamJoao de Sousa as Mr. WickhamSandy Snyder as Narrator/Kitty Bennett/Miss de BourghKevin Theis as Mr. DarcySteve Totland as Mr. CollinsChristina Calvit’s stage adaptation of Jane Austen’s classicromantic comedy, directed by Meryl Friedman. Recorded live inChicago in 1997.Directed by Meryl Friedman. Recorded in Chicago in 1997.DURATION: About a 2 hour performance.
Brothers Karamazov • The Idiot 1.0.10
The Brothers Karamazov • The Idiot (by FyodorDostoyevsky) is presented by L.A. Theatre Works. This standaloneaudiobook app combines a professional audio recording withsupplemental features for download-once, grab-and-go anywhereenjoyment.Dostoyevsky’s titanic novels are transformed into spellbindingdrama. The passionate Karamazov brothers spring to life, led bytheir rogue of a father, who entertains himself by drinking,womanizing, and pitting his three sons against each other. In TheIdiot, meet the childlike Prince Myshkin, as he returns to thedecadent social whirl of St. Petersburg. The two most beautifulwomen in town compete for his affections, in a duel that growsincreasingly dangerous.Two L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performances.The Brothers Karamazov: John de Lancie, Sharon Gless, AryeGross, Harry Hamlin, Kaitlin Hopkins, Joseph Mascolo, Richard HoytMiller, John Randolph, John Rubinstein, Tom Virtue and Ping Wu.The Idiot: Edward Asner, Kate Asner, Angela Bettis, Arye Gross,John Kapelos, Robert Machray, Jon Matthews, Johanna McKay, PaulMercier, Laurel Moglen, Michael Rivkin, Peggy Roeder and DouglasWeston.DURATION: About a 4 hour performance between two plays.
A View from the Bridge 1.0.10
A View from the Bridge (by Arthur Miller) ispresented by L.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook appcombines a professional audio recording with supplemental featuresfor download-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.Italian-American immigrant life in the 1950’s textures thissearing drama of love and revenge. Longshoreman Eddie Carbone isdevoted to his wife, Beatrice and to his niece, Catherine. WhenBeatrice’s impoverished Sicilian cousins enter the U.S. illegally,in hope of finding work, Eddie gives them a helping hand. But whenCatherine and one of the cousins fall in love, Eddie’s affectionfor his niece turns into obsession.Includes an interview with accomplished stage director EthanMcSweeny, whose resume includes an ongoing stint as the co-ArtisticDirector of the Chautauqua Theater Company.An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring:Charles Cioffi as AlfieriHarry Hamlin as MarcoJamie Hanes as RodolphoMary McDonnell as BeatricePeter Morse as Louis and othersEd O’Neill as Eddie CarboneAmy Pietz as CatherineDon Tieri as Mike and othersDirected by Peter Levin.DURATION: About a 1.75 hour performance.
Breaking the Code 1.0.10
BREAKING THE CODE (by Hugh Whitemore) ispresented by L.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook appcombines a professional audio recording with supplemental featuresfor download-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.Simon Templeman stars as brilliant mathematician Alan Turing,the man who cracked the German Enigma code and enabled the Alliesto win World War II. But Turing was to find that the country hesaved cared less about his genius and more about his sexualorientation.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:Sheelagh Cullen as Sara TuringKenneth Danziger as Detective Mick RossPeter Dennis as John SmithSamantha Robson as Pat GreenOrlando Seale as Ron MillerW. Morgan Sheppard as Dillwyn KnoxAndre Sogliuzzo as Christopher Morcom and NikosSimon Templeman as Alan TuringDirected by Rosalind Ayres. Recorded before a live audience atthe Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in July, 2003.This play is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Seriesfeaturing science-themed plays. Major funding for the RelativitySeries is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to enhancepublic understanding of science and technology in the modernworld.DURATION: About a 2 hour performance.
Fallen Angels (Noël Coward) 1.0.10
Fallen Angels (by Noël Coward)) is presentedby L.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook app combines aprofessional audio recording with supplemental features fordownload-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.Julia and Fred and Willy and Jane are happily married and thebest of friends, until a postcard arrives with news of the imminentarrival of a certain handsome Frenchman. Gay, debonair, and utterlysophisticated.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring AnnetteBening, Harriet Harris, Judith Ivey, Joe Mantegna, John Rubinsteinand Kristoffer Tabori.DURATION: About a 1.5 hour performance.
