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At the center of Cassandra Medley’s play is the controversial idea that higher concentrations of melanin in the genetic makeup of people of color make them mentally, physically, and spiritually superior. Based on the scientific studies of her now-deceased father, Kalima, a fledgling molecular scientist looking to come into her own, has a difficult time owning his flawed research. Original music composed and performed by Stuart K. Robinson. Recorded at Voice Box Studios, Los Angeles in January 2008.Relativity 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 Stuart K. RobinsonProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergJudyann Elder as ClaireDeidrie Henry as KalimaJames Pickens Jr. as MalikJason Ritter as DanTerrell Tilford as LeonLorraine Toussaint as IrisRecording Engineer, Sound Designer, Mixer and Editor: Mark HoldenStage Mana

At the center of Cassandra Medley’s play is the controversial idea that higher concentrations of melanin in the genetic makeup of people of color make them mentally, physically, and spiritually superior. Based on the scientific studies of her now-deceased father, Kalima, a fledgling molecular scientist looking to come into her own, has a difficult time owning his flawed research. Original music composed and performed by Stuart K. Robinson. Recorded at Voice Box Studios, Los Angeles in January 2008.Relativity 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 Stuart K. RobinsonProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergJudyann Elder as ClaireDeidrie Henry as KalimaJames Pickens Jr. as MalikJason Ritter as DanTerrell Tilford as LeonLorraine Toussaint as IrisRecording Engineer, Sound Designer, Mixer and Editor: Mark HoldenStage Mana

At the center of Cassandra Medley’s play is the controversial idea that higher concentrations of melanin in the genetic makeup of people of color make them mentally, physically, and spiritually superior. Based on the scientific studies of her now-deceased father, Kalima, a fledgling molecular scientist looking to come into her own, has a difficult time owning his flawed research. Original music composed and performed by Stuart K. Robinson. Recorded at Voice Box Studios, Los Angeles in January 2008.Relativity 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 Stuart K. RobinsonProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergJudyann Elder as ClaireDeidrie Henry as KalimaJames Pickens Jr. as MalikJason Ritter as DanTerrell Tilford as LeonLorraine Toussaint as IrisRecording Engineer, Sound Designer, Mixer and Editor: Mark HoldenStage Manager:

During WWII in Seattle, University of Washington student Gordon Hirabayashi fights the US government's orders to forcibly remove and incarcerate all people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast. As he struggles to reconcile his country's betrayal with his passionate belief in the US Constitution, Gordon begins a 50-year journey toward a greater understanding of America's triumphs - and a confrontation with its failures."Hold These Truths" is sponsored in part by the California Civil Liberties Program from the California State Library.Directed by Jessica KubzanskyProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergRyun Yu as Gordon HirabayashiMatthew Floyd Miller as Additional voicesSuzy Nakamura as Additional voicesMatt Walker as Additional voicesGreg Watanabe as Additional voicesAssociate Artistic Director: Anna Lyse EriksonSound Designer and Mixing Engineer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West HollywoodSenior Radio Producer: Ronn LipkinFoley Artist: Jeff GardnerRecording Engineer and Editor: Erick Cifuentes

During WWII in Seattle, University of Washington student Gordon Hirabayashi fights the US government's orders to forcibly remove and incarcerate all people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast. As he struggles to reconcile his country's betrayal with his passionate belief in the US Constitution, Gordon begins a 50-year journey toward a greater understanding of America's triumphs - and a confrontation with its failures."Hold These Truths" is sponsored in part by the California Civil Liberties Program from the California State Library.Directed by Jessica KubzanskyProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergRyun Yu as Gordon HirabayashiMatthew Floyd Miller as Additional voicesSuzy Nakamura as Additional voicesMatt Walker as Additional voicesGreg Watanabe as Additional voicesAssociate Artistic Director: Anna Lyse EriksonSound Designer and Mixing Engineer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West HollywoodSenior Radio Producer: Ronn LipkinFoley Artist: Jeff GardnerRecording Engineer and Editor: Erick Cifuentes

We spoke with playwright and actor Jeanne Sakata about "Hold These Truths."Sponsored in part by the California Civil Liberties Program from 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.

No-No Boy is sponsored in part by the California Civil Liberties Program from the California State Library.Ken Narasaki's adaptation of the novel by Japanese-American author John Okada is set during the aftermath of the U.S. government's incarceration of 120,000 people of Japanese descent during World War II, and the resettlement of Japanese Americans to the West Coast. In the play, Ichiro returns to Seattle, where he struggles to transition into post-war life.Directed by Anna Lyse EriksonProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergKurt Kanazawa as TaroEmily Kuroda as Mrs. Kanno, Mrs. KumasakaJohn Miyasaki as Freddie, Voice 3, Radio DJKen Narasaki as Kenji, Kumasaka-san, Voice 1, JudgeSharon Omi as MaJoy Osmanski as Emi, 2ASab Shimono as PaGreg Watanabe as IchiroPaul Yen as Eto, Jun, Cop, Voice 2, Drunk GuySenior Producer: Anna Lyse EriksonPrepared for Audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West HollywoodSound Design by: Mark Holden and Neil WogensenRecording Engineers: Charles Carroll and Neil Wogens

