L.A. Theatre Works

L.A. Theatre Works presents this award-winning, critically-acclaimed radio theater series. Discover radio drama that is contemporary, edgy, and significant.

Full audio of each play is available on our site for one week following the radio broadcast. After that, the first 15 minutes is available. All LATW plays can be purchased on their Web site.

Airs Saturday 10 p.m.-12 a.m.
 
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Marvin's Room

Jan. 30, 2010|0 comments

Good-hearted Bessie has been taking care of her ailing father for 20 years, but now she’s the one who’s sick, and she must reconcile with her estranged sister, Lee. A remarkably humorous and tender play, this critically acclaimed family drama was dubbed by The New York Times as “one of the funniest plays of the year as well as one of the wisest and most moving.” Written by Scott McPherson. Starring (in order of appearance): Mary Steenburgen as Bessie, Steven Weber as Dr. Wally, Gloria Dorson as Ruth, Dana Vitatoe as Bob, Roxanne Hart as Lee, Sharon Madden as Dr. Charlotte and the retirement home director, Jason Ritter as Hank, and Kendall Schmidt as Charlie. Directed by Jenny Sullivan. The broadcast includes a piece on end-of-life care.


The Tale of the Allergist's Wife

Jan. 23, 2010|0 comments

A raucous comedy from Charles Busch, one of America's most outrageous playwrights. New York dilettante Marjorie Taub, a middle-aged doctor's wife, is hooked on culture - mornings at the Whitney, afternoons at MOMA, evenings at BAM. Plunged into a mid-life crisis of Medea-like proportions, she's shaken out of her lethargy by the reappearance of a fascinating childhood friend. The New York Times says, "THE ALLGERGIST’S WIFE earns its wall-to-wall laughs." Starring (in alphabetical order): Amy Aquino as Marjorie Taub, Estelle Harris as Freida, Richard Kind as Ira Taub, Dileep Rao as Mohammed, and JoBeth Williams as Lee.


Arcadia (Conclusion) & England

Jan. 16, 2010|0 comments

A crash course in mathematics, landscape gardening, literature, and chaos theory, courtesy of Tom Stoppard. Arcadia merges science with human concerns and ideals, examining the universe’s influence in our everyday lives and ultimate fates through the relationship between past and present, order and disorder and the certainty of knowledge. Set in an English country house in the years 1809-1812 and 1989, the play compares the lives of two modern scholars and the house's current residents with the lives of those who lived there 180 years earlier. Starring Kate Burton, Mark Capri, Jennifer Dundas, Gregory Itzin, Christopher Neame, David Manis, Peter Paige, Darren Richardson, Kate Steele, Serena Scott Thomas, and Douglas Weston. Features an interview with Ira Nadel, Professor of English at the University of British Columbia, and the author of "Double Act: A Life of Tom Stoppard."


Arcadia

Jan. 9, 2010|0 comments

Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia merges science with human concerns and ideals, examining the universe’s influence in our everyday lives and ultimate fates through relationship between past and present, order and disorder and the certainty of knowledge. Set in an English country house in the year 1809-1812 and 1989, the play examines the lives of two modern scholars and the house's current residents with the lives of those who lived there 180 years earlier. Arcadia leaves us with the view that if the universe is an apparently doomed machine, then whilst we are alive, we might as well dance. Starring Kate Burton, Mark Capri, Jennifer Dundas, Gregory Itzin, Christopher Neame, David Manis, Peter Paige, Darren Richardson, Kate Steele, Serena Scott Thomas, and Douglas Weston. Features an interview with Ira Nadel, Professor of English at the University of British Columbia, and the author of "Double Act: A Life of Tom Stoppard."


The Country Girl

Jan. 2, 2010|0 comments

Clifford Odets 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, emotional play of love and redemption. The show includes an archival recording of one of Odets' final interviews. Starring Stacy Keach as Frank Elgin, Mare Winningham as Georgie Elgin, Harry Hamlin as Bernie Dodd, Spencer Garrett as Paul Unger, Rick Podell as Phil Cook, Mandy Siegfried as Nancy Stoddard, and Jamie Hanes as Larry. Directed by Nancy Malone.


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