The Lost World (A. C. Doyle) 1.0.10
The Lost World (by Arthur Conan Doyle) ispresented by L.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook appcombines a professional audio recording with supplemental featuresfor download-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.The Lost World is a rollicking adventure that follows ascientific expedition deep into the Amazon jungle right back intothe time of dinosaurs and cavemen. Before Jurassic Park, beforeIndiana Jones – there was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The LostWorld!An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:Josh Clark as ChallengerKyle Colerider-Krugh as Copy Boy, Gomez, Ape King, andothers.Peter Paige as RoxtonKirsten Potter as Gladys, Lady BeaumontKate Steele as SummerleeTom Virtue as McArdleKenneth Alan Williams as MaloneThis play is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Seriesfeaturing science-themed plays. Major funding for the RelativitySeries is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, to enhancepublic understanding of science and technology in the modernworld.DURATION: About a 1 hour performance.
The Grapes of Wrath 1.0.10
The Grapes of Wrath (by John Steinbeck) ispresented by L.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook appcombines a professional audio recording with supplemental featuresfor download-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.A heart-wrenching full-cast adaptation of the PulitzerPrize-winning novel by John Steinbeck, starring Jeffrey Donovan andShirley Knight. Set during the Great Depression, The Grapes ofWrath tells the powerful story of the Joad family’s trek from thedust bowl of Oklahoma to the promise of a new life in California.But what they find threatens to rip apart their lives, and severthe ties that bind them together. Starring Shirley Knight as MaJoad, Frank Galati’s play finds its timeless heart in the generousspirit of the common man.A L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:Shirley Knight as Ma JoadJeffrey Donovan as Tom JoadEmily Bergl as Rose of SharonMichael Buie as Connie and othersDaniel Chacon as Al JoadMaurice Chasse as Deputy Sheriff and othersShannon Cochran as Mrs. Wainwright and Elizabeth SandryTrista Delamere as 2nd Narrator and Al’s GirlFrancis Guinan as Jim CasyCharlie Matthes as Willy and othersGas Station Attendant and Hooper Ranch GuardRod McLachlan as Uncle JohnRobert Pescovitz as Pa JoadJoel Rafael as Car Salesman and Man with GuitarStephen Ramsey as 1st Narrator and othersNick Sadler as Agricultural Officer and othersAndy Taylor as Gas Station Owner and othersFloyd Knowles and Weedpatch Camp DirectorTodd Waring as Hooper Ranch Bookkeeper and othersFredd Wayne as Grampa, Mayor of Hooverville and Camp GuardMichael Weston as Noah Joad and othersKate Williamson as Gramma and othersLive music performed by the Joel Rafael Band. Adapted by FrankGalati. Directed by Richard Masur. Recorded before a live audienceat the Skirball Cultural Center, Los AngelesDURATION: About a 2 hour performance.
Hay Fever (Noël Coward) 1.0.10
Hay Fever (by Noël Coward) is presented byL.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook app combines aprofessional audio recording with supplemental features fordownload-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.A country house weekend goes haywire when the guests and theirhosts play a game of romantic musical chairs. Four members of theidiosyncratic Bliss family each invite a guest to spend the weekendat their country estate. But when their unsuspecting guests arrive,they find that a weekend with the Bliss family is anything but. Theoutlandish and self-centred behavior of the hosts finally drivestheir guests to flee while the Blisses are so engaged in a familyrow that they do not notice their guests' furtive departure.An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring:Tate Donovan as Richard GrathamArabella Field as David BoiesJoy Gregory as Sorel Bliss CorytonJeffrey Jones as David BlissLynne Marta as ClaraSerena Scott Thomas as Myra AbundelCarolyn Seymour as Judith BlissEric Stoltz as Sandy TyrellSimon Templeman as Simon BlissDirected by John Rubinstein.DURATION: About a 1.5 hour performance.
Twelve Angry Men (R. Rose) 1.0.10
Twelve Angry Men (by Reginald Rose) ispresented by L.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook appcombines a professional audio recording with supplemental featuresfor download-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.Over the course of a steamy and tense afternoon, twelve jurorsdeliberate the fate of a 19 year-old boy alleged to have murderedhis own father. A seemingly open and shut case turns complicated,igniting passions and hidden prejudices.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:Dan Castellaneta as Juror #5Jeffrey Donovan as Juror #8Hector Elizondo as Juror #10Robert Foxworth as Juror #3James Gleason as Juror #2Kevin Kilner as Juror #6Richard Kind as Juror #7Alan Mandell as Juror #9Rob Nagle as Juror #12Armin Shimerman as Juror #4Joe Spano as Juror #11Steve Vinovich as Foreman/Juror #1Directed by John de Lancie. Recorded before a live audience atthe Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.DURATION: About a 1.5 hour performance.
