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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.

The blowhards, the know-it-alls, the scrupulous and the impecunious are all targets for Shaw’s incisive wit in his classic satire of the medical profession. A well-respected physician is forced to choose whom he shall save: a bumbling friend or the ne’er-do-well husband of the woman he loves. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in December 1998.The Doctor's Dilemma 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.Adapted for Radio and Directed by: Rosalind AyresProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergJane Carr as Emmy/Minnie TinwellGregory Cooke as Redpenny/Newspaper ManKenneth Danziger as Dr. Blinkensop/Mr. DanbyRoy Dotrice as Sir Patrick CullenMartin Jarvis as Sir Colenso RidgeonJennifer Dundas as Jennifer DubedatSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https:

The blowhards, the know-it-alls, the scrupulous and the impecunious are all targets for Shaw’s incisive wit in his classic satire of the medical profession. A well-respected physician is forced to choose whom he shall save: a bumbling friend or the ne’er-do-well husband of the woman he loves. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in December 1998.The Doctor's Dilemma 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.Adapted for Radio and Directed by: Rosalind AyresProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergJane Carr as Emmy/Minnie TinwellGregory Cooke as Redpenny/Newspaper ManKenneth Danziger as Dr. Blinkensop/Mr. DanbyRoy Dotrice as Sir Patrick CullenMartin Jarvis as Sir Colenso RidgeonJennifer Dundas as Jennifer DubedatSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https:

From Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa comes the tale of Franklin Robertson, who's struggling to survive adolescence. The one bright spot in his life is the glow of the black-and-white TV in his parents’ basement where he worships at the altar of the Saturday Night Horror Movie, hosted by the eerie Dr. Cerberus. Original music by Steven Cahill.Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in July of 2010.Doctor Cerberus 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 Bart DeLorenzoProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergSimon Helberg as Franklin RobertsonJamison Jones as Doctor CerberusSteven Culp as Lawrence RobertsonPamela J. Gray as Lydia RobertsonJarrett Sleeper as Rodney RobertsonSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my

From Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa comes the tale of Franklin Robertson, who's struggling to survive adolescence. The one bright spot in his life is the glow of the black-and-white TV in his parents’ basement where he worships at the altar of the Saturday Night Horror Movie, hosted by the eerie Dr. Cerberus. Original music by Steven Cahill.Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in July of 2010.Doctor Cerberus 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 Bart DeLorenzoProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergSimon Helberg as Franklin RobertsonJamison Jones as Doctor CerberusSteven Culp as Lawrence RobertsonPamela J. Gray as Lydia RobertsonJarrett Sleeper as Rodney RobertsonSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my

Stockton, California 1945. Three Japanese-American sisters return to their farm after years in an internment camp, but the once prosperous family finds it’s not easy to pick up the pieces of their former lives. As the details of their deceased father’s final arrangements emerge, the sisters must work together to keep their dreams alive.Sponsored in part by the California Civil Liberties Program from the California State Library.Directed by Tim DangProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergKeiko Agena as Rose MatsumotoJune Angela as Grace MatsumotoRon Bottitta as Mr. HershamKurt Kanazawa as HenrySuzy Nakamura as Chiz MatsumotoGreg Watanabe as BolaRyun Yu as HideoAssociate Artistic Director: Anna Lyse EriksonRecording Engineer, Sound Designer and Mixer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West HollywoodSenior Radio Producer: Ronn LipkinFoley Artist: Jeff GardnerProduction Manager: Nikki HydeEditor: Mitchell LindskoogSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art

The Scopes Trial, over the right to teach evolution in public schools, reaffirmed the importance of intellectual freedom as codified in the Bill of Rights. The trial, in a small-town Tennessee courtroom in 1925, set the stage for ongoing debates over the separation of Church and State in a democratic society—debates that continue to this day. Peter Goodchild used transcripts from the trial to create this intense docudrama. Recorded in Cambridge, Massachusetts before a live audience at the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University in April of 2007.The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial 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 Brendon FoxProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergEdward Asner as William Jennings BryanBill Brochtrup as EnsembleKyle Colerider-Krugh a

The Scopes Trial, over the right to teach evolution in public schools, reaffirmed the importance of intellectual freedom as codified in the Bill of Rights. The trial, in a small-town Tennessee courtroom in 1925, set the stage for ongoing debates over the separation of Church and State in a democratic society—debates that continue to this day. Peter Goodchild used transcripts from the trial to create this intense docudrama. Recorded in Cambridge, Massachusetts before a live audience at the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University in April of 2007.The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial 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 Brendon FoxProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergEdward Asner as William Jennings BryanBill Brochtrup as EnsembleKyle Colerider-Krugh a

