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Under the
leadership of Producing Director, Susan Albert Loewenberg, L.A. Theatre Works
has been the foremost radio theater company in the United States for two
decades. Broadcast in America on NPR and X-M Satellite Radio, internationally on
the BBC, CBC, Voice of America and many other English language networks, LATW
has single-handedly brought the finest recorded dramatic literature into the
homes of millions. The company records the majority of its productions annually
in Los Angeles before an enthusiastic and loyal audience of season subscribers.
Works by Eugene O’Neill, David Henry Hwang, Athol Fugard, Wendy
Wasserstein, Neil Simon, David Mamet, Charlayne Woodard, Arthur Miller,
and others have been performed and recorded by LATW with casts of the most
critically acclaimed film and stage actors. On the road, LATW has delighted
audiences with its unique live radio theater style performances in over 100
small towns and major cities, including New York, Boston, Washington and
Chicago. An L.A. Theatre Works performance is immediate, spontaneous, and
features a first-rate cast, live sound effects, and a connection to the audience
rarely felt in a traditional theater setting. This
theater… is an event.
Today, LATW’s Audio Theatre Collection includes more
than 400 classic and contemporary titles–the largest library of its kind in the
world. Much lauded, the L.A. Theatre Works Audio Theatre Collection is
available in over 7,000 libraries and has received awards from the Audio
Publishers Association, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Publisher’s
Weekly, Writer's Guild of America, American Library Association, Grammy Awards
and many others. Additionally, over 2500 high schools nationwide use the
recordings and study guides to teach language, literature, history and civics.
This program, Alive and Aloud, as well as the Audio Theatre Catalog, radio
broadcast information and other exciting projects can be found on the LATW Web
site,
www.latw.org.
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Touring
Programs 2008-2009
War of the Worlds
By H.G. Wells, adapted by Howard
Koch
The Lost World
By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted by John de
Lancie and Nat Segaloff
Starring
actors from the Sci-Fi Channel, Star Trek, X-Files
Join L.A. Theatre Works, America’s premiere
radio theatre company, for a special back-to-back double bill of chills,
thrills and great literature as they present two masterpieces of science
fiction and adventure: War of the Worlds and The Lost World.
Recreating the breathless pace and convincing details of
Orson Welles’ infamous radio broadcast, L.A. Theatre Works makes it clear
why H.G. Wells’War of the Worlds is truly the mother of all space
invasions. Originally performed by Welles’ Mercury Theatre of the Air, the
1938 live 60-minute broadcast of an “eyewitness report” of an invasion from
Mars caused a nationwide panic. The broadcast used an updated adaptation
of the original 1898 book authored by one of Welles’ writers, Howard Koch,
who changed the time and location from Victorian England to a small town on
the East Coast of the United States in 1938 making the story more personal
for listeners. This fascinating piece still resonates today as concerns
swirl around our environment, protecting our borders, etc.
Scorned by his colleagues after making the
extraordinary claim that prehistoric animals exist and that he has seen
them, Professor Challenger leads a harrowing four-person expedition through
the remote jungles of South America to settle once and for all the validity
of his claim. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's campy adventure The Lost World
follows this scientific expedition deep into the Amazon jungle -- and
back in time. Cut off from the outside world on a primeval plateau, the
fearless explorers discover a place where dinosaurs have evolved beside
ape-men and the fate of the human race hangs in the balance. From riding
the rapids to dodging whizzing arrows, The Lost World will take you
on a ride you won't soon forget!
Under the leadership of Producing Director,
Susan Albert Loewenberg, L.A. Theatre Works (LATW) has been the foremost
radio theater company in the United States for two decades. Broadcast in
America on NPR and XM Satellite Radio, internationally on the BBC, CBC,
Voice of America and many other English language networks, LATW has
single-handedly brought the finest recorded dramatic literature into the
homes of millions. The company records the majority of its productions
annually in Los Angeles before an enthusiastic and loyal audience of season
subscribers. Works by Eugene O’Neill, David Henry Hwang, Athol Fugard,
Wendy Wasserstein, Neil Simon, David Mamet, Charlayne Woodard, Arthur
Miller, and others have been performed and recorded by LATW with casts of
the most critically acclaimed film and stage actors. On the road, LATW has
delighted audiences with its unique live radio theater style performances in
over 100 small towns and major cities, including New York, Boston,
Washington and Chicago. An L.A. Theatre Works performance is immediate,
spontaneous, and features a first-rate cast, live sound effects, and a
connection to the audience rarely felt in a traditional theater setting.
This theater… is an event.