The School for Scandal 1.0.10
The School for Scandal (by Richard BrinsleySheridan) is presented by L.A. Theatre Works. This standaloneaudiobook app combines a professional audio recording withsupplemental features for download-once, grab-and-go anywhereenjoyment.Beware the gossips! Lady Sneerwell and her hireling Snake arecertainly up to no good in this timeless send-up of hypocriticalmanners. Thanks to their scandal-mongering, the comely Lady Teazlemust fend off the slanderous barbs that have caught the ear of herelderly husband - as well as every other gossip in London! Whatfollows is a torrent of mistaken identities and sex-crazed schemingin which the upper classes have never looked so low class.Includes an interview with Michael Hackett, the Chair of theDepartment of Theater in the School of Theater, Film and Televisionat the University of California-Los Angeles.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:Stuart Bunce as Charles SurfaceJane Carr as Mrs. CandourJohn H. Francis as Rowley and othersHenri Lubatti as Snake, Moses and othersChristopher Neame as Sir Oliver SurfaceMoira Quirk as Maria and MaidJulian Sands as Joseph SurfaceSusan Sullivan as Lady SneerwellTara Summers as Lady TeazleSimon Templeman as Sir Peter TeazleJames Warwick as Crabtree and othersMatthew Wolf as Sir Benjamin BackbiteDirected by Michael Hackett. Recorded before a live audience atthe Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.DURATION: About a 3 hour performance.
Oedipus the King (Sophocles) 1.0.10
OEDIPUS THE KING (by Sophocles) is presentedby L.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook app combines aprofessional audio recording with supplemental features fordownload-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.One of the first and greatest of all Greek tragedies, HarryLennix stars as Oedipus, the king who unwittingly kills his fatherand marries his mother. W. Morgan Sheppard and Carolyn Seymour alsostar.Includes a Q&A session with translator and director NicholasRudall.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:Spencer Garrett as Shepard and ChorusFrancis Guinan as Messenger and ChorusGregory Itzin as Creon and ChorusCharles Kimbrough as Priest Of Zeus and ChorusHarry J. Lennix as OedipusRod Mclachlan as Second Messenger and ChorusCarolyn Seymour as JocastaW. Morgan Sheppard as TiresiasTranslated and directed by Nicholas Rudall. Recorded before alive audience at the Getty Center in Los Angeles.DURATION: About a 2 hour performance.
The Misanthrope (Molière) 1.0.10
The Misanthrope (by Molière) is presented byL.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook app combines aprofessional audio recording with supplemental features fordownload-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.This timeless comedy of manners is considered one of Molière’smost probing and mature works. While it’s still an exemplar of 16thcentury farce, Molière went beyond his usual comic inventiveness tocreate a world of rich, complex characters, especially in thecynical title character Alceste, played here by the TonyAward-winning actor Brian Bedford.Lead funding for this production is provided by the Sidney E.Frank Foundation.This recording also includes an interview with Larry F. Normanauthor of “The Public Mirror: Molière and the Social Commerce ofDepiction”.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:Brian Bedford as AlcesteJD Cullum as ClitandreSarah Drew as ElianteMartin Jarvis as PhilinteDarren Richardson as Basque, Du BoisSusan Sullivan as ArsinoeNick Toren as OronteMatt Wolf as Acaste, GuardBellamy Young as CelimeneDirected by Rosalind Ayres. Translated by Richard Wilbur.Recorded at the Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in June,2012.
The Young Man from Atlanta 1.0.10
The Young Man from Atlanta (by Horton Foote)is presented by L.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook appcombines a professional audio recording with supplemental featuresfor download-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.In 1950’s Houston, an affluent couple is transformed by tragedywhen their son dies under mysterious circumstances and the husbandloses his job of 40 years. Shirley Knight recreates herTony-nominated performance in this 1995 Pulitzer Prize-winningdrama.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring PhyllisApplegate, Jamie Hanes, Shirley Knight, Lynne Marta, Ronan O’Casey,Daniel Passer, Kenna Ramsey, David Selby and Tom Virtue.DURATION: About a 1.5 hour performance.
