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  Life on Paper

  Kenneth Lin

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  One of the world’s wealthiest men has died in a plane crash. The insurance company representing the airline assigns math genius Mitch Bloom to the case to minimize their payout – but Mitch finds himself facing a formidable opponent in Ida Watkins, a small town actuary who challenges his ideas about the value of a human life. Includes an interview with playwright Kenneth Lin.Life on Paper 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 August 2020.Directed by Rosalind AyresProducing Director Susan Albert LoewenbergKevin Daniels as Ivan BlumenthalSeamus Dever as Mitch BloomSarah Drew as Ida WatkinsSummer Spiro as Maggie JonesMark Jude Sullivan as Michael Watkins Producer: Anna Lyse EriksonRecording Engineer, Editor and Sound Designer: Neil Wogensen.Senior Radio Producer: Ronn LipkinFoley Artist: Jeff GardnerMixed by Charles Carroll for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood.Music for Maggie’s song written and performed by Summer Spiro. Cello accompaniment by Anna Lyse Erikson.

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  Deirdre of the Sorrows

  Kenneth Steven

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  A sequence of poetry based on the tragic, ancient Irish legend, from the author of Out of the Ordinary and Iona. The story of Deirdre of the Sorrows is widely known in Ireland, yet all but forgotten across the water in Scotland. This great tragic love story, which has its roots in the ninth or tenth century, is very much shared by both countries. For Deirdre, according to the legend, fled with her lover Naoise to Argyll. The oldest song in Scotland is believed to be Deirdre’s haunting farewell to her adopted land as she returns once more to Ireland. In this new sequence, Deirdre of the Sorrows, Kenneth Steven beautifully reimagines the legend of this love story; he brings back to life Deirdre’s journey and attempts to capture its timeless power.“Steven tells his interpretation with a poet’s ear for telling phrasing, and a reporter’s eagerness for pace and development. There is also a great sense of place in his epic, and a brooding melancholy threaded through the initial triumph of love. Steven here writes with the music of his mother’s singing of a tale of beauty and loss, ancient and yet resonating among our contemporary uncertainties.” —Church Times (UK)

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  Aesop's Fables

  B.B. Gallagher

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  Enjoy classic tales such as “The Tortoise and the Hare,” and “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” in this reimagined collection of Aesop’s Fables.  
  Retold with simple-to-read, lyrical poetry, Aesop's Fables: A Poetic Primer is an excellent introduction to this classic. Parents can now introduce their kids to familiar tales like “The Tortoise and the Hare,” “The Fox and the Crow,” “The Boy Who Cried Wolf,” and many more! Together children and parents can read and then discuss the many virtues and vices embodied in the fables by reading through the character development section in the back of the book! Poetic Primers’ character development sections teach children the virtues or vices presented in each story and provide reflection questions to help the reader put these timeless lessons into practice. 
  Additionally, Aesop's Fables features QR code access to a free animated video version of the book. Watch the beautiful illustrations come to life and excite the child’s imagination. The video book is complemented with a full cast of character voices and sound effects, perfect for younger readers and auditory learners. 
  Plus, parents can now rest easy knowing that all books in our Poetic Primer series are free of adult content and filtered for an approachable reading level for younger readers. Now children can be introduced to great classics at an earlier age.

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  Collected Plays Two

  Alfian Sa'at

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  Alfian Sa’at’s The Asian Boys Trilogy is a fascinating, insightful tour through the lives and loves of the gay community in Singapore. In the campy and carnivalesque Dreamplay, history is turned upside-down as a goddess travels through time to ‘save gay men from themselves’. In Landmarks, geography takes centrestage, as eight short plays explore the spaces that have been claimed, colonised, and trespassed by those at the margins of the mainstream. In Happy Endings, the playwright’s adaptation of the novel Peculiar Chris evolves into a meditation on the relationship between life and literature. With clear-eyed compassion and eloquent outrage, this collection of plays charts the coming-of-age of a community finding its voice.

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  Smart Choices for the New Century

  Jean Anderson

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  Four one-act plays by award-winning playwright Jane Anderson:A Seminar For Responsible LivingThe Last Time I Saw Her Earthquake PreparednessLynette Has PMSWith unforgettable characters and scathing humor, the stories explore the challenges of life in Los Angeles, from gun violence to earthquakes. These short pieces ask us to consider what we need to take with us into the next hundred years, and what is best left behind.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Arye Gross, Paul Mercier, Robert Robinson and Erika Schickel.

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  Oedipus the King

  Sophocles

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  In Sophocles' tragedy, Oedipus discovers that he has been caught in his terrible destiny, unknowingly murdering his father and marrying his mother.
  
  This perfomance features a new translation from the original Greek by director Nicholas Rudall.
  
  Starring (in alphabetical order):
  
  Spencer Garrett as Shepard, Chorus
  Francis Guinan as Messenger, Chorus
  Gregory Itzin as Creon
  Charles Kimbrough as Priest of Zeus, Chorus
  Harry J. Lennis as Oedipus
  Rod McLachlan as Second Messenger, Chorus
  Carolyn Seymour as Jocasta
  W. Morgan Sheppard as Teiresias, Chorus
  (P)2003 L.A. Theatre Works

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