L.A. Theatre Works records plays live in performance. We stage our shows in an audio-friendly format, so actors speak directly into microphones while we add sound effects and music to create an immersive audio experience.

We've recorded over 500 plays in this way - everything from Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde to Arthur Miller and recent Tony winners - and turn the recordings into podcasts, streaming audio, radio shows, and CD’s, so you can listen to great theater anywhere.

Because of our unique format, we attract a lot of top-name talent: our actors have included Chris Rock, Bobby Cannavale, Jane Kaczmarek, Kathleen Turner, Simon Helberg, Amber Tamblyn, Dana Delany, Stacy Keach, Jon Hamm, Matthew Rhys, Alfred Molina, Jonathan Groff...and an ever-expanding list of stars from TV, stage, and film.

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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. Includes a conversation with 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.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in August 2021.
Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson
Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg
An L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:
Jeff Marlow as Dr. Guy Royston
Medalion Rahimi as Yasmeen al-Hamadi

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson
Sound Designer and Mixing Engineer: Charles Carroll for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood
Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin
Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner
Recording Engineers: Charles Carroll and Neil Wogensen
Editor: Neil Wogensen

This production of "Paradise" is based on the West Coast premiere at the Odyssey Theatre, produced by JuVee Productions and American Oasis, and directed by Vicangelo Bulluck in 2019.

Cultural Consultant - Roxi-Rabab Muthana.

"Paradise" was originally commissioned and developed by The Ensemble Studio Theatre/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Science & Technology Project.

Paradise (Part 1)

Paradise (Part 2)

A sheet of ice sits in the desert of New Mexico. A mad eco-terrorist plants a bomb in order to save humankind. A beleaguered film crew tries to get in one last shot before losing the light. Storytelling and science collide with hilarious and devastating consequences.

Continuity 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 December 2022

Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson
Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

An L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:

Johnny Berchtold as Jake/George
Seamus Dever as David Caxton
Sarah Drew as Eve/Nicole
Mark Holden as Sound Guy
Desirée Mee Jung as First AD
Kurt Kanazawa as The PA
Stacey Martinez as Second PA
Bukola Ogunmola as Dr. Anna Gerber/Lily
Devon Sorvari as Second AD/Camera Op
Stephen Tobolowsky as Larry
Liza Weil as Maria

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson
Audio Concept Design by Mark Holden
Recording Engineer and Editor: Neil Wogensen
Sound Design: Mark Holden, David Wilson and Charles Carroll
Mixing Engineer: Charles Carroll
Prepared for Audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood
Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin
Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

Continuity (Part 1)

Continuity (Part 2)

Set in New York during the Jazz Age, this new adaptation tells the tragic tale of self-made millionaire Jay Gatsby. Consumed with desire for his former lover, Daisy Buchanan, Gatsby draws new neighbor Nick Carraway into his desperate pursuit to win her back — and into their world of lavish wealth, wild parties and free-flowing liquor.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in July 2023.

Adapted by: Anna Lyse Erikson
Directed by Rosalind Ayres
Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

An L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:
Janine Barris as Catherine, Party Wife, Friend, and Guests
Nate Corddry as Nick Carraway
Sarah Drew as Daisy Buchanan
Mike McShane as Mr. McKee, Waiter, Policeman, Slagel, Second Butler, Mr. Gatz, and others
Moira Quirk as Myrtle Wilson, Party Wife, and Guests
Darren Richardson as George Wilson, First Butler, Owl Eyes, Nick's Dad, Klippsinger, and Guests
Rufus Sewell as Jay Gatsby
André Sogliuzzo as Meyer Wolfsheim, Mavro, Third Butler, and Guests
Devon Sorvari as Jordan Baker
Matthew Wolf as Tom Buchanan

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson
Prepared for Audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood
Recording Engineer, Sound Designer, Editor and Mixer: Charles Carroll
Automobile Design by: Mark Holden
Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin
Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