Mrs. Warren's Profession 1.0.10
Mrs. Warren’s Profession (by George BernardShaw) is presented by L.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobookapp combines a professional audio recording with supplementalfeatures for download-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.Modern parallels abound in the plight of Cambridge-educatedmathematics wiz Vivie Warren, who discovers that her comfortableupbringing was financed in unspeakable ways. Shaw pits a cleverheroine against a memorable gallery of rogues in this superblyintelligent—and still shocking—comedy, banned for eight years fromthe English stage.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring PaulGutrecht, Kaitlin Hopkins, Shirley Knight, Basil Langton, DakinMatthews and Robin Sachs.DURATION: About a 1.75 hour performance.
Six Degrees of Separation 1.0.10
Six Degrees of Separation (by John Guare) ispresented by L.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook appcombines a professional audio recording with supplemental featuresfor download-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.In a Fifth Avenue apartment high above Central Park, art dealerFlanders Kittredge and his wife Ouisa are trying to interest amoneyed friend in a $2 million investment. When an unexpected youngguest arrives, claiming to be the son of Sidney Poitier, the plottakes some wonderfully unexpected turns. Veering effortlessly fromhilarity to pathos, this dazzling play was lauded by The New YorkTimes as “transcendent, magical and a masterwork.”An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Alan Alda,Pam Blair, Gabrielle Carteris, Gabriel Dell, Alastair Duncan,Melissa Greenspan, Oded Gross, Chuma Hunter-Gault, Swoosie Kurtz,Charles Levin, Daniel Passer and Danny Strauss.DURATION: About a 1.75 hour performance.
Proof (David Auburn) 1.0.10
Proof (by David Aubum) is presented by L.A.Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook app combines aprofessional audio recording with supplemental features fordownload-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.An enigmatic young woman. A manipulative sister. Their brilliantfather. An unexpected suitor. One life-altering question. Thesearch for the truth behind a mysterious mathematical proof is theperplexing problem in David Auburn’s dynamic play. Starring AnneHeche and Jeremy Sisto, Proof is a winner of the 2001 Tony awardfor Best Play as well as the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for drama.Includes an interview with Dr. Carrie Bearden, a ClinicalNeuropsychologist and Assistant Professor-in-Residence in theDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at theUniversity of California-Los Angeles. Dr. Bearden is working toidentify brain-based traits that may provide clues as to theunderlying causes of psychosis and bipolar disorder. She joined usto talk about the role of heredity in mental illness and the linksbetween genius and madness.Also includes an interview with Steven Strogatz, a professor atthe Cornell University School of Theoretical and AppliedMathematics. Dr. Strogatz is the author of three books, includingSync and The Calculus of Friendship, and has authored a column onmathematics for the New York Times. Dr. Strogatz joined us to talkabout popular stereotypes of mathematicians, math as a “young man’sgame,” and the question of gender bias in the field.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:Anne Heche as CatherineJeremy Sisto as HalRobert Foxworth as RobertKaitlin Hopkins as ClaireDirected by Jenny Sullivan. Recorded before a live audience atthe Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.This play is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Seriesfeaturing science-themed plays. Major funding for the RelativitySeries is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to enhancepublic understanding of science and technology in the modernworld.DURATION: About a 2.25 hour performance.
The Picture of Dorian Gray 1.0.10
The Picture of Dorian Gray (by Oscar Wilde) ispresented by L.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook appcombines a professional audio recording with supplemental featuresfor download-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.A full cast dramatization of one of the great classics ofcontemporary Western literature. Dorian Gray, an effete younggentleman, is the subject of a striking portrait by the artistBasil Hallward. Gray’s narcissism is awakened, and he embraces alifestyle of hedonism and casual cruelties. Increasingly consumedby his own vanity, he is forced to confront his true inner-self, ina manner that is as shocking as it is terrifying.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring SteveJuergens, Jim Ortlieb, Colleen Crimmins, Roger Mueller, ThomasCarroll, Paulin Brailsford, Rush Pearson and Martin Duffy.DURATION: About a 1.5 hour performance.
Anna Christie (Eugene O’Neill) 1.0.10
Anna Christie (by Eugene O’Neill) is presentedby L.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook app combines aprofessional audio recording with supplemental features fordownload-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.The passion of a coal barge captain’s daughter and a rough-hewnsailor takes a tumultuous turn when her secret past is revealed.Nobel laureate Eugene O’Neill won the second of his four PulitzerPrizes for this heroic classic.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance starring:Stacy Keach as Chris ChristophersonAlison Elliot as Anna ChristophersonDwier Brown as Mat BurkeScott Lowell as LarryAlley Mills as Marthy OwenDURATION: About a 1.75 hour performance.
