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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War of the Worlds & The Lost World

Oct. 31, 2009|0 comments

A Halloween double feature complete with aliens and dinosaurs. First, join Leonard Nimoy and other actors from STAR TREK and STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION as they recreate the classic radio thriller. Originally performed by Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre of the Air, WAR OF THE WORLDS is truly the mother of all space invasions, offering a rare combination of chills, thrills and great literature. Then, Arthur Conan Doyle’s rollicking adventure tale THE LOST WORLD follows a scientific expedition deep into the Amazon jungle – right back into the time of dinosaurs and cavemen. The broadcast includes a conversation with Leonard Nimoy and a special insider's tour of the Dino Lab at the Natural History Museum of L.A. County.


The Ride Down Mt. Morgan

Oct. 24, 2009|0 comments

Brian Cox stars in Arthur Miller's probing look at monogamy and 1980's morality. Lyman Felt has it all. Wealth, success, power and the kind of good solid wife he needs. Oh, and he also has another wife, the kind of earthy, sexy woman he wants. Lyman juggles his artful lie until a car accident on the slippery slope of Mt. Morgan lands him in a hospital bed and the two wives in the waiting room. But really, is there any such thing as "just an accident?" Also starring Saidah Arrika Ekulona, Gregory Itzin, Amy Pietz and Kirsten Potter. Written by Arthur Miller. Directed by Richard Masur.


Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting

Oct. 17, 2009|0 comments

On a spring day in 1947, Mr. Rickey, the powerful General Manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, summons heavyweight champion Joe Louis, tap star Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson and actor Paul Robeson to his hotel room in Manhattan. Rickey wants their support when he taps Jackie Robinson to be the Major League’s first black ballplayer. But a power struggle ensues when the eloquent Robeson raises questions about Rickey’s motivations to integrate white baseball. Starring Edward Asner, Tommy Hicks, Carly Lumbly, Rugg Williams, Sterling Macer and David Downing. Written by Ed Schmidt.


Betrayed

Oct. 10, 2009|0 comments

George Packer's searing chronicle of America's involvement in Iraq. Based on the journalist-playwright’s original article in The New Yorker, "Betrayed" is the story of three young Iraqi translators who risk everything for America's promise of freedom while their country collapses around them. “The clarity of the writing, the urgency of the story being told … give the play a sharp dramatic impact and a plain-spoken beauty. Painful human experience is presented here as just that. Nothing else is necessary to awaken sympathy, despair and awareness of a grave moral failure on the part of the American government.” - New York Post. Starring Waleed F. Zuaiter, Sevan Greene, Jeremy Beck, Kevin Daniels, Andrea Gabriel, John Getz, and Sam Kanater. Directed by Pippin Parker.


The Real Dr. Strangelove

Oct. 3, 2009|0 comments

The birth of Armageddon. The first H-Bomb detonates and the proud father is Edward Teller. But he's on a collision course with Robert Oppenheimer, head of the team that created the Atom bomb. Now Oppenheimer has turned pacifist and the government will stop at nothing to neutralize him. And Teller is their star witness. Starring Jordan Baker, 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. Written by Peter Goodchild. The recording includes an interview with playwright Peter Goodchild.


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