No-No Boy is sponsored in part by the California Civil Liberties Program from the California State Library.Ken Narasaki's adaptation of the novel by Japanese-American author John Okada is set during the aftermath of the U.S. government's incarceration of 120,000 people of Japanese descent during World War II, and the resettlement of Japanese Americans to the West Coast. In the play, Ichiro returns to Seattle, where he struggles to transition into post-war life.Directed by Anna Lyse EriksonProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergKurt Kanazawa as TaroEmily Kuroda as Mrs. Kanno, Mrs. KumasakaJohn Miyasaki as Freddie, Voice 3, Radio DJKen Narasaki as Kenji, Kumasaka-san, Voice 1, JudgeSharon Omi as MaJoy Osmanski as Emi, 2ASab Shimono as PaGreg Watanabe as IchiroPaul Yen as Eto, Jun, Cop, Voice 2, Drunk GuySenior Producer: Anna Lyse EriksonPrepared for Audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West HollywoodSound Design by: Mark Holden and Neil WogensenRecording Engineers: Charles Car

In For Us All, a team of legal experts used a creative strategy to overturn the conviction of Fred Korematsu, unjustly sentenced for resisting the WWII mass incarceration of all Japanese Americans on the West Coast.Now, meet the real-life attorneys from that landmark case: Lori Bannai, Peter Irons, Dale Minami and Don Tamaki, in conversation with playwright Jeanne Sakata.For Us All is 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.

A team of lawyers uses a little-known legal writ to fight and overturn the conviction of Fred Korematsu, unjustly sentenced for resisting the WWII mass incarceration of all Japanese Americans on the West Coast.For Us All is sponsored in part by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.The play draws much inspiration from Enduring Conviction: Fred Korematsu and his Quest for Justice by Lorraine K. Bannai (University of Washington Press 2015) and Justice Delayed by Peter Irons (Wesleyan University Press 1989).Directed by Anna Lyse EriksonProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergEdward Asner as John J. McCloyBrooke Ishibashi as Karen Korematsu, ClerkTess Lina as Judge Marilyn Hall Patel, Times Analyst, ClerkMike McShane as Lt. General John L. DeWitt, CBS News Anchor, ABC News Anchor, NBC ReporterDerek Mio as Dale MinamiJoy Osmanski as Lorraine (Lori) Bannai, MayaJeanne Sakata as Aiko Herzig-YoshinagaAndré Sogliuzzo as Edward Ennis, Vi

A team of lawyers uses a little-known legal writ to fight and overturn the conviction of Fred Korematsu, unjustly sentenced for resisting the WWII mass incarceration of all Japanese Americans on the West Coast.For Us All is sponsored in part by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.The play draws much inspiration from Enduring Conviction: Fred Korematsu and his Quest for Justice by Lorraine K. Bannai (University of Washington Press 2015) and Justice Delayed by Peter Irons (Wesleyan University Press 1989).Directed by Anna Lyse EriksonProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergEdward Asner as John J. McCloyBrooke Ishibashi as Karen Korematsu, ClerkTess Lina as Judge Marilyn Hall Patel, Times Analyst, ClerkMike McShane as Lt. General John L. DeWitt, CBS News Anchor, ABC News Anchor, NBC ReporterDerek Mio as Dale MinamiJoy Osmanski as Lorraine (Lori) Bannai, MayaJeanne Sakata as Aiko Herzig-YoshinagaAndré Sogl

A sheet of ice sits in the desert of New Mexico. A mad eco-terrorist plants a bomb in order to save humankind. A beleaguered film crew tries to get in one last shot before losing the light. Storytelling and science collide with hilarious and devastating consequences."Continuity" 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 in December 2022.Directed by Anna Lyse EriksonProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergAn L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:Johnny Berchtold as Jake/GeorgeSeamus Dever as David CaxtonSarah Drew as Eve/NicoleMark Holden as Sound GuyDesirée Mee Jung as First ADKurt Kanazawa as The PAStacey Martinez as Second PABukola Ogunmola as Dr. Anna Gerber/LilyDevon Sorvari as Second AD/Camera OpStephen Tobolowsky as LarryLiza Weil as MariaSenior Producer: Anna Lyse EriksonA

A sheet of ice sits in the desert of New Mexico. A mad eco-terrorist plants a bomb in order to save humankind. A beleaguered film crew tries to get in one last shot before losing the light. Storytelling and science collide with hilarious and devastating consequences."Continuity" 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 in December 2022.Directed by Anna Lyse EriksonProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergAn L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:Johnny Berchtold as Jake/GeorgeSeamus Dever as David CaxtonSarah Drew as Eve/NicoleMark Holden as Sound GuyDesirée Mee Jung as First ADKurt Kanazawa as The PAStacey Martinez as Second PABukola Ogunmola as Dr. Anna Gerber/LilyDevon Sorvari as Second AD/Camera OpStephen Tobolowsky as LarryLiza Weil as MariaSenior Producer: Anna Lyse EriksonA