End Days (Deborah Zoe Laufer) 1.0.10
End Days (by Deborah Zoe Laufer) is presentedby L.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook app combines aprofessional audio recording with supplemental features fordownload-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.In End Days, a suburban family is undergoing a spiritual crisisfollowing the September 11th attacks. Sylvia Stein has turned toChristianity to save her disaffected husband Arthur and herrebellious teenage daughter Rachel. But as Sylvia races aroundpreparing for the Rapture, Rachel is learning that there are morethings in Heaven and Earth than are dreamt of in herphilosophy.Includes an interview about science and theology with RobertJohn Russell, the founder and director of the Center for Theologyand the Natural Sciences - an organization dedicated to fosteringdialogue between the sciences and world religions. Dr. Russell isthe Ian G. Barbour Professor of Theology and Science at theinterfaith consortium, the Graduate Theological Union, in Berkeley,California. He is also an ordained minister in the United Church ofChrist.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:Josh Clark as Jesus and Stephen HawkingShannon Cochran as Sylvia SteinDane DeHaan as Nelson SteinbergArye Gross as Arthur SteinKenneth Houston as the BullyKate Rylie as Rachel SteinDirected by Michael Hacket. Recorded at The Invisible Studios,West Hollywood in 2010.This play is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Seriesfeaturing science-themed plays. Major funding for the RelativitySeries is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to enhancepublic understanding of science and technology in the modernworld.DURATION: About a 2.25 hour performance.
Chapter Two (Neil Simon) 1.0.10
Chapter Two (by Neil Simon) is presented byL.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook app combines aprofessional audio recording with supplemental features fordownload-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.Comedy and pathos mingle brilliantly in Neil Simon’s portrait ofa widowed New York novelist who fears he’ll never love again andhas no interest in dating. Neither does smart, attractive JennieMalone, who has just returned from getting a Mexican divorce. Agrudging five-minute meeting between them blossoms into apassionate, witty romance–until they decide to marry. A BBCco-production.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring DavidDukes, Sharon Gless, Gates McFadden and Grant Shaud.DURATION: About a 1.5 hour performance.
Secret Order (Bob Clyman) 1.0.10
Secret Order (by Bob Clyman) is presented byL.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook app combines aprofessional audio recording with supplemental features fordownload-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.In the high-stakes world of cancer research, Dr. William Shumwayhas just made a stunning breakthrough. But is it really thelong-sought cure for cancer? Despite the young scientist’sreservations, a senior mentor pressures him to trumpet his findingsto the world. Part medical drama, part suspense-filled thriller,Secret Order turns its microscope on bioethics, money andpower.Includes an interview with Dr. Harvey Herschman, Director forBasic Research at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring AngelaGoethals, Will McCormack, Richard Schiff and George Segal.This play is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Seriesfeaturing science-themed plays. Major funding for the RelativitySeries is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to enhancepublic understanding of science and technology in the modernworld.DURATION: About a 2 hour performance.
Desire Under the Elms 1.0.10
Desire Under the Elms (by Eugene O’Neill) ispresented by L.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook appcombines a professional audio recording with supplemental featuresfor download-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.Eugene O’Neill’s tale of Ephraim Cabot, greedy and hard like thestone walls that surround his farm, the family patriarch bringshome his new young bride, Abbie. His grown sons disapprove; oneleaves but the other stays to fight for the family fortune. Whatfollows is a tragedy of epic proportions.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring PaulAdelstein, Orson Bean, Amy Brenneman, Dwier Brown, Maurice Chasseand Charlie Kimball.DURATION: About a 1.75 hour performance.
Playboy of the Western World 1.0.10
The Playboy of the Western World (by J.M.Synge) is presented by L.A. Theatre Works. This standaloneaudiobook app combines a professional audio recording withsupplemental features for download-once, grab-and-go anywhereenjoyment.Orson Bean and Alley Mills star in the story of a man whobecomes the town hero after he boasts of murdering his father.Riots greeted the first performance of this 1907 comic masterpieceof the Irish Literary Renaissance.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring OrsonBean, Robert Evan Collins, Alexander Enberg, Jacqueline Heinze,Stuart W. Howard, Dennis Madden, Seth Margolies, Alley Mills,Carolyn Palmer and Sarah Moyo Tracey.DURATION: About a 1.75 hour performance.