The Scopes Trial, over the right to teach evolution in public schools, reaffirmed the importance of intellectual freedom as codified in the Bill of Rights. The trial, in a small-town Tennessee courtroom in 1925, set the stage for ongoing debates over the separation of Church and State in a democratic society—debates that continue to this day. Peter Goodchild used transcripts from the trial to create this intense docudrama. Recorded in Cambridge, Massachusetts before a live audience at the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University in April of 2007.The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial 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 Brendon FoxProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergEdward Asner as William Jennings BryanBill Brochtrup as EnsembleKyle Colerider-Krugh as EnsembleMatthew Patrick

The Scopes Trial, over the right to teach evolution in public schools, reaffirmed the importance of intellectual freedom as codified in the Bill of Rights. The trial, in a small-town Tennessee courtroom in 1925, set the stage for ongoing debates over the separation of Church and State in a democratic society—debates that continue to this day. Peter Goodchild used transcripts from the trial to create this intense docudrama. Recorded in Cambridge, Massachusetts before a live audience at the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University in April of 2007.The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial 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 Brendon FoxProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergEdward Asner as William Jennings BryanBill Brochtrup as EnsembleKyle Colerider-Krugh a

Actor and activist George Takei joined us for a panel discussion after a performance of Sisters Matsumoto in 2018, along with playwright Philip Kan Gotanda and director Tim Dang.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Stockton, California 1945. Three Japanese-American sisters return to their farm after years in an internment camp, but the once prosperous family finds it’s not easy to pick up the pieces of their former lives. As the details of their deceased father’s final arrangements emerge, the sisters must work together to keep their dreams alive.Sponsored in part by the California Civil Liberties Program from the California State Library.Directed by Tim DangProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergKeiko Agena as Rose MatsumotoJune Angela as Grace MatsumotoRon Bottitta as Mr. HershamKurt Kanazawa as HenrySuzy Nakamura as Chiz MatsumotoGreg Watanabe as BolaRyun Yu as HideoAssociate Artistic Director: Anna Lyse EriksonRecording Engineer, Sound Designer and Mixer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West HollywoodSenior Radio Producer: Ronn LipkinFoley Artist: Jeff GardnerProduction Manager: Nikki HydeEditor: Mitchell LindskoogSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art

We spoke with playwright Lloyd Suh about his inspiration for Franklinland.

This modern, comic take on the American Revolution puts the spotlight on the relationship between the brilliant and domineering Ben Franklin and his son William. As Ben plants the seeds of a new republic, King George III appoints William as Royal Governor of New Jersey - a change in affairs that creates a revolutionary family rift.Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in November 2021.Franklinland 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.  Directed by Anna Lyse EriksonProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergAn L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:Gregory Harrison as Benjamin FranklinKurt Kanazawa as William TempleLarry Powell as William FranklinSenior Producer: Anna Lyse EriksonPrepared for Audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West HollywoodRecording Engineer, Editor and Mixer: Charles Car

A conversation with Paradise playwright Laura Maria Censabella.Paradise 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.

Yasmeen is a Yemeni-American high school senior with big dreams. Dr. Guy Royston is her science teacher with a mysterious past. When Yasmeen asks Dr. Royston for an important favor, it sets off a series of events that challenges their core beliefs about science, faith and the nature of love.Paradise 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 Anna Lyse EriksonProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergAn L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:Jeff Marlow as Dr. Guy RoystonMedalion Rahimi as Yasmeen al-HamadiSenior Producer: Anna Lyse EriksonSound Designer and Mixing Engineer: Charles Carroll for The Invisible Studios, West HollywoodSenior Radio Producer: Ronn LipkinFoley Artist: Jeff GardnerRecording Engineers: Charles Carroll and Neil WogensenEditor: Neil Wogensen

Yasmeen is a Yemeni-American high school senior with big dreams. Dr. Guy Royston is her science teacher with a mysterious past. When Yasmeen asks Dr. Royston for an important favor, it sets off a series of events that challenges their core beliefs about science, faith and the nature of love.Paradise 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 Anna Lyse EriksonProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergAn L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:Jeff Marlow as Dr. Guy RoystonMedalion Rahimi as Yasmeen al-HamadiSenior Producer: Anna Lyse EriksonSound Designer and Mixing Engineer: Charles Carroll for The Invisible Studios, West HollywoodSenior Radio Producer: Ronn LipkinFoley Artist: Jeff GardnerRecording Engineers: Charles Carroll and Neil WogensenEditor: Neil Wogensen

A conversation with preeminent sports physician Dr. Robert Cantu about the risk of brain injuries.

Patrick Link has crafted a story about a retired NFL linebacker who must deal with a family tragedy and his own suffering because of the violence of his chosen sport.Headstrong 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 Bart DeLorenzoProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergDeidrie Henry as Sylvia GreenErnie Hudson as Duncan TroyNtare Guma Mbaho Mwine as Dr. Moses OdameScott Wolf as Nick MerrittRecorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood, in January 2013.