Today, LATW’s Audio Theatre Collection includes
more than 400 classic and contemporary titles–the largest library of its
kind in the world. Much lauded, the L.A. Theatre Works Audio Theatre
Collection is available in over 8,000 libraries and has received awards from
the Audio Publishers Association, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting,
Publisher’s Weekly, Writer's Guild of America, American Library Association,
Grammy Awards and many others. Additionally, over 2,000 high schools
nationwide use the recordings and study guides to teach language,
literature, history and civics through LATW’s Alive & Aloud
educational outreach program. LATW’s newest initiative, The Play’s the
Thing for Higher Education, will make over 150 digitized works from our
collection available to universities and colleges across the country for use
in a variety of disciplines. For more information on these programs, LATW’s
Audio Theatre Collection, national radio broadcast information and other
exciting projects, visit www.latw.org.
The original 1994 L.A. Theatre Works audio release of War of the
Worlds starred Leonard Nimoy, Wil Wheaton, Armin Shimerman, Gates
McFaddan, Brent Spiner, and others.
The Great Tennessee
Monkey Trial
Based
on the original transcripts of the 1925 trial of John Scopes in Dayton,
Tennessee
Starring
a cast drawn from the ranks of L.A. Theatre Works Radio Theater, the
characters at the center of one of the great debates of American society
come to life in this magnificent semi-staged production from America’s
foremost radio theater company. Scopes, a high school science teacher
challenged the state law in Tennessee by teaching evolution instead of
creationism. The trial quickly became a national battleground and drew the
attention of fundamentalists and the ACLU.
Clarence Darrow, William
Jennings Bryan, H.L. Mencken, John Scopes- these unlikely heroic figures of
this 20th century drama participated in a trial that set the
stage for an ongoing national debate over the freedom of inquiry and the
separation of Church and State. This was a national conflict of social and
intellectual values played out in a small courthouse in rural Tennessee
eighty years ago, yet these issues remain unresolved even today and the
speeches and oratory from the trial still ring familiar.
For over two decades,
L.A. Theatre Works has been the leading radio theater company in the
United States. Broadcast in America on NPR and internationally on the BBC,
CBC, and Voice of America, LATW has single-handedly brought live theater
into the homes of millions. The company also performs a hugely successful
series of live radio theater presentations each season in Los Angeles. Works
by Eugene O’Neill, Athol Fugard, Wendy Wasserstein, Neil Simon, Arthur
Miller, and others have been performed and recorded by LATW with casts of
the most critically acclaimed film and stage actors. On the road, LATW has
given live radio theater performances in Chicago, Washington, Boston, and
New York. An L.A. Theatre Works performance is immediate,
spontaneous, and features a first-rate cast, live sound effects, and a
connection to the audience rarely felt in a traditional theater setting.
This theater… is an event.
The Public Radio Connection:
LATW will authorize the local public radio station to record the production
of The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial for a one-time re-broadcast. Or,
LATW will provide local public radio a copy of their original recording for
one-time broadcast with limitations. Access to the cast, director, etc. will
also be granted. For additional information, please contact Baylin Artists
Management.
Education Programs:
This production is ideal for high school level students and older as a
daytime performance. Theater, directing, and auditioning master classes will
be available during the residency with members of the cast.
Technical Requirements:
Technical needs focus on sound reinforcement and equipment for the foley
artist. Simple stage lighting is sufficient. The actors will use standing
microphones for this production in the tradition of radio theater. The play
takes place in a courtroom and the stage is set simply as such. Requirements
include several long tables, a small platform with a dark desk and chair
(for the judge) and a sufficient number of chairs for the actors. For
complete technical requirements, please contact Baylin Artists Management.
The original 1994 L.A.
Theatre Works audio release of The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial
starred Ed Asner, Charles Durning, Tyne Daly, Joe Spano, Harold Gould, John
Randolph, Harris Yulin, and others and was a co-production with the BBC in
association with KCRW of Santa Monica, CA. Their 2006 re-recording of The
Great Tennessee Monkey Trial starred Ed Asner, Mike Farrell, Sharon
Gless, Harry Groener, Jerry Hardin, and others. These and many other audio
plays are available through the L.A. Theatre Works Audio Collection.
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Study Guides for 08-09 Season
Lost World
Educator Guide (PDF)
War of
the Worlds Educator Guide (PDF)
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Theater,
directing, and auditioning masterclasses will be available during the residency
with members of the cast.
A
study guide on the Great Tennessee Monkey Trial is available by visiting http://www.latw.org/acrobat/monkey.pdf.
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Contact Baylin Artists Management
for complete technical needs.
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