The Heidi Chronicles 1.0.11
The Heidi Chronicles (by Wendy Wasserstein) ispresented by L.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook appcombines a professional audio recording with supplemental featuresfor download-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.This Pulitzer Prize winning play is the tale of a baby-boomer’slong, hard road from 60’s confusion to 1990’s self-assured woman…orso she hopes.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Lisa Akey,Kosha Engler, Kaitlin Hopkins, Barbara Klein, Lisa Pelikan, MarthaPlimpton, Scot Reese, Raphael Sbarge and Grant Shaud.DURATION: About a 2.25 hour performance.
Moving Bodies (Arthur Giron) 1.0.10
Moving Bodies (by Arthur Giron) is presentedby L.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook app combines aprofessional audio recording with supplemental features fordownload-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.Moving Bodies is a chronicle of the brilliant life of NobelPrize-winning scientist Richard Feynman. From his role in thedevelopment of the atomic bomb to his controversial testimony atthe investigation of the Challenger disaster, Feynman casts a longshadow across the worlds of physics and mathematics. Throughplaywright Arthur Giron’s eyes, we see how Feynman became one ofthe most important scientists of our time.Includes a bonus feature with Ralph Leighton, the co-author ofRichard Feynman’s “Surely You’re Joking, Mister Feynman!”, abest-selling collection of autobiographical stories andreminiscences.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring EmilyBergl, Jessica Chastain, Jill Gascoine, Matthew Gaydos, HarryGroener, Arye Gross, Kathryn Hahn, Mark Harelick, KatharineLeonard, Mary McGowan, Alec Medlock, Alfred Molina, Jenny O’Hara,Raphael Sbarge, Joe Spano and John Vickery.This play is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Seriesfeaturing science-themed plays. Major funding for the RelativitySeries is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to enhancepublic understanding of science and technology in the modernworld.DURATION: About a 2 hour performance.
Crimes of the Heart 1.0.10
Crimes of the Heart (by Beth Henley) ispresented by L.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook appcombines a professional audio recording with supplemental featuresfor download-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.This Pulitzer Prize-winner is a deeply touching and funny playabout three eccentric sisters from a small Southern town rocked byscandal when Babe, the youngest, shoots her husband. Humor andpathos abound as the sisters unite with an intense young lawyer tosave Babe from a murder charge, and overcome their family’s painfulpast. A BBC co-production.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Ray Baker,Donna Bullock, Arye Gross, Glenne Headly, Sondra Locke and BelitaMoreno.DURATION: About a 2 hour performance.
The Constant Wife 1.0.10
The Constant Wife (by W. Somerset Maugham) ispresented by L.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook appcombines a professional audio recording with supplemental featuresfor download-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.There’s something Constance Middleton’s friends are dying totell her: her husband is having an affair–with her best friend!Despite their hints, Constance remains ever cool, and seeminglyoblivious. Or is she? In this biting comedy of manners, marriagesand mistresses, Constance–a not-so-desperate housewife—has someideas of her own about extra-marital activity that surpriseeveryone in the end!An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:Kate Burton as Constance MiddletonRosalind Ayres as Barbara FawcettMark Capri as Bentley and Mortimer DurhamStephen Collins as Bernard KersalJohn De Lancie as John Middleton, F.R.C.S.Jen Dede as Marie-Louise DurhamChristina Pickles as Mrs. CulverKirsten Potter as Martha CulverDirected by Jeanie Hackett. Recorded before a live audience atthe Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.DURATION: About a 2 hour performance.
Abundance (Beth Henley) 1.0.10
Abundance (by Beth Henley) is presented byL.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook app combines aprofessional audio recording with supplemental features fordownload-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.From the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Crimes of the Heartcomes this poignant but unromanticized story of the hard lives ofpioneers on the high plains of Wyoming in the 1860’s. Macon andBess are two mail-order brides, lured to the West by the promise ofnew beginnings through marriage to men they’ve never met. Whilewaiting for their respective husbands-to-be, one bubbling withoptimism, the other mousy and plain, the two women become instantbest friends. As Abundance follows the two women through theirfriendship and adventures for the next 25 years, this Western epicunearths the dark underside of American mythology.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Ed BegleyJr., Gary Cole, Amy Madigan, Steven Weber and JoBeth Williams.DURATION: About a 1.75 hour performance.