A sheet of ice sits in the desert of New Mexico. A mad eco-terrorist plants a bomb in order to save humankind. A beleaguered film crew tries to get in one last shot before losing the light. Storytelling and science collide with hilarious and devastating consequences."Continuity" 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 in December 2022.Directed by Anna Lyse EriksonProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergAn L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:Johnny Berchtold as Jake/GeorgeSeamus Dever as David CaxtonSarah Drew as Eve/NicoleMark Holden as Sound GuyDesirée Mee Jung as First ADKurt Kanazawa as The PAStacey Martinez as Second PABukola Ogunmola as Dr. Anna Gerber/LilyDevon Sorvari as Second AD/Camera OpStephen Tobolowsky as LarryLiza Weil as MariaSenior Producer: Anna Lyse EriksonA

A sheet of ice sits in the desert of New Mexico. A mad eco-terrorist plants a bomb in order to save humankind. A beleaguered film crew tries to get in one last shot before losing the light. Storytelling and science collide with hilarious and devastating consequences."Continuity" 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 in December 2022.Directed by Anna Lyse EriksonProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergAn L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:Johnny Berchtold as Jake/GeorgeSeamus Dever as David CaxtonSarah Drew as Eve/NicoleMark Holden as Sound GuyDesirée Mee Jung as First ADKurt Kanazawa as The PAStacey Martinez as Second PABukola Ogunmola as Dr. Anna Gerber/LilyDevon Sorvari as Second AD/Camera OpStephen Tobolowsky as LarryLiza Weil as MariaSenior Producer: Anna Lyse EriksonA

Pia is a neuroscientist whose research focuses on changing the way we process traumatic experiences. Will Pia’s emotionally distant mother - who survived the Khmer Rouge in 1970’s Cambodia – benefit from her daughter’s work? Or are some things just too terrible to remember?"What You Are Now" 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 in November 2022Directed by Anna Lyse EriksonProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergAn L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:Carie Kawa as PiaTess Lina as ChantreaJoe Ngo as DaranySamantha Quan as SiobhanMark Jude Sullivan as EvanGreg Watanabe as the NarratorSenior Producer: Anna Lyse EriksonPrepared for Audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West HollywoodRecording Engineer, Editor and Mixer: Charles CarrollSound Design: David Wilson and Ch

Pia is a neuroscientist whose research focuses on changing the way we process traumatic experiences. Will Pia’s emotionally distant mother - who survived the Khmer Rouge in 1970’s Cambodia – benefit from her daughter’s work? Or are some things just too terrible to remember?"What You Are Now" 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 in November 2022Directed by Anna Lyse EriksonProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergAn L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:Carie Kawa as PiaTess Lina as ChantreaJoe Ngo as DaranySamantha Quan as SiobhanMark Jude Sullivan as EvanGreg Watanabe as the NarratorSenior Producer: Anna Lyse EriksonPrepared for Audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West HollywoodRecording Engineer, Editor and Mixer: Charles CarrollSound Design: David Wilson and Ch

Pia is a neuroscientist whose research focuses on changing the way we process traumatic experiences. Will Pia’s emotionally distant mother - who survived the Khmer Rouge in 1970’s Cambodia – benefit from her daughter’s work? Or are some things just too terrible to remember?"What You Are Now" 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 in November 2022Directed by Anna Lyse EriksonProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergAn L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:Carie Kawa as PiaTess Lina as ChantreaJoe Ngo as DaranySamantha Quan as SiobhanMark Jude Sullivan as EvanGreg Watanabe as the NarratorSenior Producer: Anna Lyse EriksonPrepared for Audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West HollywoodRecording Engineer, Editor and Mixer: Charles CarrollSound Design: David Wilson and Ch

Pia is a neuroscientist whose research focuses on changing the way we process traumatic experiences. Will Pia’s emotionally distant mother - who survived the Khmer Rouge in 1970’s Cambodia – benefit from her daughter’s work? Or are some things just too terrible to remember?"What You Are Now" 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 in November 2022Directed by Anna Lyse EriksonProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergAn L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:Carie Kawa as PiaTess Lina as ChantreaJoe Ngo as DaranySamantha Quan as SiobhanMark Jude Sullivan as EvanGreg Watanabe as the NarratorSenior Producer: Anna Lyse EriksonPrepared for Audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West HollywoodRecording Engineer, Editor and Mixer: Charles CarrollSound Design: David Wilson and Ch

Sam Chanse's play "What You Are Now" asks if there's a way to alter our traumatic memories. To help us gain insight into this idea, we spoke with Dr. Daniela Schiller, a Professor of Neuroscience and Psychiatry at the Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. As director of the school’s laboratory of affective neuroscience, her research concerns the discovery of the neural mechanisms underlying emotional control and flexibility."What You Are Now" 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.