This is Our Youth 1.0.10
This is Our Youth (by Kenneth Lonergan) ispresented by L.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook appcombines a professional audio recording with supplemental featuresfor download-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.Starring Mark Ruffalo, Josh Hamilton and Missy Yager, theoriginal cast was reunited for this exclusive L.A. Theatre Worksperformance of This is Our Youth. In 1982, on Manhattan’s UpperWest Side, three pot-smoking teenagers are resoundingly rejectingthe 1960’s ideals of their affluent parents. In hilarious andbittersweet detail, This is Our Youth follows forty-eight turbulenthours in the lives of three very lost souls at the dawn of theReagan Era.Includes an interview with playwright Kenneth Lonergan, directorMark Brokaw and the three actors who originated the roles ofWarren, Dennis and Jessica – Mark Ruffalo, Josh Hamilton, and MissyYager.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:Mark Ruffalo as WarrenJosh Hamilton as DennisMissy Yager as JessicaDirected by Mark Brokaw. Recorded before a live audience at theSkirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.DURATION: About a 2 hour performance.
Lucy (Damien Atkins) 1.0.10
Lucy (by Damien Atkins) is presented by L.A.Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook app combines aprofessional audio recording with supplemental features fordownload-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.Our ability to communicate with others and outwardly express ourthoughts and feelings is at the core of what defines us asindividuals.For people with autism, social interaction is compromised andcommunication is impaired. They are often hard to reach—and harderstill is finding the key for them to reach us.In Lucy, a mother struggles with her daughter Lucy’s autism. Atthe same time we hear Lucy’s inner thoughts, and her own efforts toprocess what’s happening around her.Thirteen year old Lucy, who suffers from autism, moves in withher estranged, misanthropic mother. Having lived her entire lifewith her father, Lucy, as well as her mom, struggle with all thedifficulties of such an arrangement.“A complicated and thoughtful piece” says NYtheatre.comThis is an L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuringLucy DeVito, Roxanne Hart, Geoffrey Lower, Sarah Rafferty andRaphael Sbarge. This play is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ RelativitySeries featuring science-themed plays. Major funding for theRelativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation toenhance public understanding of science and technology in themodern world.DURATION: About a 2 hour performance.
David Mamet Shorts 1.0.10
David Mamet Shorts is presented by L.A.Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook app combines aprofessional audio recording with supplemental features fordownload-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.• “Bobby Gould in Hell”: David Mamet’s sequel to his classic“Speed the Plow” finds unethical movie producer Bobby Gould tryingto talk his way out of eternal damnation.• “Reunion”: A father and daughter reunite after a 20 yearestrangement. In a series of short scenes, we learn about theirlives and how the father has come to terms with his alcoholism. Afunny and poignant minor gem from David Mamet.• “The Shaw”: An eerie look at the world of seances andconfidence men as only David Mamet could imagine them. A shysterpsychic reluctantly tries to bilk a troubled woman out ofinheritance money, while fighting his lover and powers he can’tcontrol.DURATION: About a 2 hour performance.
Private Lives (Noël Coward) 1.0.10
Private Lives (by Noël Coward) is presented byL.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook app combines aprofessional audio recording with supplemental features fordownload-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.The lights of a yacht on the French Riviera are reflected in thewater and in the eyes of four hilariously mismatched lovers.Private Lives shimmers with wit, romance, desire and bittersweettruth.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring RosalindAyres, Marnie Mosiman, Ian Ogilvy, Begonya Piazza and KristofferTabori.DURATION: About a 1 hour performance.
’night Mother (Marsha Norman) 1.0.10
’night Mother (by Marsha Norman) is presentedby L.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook app combines aprofessional audio recording with supplemental features fordownload-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.This Pulitzer Prize winner tells the powerful story of anepileptic woman in her early 40’s systematically preparing her owndeath—and the frantic and touching efforts of her mother to stopher. This searing drama is guaranteed to keep any listener on theedge of their seat.An L.A. Theatre Works performance featuring Sharon Gless andKatherine Helmond.DURATION: About a 1 hour performance.
Relativity (Cassandra Medley) 1.0.10
Relativity (by Cassandra Medley) is presentedby L.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook app combines aprofessional audio recording with supplemental features fordownload-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.At the center of Cassandra Medley’s play is the controversialidea that higher concentrations of melanin in the genetic makeup ofpeople of color make them mentally, physically, and spirituallysuperior. Based on the scientific studies of her ironicallynow-deceased father, Kalima, a fledging molecular scientist lookingto come to her own has a difficult time owning his flawed research.Her mother Claire, who carries her deceased husband’s scientifictorch has a hard time reckoning with her daughter’senlightenment.Includes an interview with Dr. Stanley Nelson, Professor ofHuman Genetics and Psychiatry at UCLA’s David Geffen School ofMedicine.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring JudyannElder, Deidrie Henry, James Pickens Jr., Jason Ritter, TerrellTilford and Lorraine Toussaint.This play is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Seriesfeaturing science-themed plays. Major funding for the RelativitySeries is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to enhancepublic understanding of science and technology in the modernworld.DURATION: About a 1.75 hour performance.
Thank You, Jeeves! 1.0.10
Thank You, Jeeves! (by P.G. Wodehouse) ispresented by L.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook appcombines a professional audio recording with supplemental featuresfor download-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.A delightful comedy from the wonderful world of Wodehouse! Theperpetually misguided Bertie finds himself embroiled in a madcapadventure sparked by the abrupt departure of his beloved Jeeves.Featuring ‘Hizzoner’ Richard Riordan as blustering Americanmillionaire J. Washburn Stoker.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring GregoryCooke, Kenneth Danziger, Alastair Duncan, Dominic Keating, RichardRiordan, Guy Siner, Simon Templeman, Jennifer Tilly and PaxtonWhitehead.DURATION: About a 1.5 hour performance.
The House of Blue Leaves 1.0.10
The House of Blue Leaves (by John Guare) ispresented by L.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook appcombines a professional audio recording with supplemental featuresfor download-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.John Guare poignant Obie Award-winning comedy unfolds in NewYork City on the day the Pope is expected to visit. Hearts arepalpitating in the sleepy borough of Queens, but not entirely onaccount of His Holiness. Bunny Flingus, a femme-fatale fromFlushing (or thereabouts) is stirring things up in the quiet,unfulfilled life of aspiring songwriter Artie Shaughnessy. Artielongs to leave his unhappy marriage, elope with Bunny, and write ahit song that will top the charts.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring MaryTeresa Fortuna, Sharon Gless, Deb Gottesman, Christopher Lane, RonLeibman, Cam Magee, Jennifer Mendenhall, Jessica Walter and MichaelWillis.DURATION: About a 1.5 hour performance.
Lady Windermere’s Fan 1.0.10
LADY WINDERMERE’s FAN (by Oscar Wilde) ispresented by L.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook appcombines a professional audio recording with supplemental featuresfor download-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.The irreverent satire that launched Wilde’s succession ofclassical comedies. A Lord, his wife, her admirer and an infamousblackmailer converge in this delicious comic feast of scandal. Adivinely funny comedy of good girls, bad husbands and the moralhypocrisy of British high society in the late nineteenthcentury.An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring:Gina Field as Lady Agatha CarlisleJudy Geeson as Lady PlymdaleJoanna Going as Lady WindermereArthur Hanket as Mr. Cecil GrahamLisa Harrow as Mrs. ErlynneDominic Keating as Mr. HopperMiriam Margolyes as The Duchess of BerwickRoger Rees as Lord WindermereEric Stoltz as Lord DarlingtonJames Warwick as Lord Augustus LortonTom Wheatley as ParkerDirected by Michael Hackett. Recorded before a live audience atthe Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.DURATION: About a 1.5 hour performance.
The Real Dr. Strangelove 1.0.10
The Real Dr. Strangelove (by Peter Goodchild)is presented by L.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook appcombines a professional audio recording with supplemental featuresfor download-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.The birth of Armageddon. The first H-bomb detonates and theproud father is Edward Teller. But he’s on a collision course withRobert Oppenheimer, the inventor of the bomb that obliteratedHiroshima. Now Oppenheimer has turned pacifist and the governmentwill stop at nothing to “neutralize” him. And Teller is their starwitness!Includes an interview with Richard Rhodes, America’s preeminenthistorian of the nuclear age. He is the author of the PulitzerPrize-winning book The Making of the Atomic Bomb, and its companionbook, Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb. In addition toediting or authoring more than twenty other books, Rhodes has beena visiting scholar at Harvard and MIT, and has testified before theU.S. Senate on nuclear energy.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring JordanBaker, Corey Brill, John de Lancie, Reed Diamond, J. Michael Flynn,Raphael Sbarge, Joe Spano, Matt St. James, Simon Templeman,Granville Van Dusen, Geoffrey Wade and Margaret Welsh.This play is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Seriesfeaturing science-themed plays. Major funding for the RelativitySeries is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to enhancepublic understanding of science and technology in the modernworld.DURATION: About a 2.25 hour performance.