The Great Gatsby (Part 2)

The Great Gatsby (Part 1)

Tom Stoppard’s "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 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" stars Kate Burton as Hannah Jarvis, Peter Paige as Valentine, Gregory Itzin as Bernard Nightingale, Jennifer Dundas as Thomasina Croom, Douglas Weston as Septimus Hodge, and Mark Capri as Ezra Chater, with Christopher Neame, Darren Richardson, Kate Steele, Serena Scott Thomas, and David Manis. Associate producers: Christina Montano and Jennifer Brooks. Stage manager: Tracy Pattin. Music supervisor: Scott Willis. Recording, editing, and mixing engineer: Mark Holden for the Invisible Studios, West Hollywood. Our director is John Rubinstein.

This play is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Major funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, to enhance public understanding of science and technology in the modern world.

Arcadia (Part 1)

Arcadia (Part 2)

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L.A. Theatre Works presents "Together Tonight: Hamilton, Jefferson, Burr" by Norman Corwin. 

Three of America's Founding Fathers debate crucial issues facing America in 1799. In this sample, the trio are asked how to deal with the problem of slavery.

Starring:
JD Cullum as Aaron Burr
Gregory Harrison as Thomas Jefferson
Henri Lubatti as The Moderator
Brian Tichnell as Alexander Hamilton

Directed by Alexis Jacknow
Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

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L.A. Theatre Works presents "The Rivalry" by Norman Corwin.

Academy Award nominees Paul Giamatti and David Strathairn star in Norman Corwin’s electrifying dramatization of the history-making Lincoln-Douglas debates. In this sample, the candidates argue the role of the courts.

Starring:
Paul Giamatti as Stephen A. Douglas
David Strathairn as Abraham Lincoln

Directed by Eric Simonson
Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

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L.A. Theatre Works presents "Pressure" by David Haig.

A Scottish meteorologist locks horns with his American counterpart as both men try to convince General Dwight D. Eisenhower that they can accurately predict the atmospheric conditions needed to launch the D-Day invasion. In this sample, Ike demands to know why the weather scientists disagree so vehemently about the forecast.

Starring:
James Morrison as General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Jonathan Cake as Group Captain James Stagg

Directed by Martin Jarvis
Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

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L.A. Theatre Works presents "The Tug of War" by David Rambo

As Soviet nuclear missiles move ever closer to Cuba, President John F. Kennedy must chart a course between conflicting counsel and unparalleled emotional stakes to prevent nuclear annihilation. In this sample, JFK consults with his brother Bobby about the growing threat to America and the world.

Starring:
Josh Stamberg as John F. Kennedy
Matthew Floyd Miller as Robert F. Kennedy

Directed by Brian Kite
Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

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L.A. Theatre Works presents "The Originalist" by John Strand.

Edward Gero stars as the late Justice Antonin Scalia in this insightful look at the jurist's life and legal philosophy. In this sample, Scalia grills his new clerk on everything from legal issues to poker.

Starring:
Edward Gero as as Justice Antonin Scalia
Kerry Warren as Cat

Directed by Molly Smith
Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

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The first child of the great astronomer Galileo entered a Tuscan convent in her teens. He’d taught her much about the heavens as a child, and during her years as a nun she remained scientifically curious while maintaining close contact with her father, even as the Catholic Church condemned him for promoting a sun-centered universe. Many of the letters she wrote to Galileo survive, and served as inspiration for Jessica Dickey’s play, which takes us on a freewheeling, time-shifting journey through Florence, Italy. The recording includes a conversation with author Jessica Dickey.

This play 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 July 2025.

Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson
Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording, starring:

Jessica Dickey as Writer
Ginnifer Goodwin as Daughter
Gregory Harrison as Galileo
Moira Quirk as Audio Tour Voice, Front Desk Lady, Librarian, and others
Nick Toren as Friar Martine, Charles Ellis, Scientist, and others

Adapted for audio by Mark Holden
Recording Engineer and Editor: Neil Wogensen for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood
Mixing Engineer: Charles Carroll
Sound Design: Melissa Rimza, with assistance from Mark Holden
Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner
Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Originally commissioned and developed by The Ensemble Studio Theatre / Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Science & Technology Project

GALILEO’S DAUGHTER premiered at Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Developed and directed by Marti Lyons, Artistic Director, Margaret McCloskey, Executive Director

Searching For Galileo's Daughter (Part 1)

The first child of the great astronomer Galileo entered a Tuscan convent in her teens. He’d taught her much about the heavens as a child, and during her years as a nun she remained scientifically curious while maintaining close contact with her father, even as the Catholic Church condemned him for promoting a sun-centered universe. Many of the letters she wrote to Galileo survive, and served as inspiration for Jessica Dickey’s play, which takes us on a freewheeling, time-shifting journey through Florence, Italy. The recording includes a conversation with author Jessica Dickey.

This play 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 July 2025.

Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson
Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording, starring:

Jessica Dickey as Writer
Ginnifer Goodwin as Daughter
Gregory Harrison as Galileo
Moira Quirk as Audio Tour Voice, Front Desk Lady, Librarian, and others
Nick Toren as Friar Martine, Charles Ellis, Scientist, and others

Adapted for audio by Mark Holden
Recording Engineer and Editor: Neil Wogensen for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood
Mixing Engineer: Charles Carroll
Sound Design: Melissa Rimza, with assistance from Mark Holden
Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner
Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Originally commissioned and developed by The Ensemble Studio Theatre / Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Science & Technology Project

GALILEO’S DAUGHTER premiered at Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Developed and directed by Marti Lyons, Artistic Director, Margaret McCloskey, Executive Director  

Searching for Galileo's Daughter (Part 2)

We remember our dear friend and colleague Susan Stamberg with a clip from her performance in LATW's "I'd Rather Eat Pants" by Peter Ackerman. 

The clip features Susan along with Edward Asner, Anne Meara, and NPR's Bob Edwards. 

Recorded before a live audience at the Museum of Television and Radio, Beverly Hills in November 2002.

Directed by Gordon Hunt

Edward Asner as Abe Pepperstein
Bob Edwards as Himself
Anne Meara as Mabel Pepperstein
Susan Stamberg as Herself

Remembering Susan Stamberg

We honor the memory of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner with a re-broadcast of our interview with Rob and playwright Dustin Lance Black in 2012. We recorded this during the performance week of Black's play "8" about marriage equality with Rob directing. 

"8" Web Extra: Interview with Director Rob Reiner and Playwright Dustin Lance Black

Broadway legend Elaine Stritch stars as author Lillian Hellman in Peter Feibleman’s beguiling account of Hellman’s tumultuous relationship across several decades with a man 25 years her junior, played by Oscar nominee Bruce Davison.

Accompanied by the original music of Carly Simon. Includes a conversation with Hellman scholar Deborah Martinson, author of Lillian Hellman: A Life with Foxes and Scoundrels.

Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in February 2000.

Directed by Rosalind Ayres
Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg
Samantha Bennett as Esther Bruce
Bruce Davison as Cuff Claudette
Claudette Nevins as Women’s Voices
Raphael Sbarge as Men’s Voices
Elaine Stritch as Lilly
Radio Producer: Raymond Guarna
Stage Manager/Foley Artist: John Lovick  

Cakewalk (Part 1)

Cakewalk (Part 2)

Scornful of men and the love they profess for her, Gwendolen Harleth is a beautiful but spoiled young woman, frustrated by her limited options in Victorian England. Daniel Deronda is an intelligent, handsome young man who has been raised by his guardian, Sir Hugo Mallinger, but knows nothing of his true origins. Deronda’s search leads him into the world of 19th-century Zionism, a discovery that will alter the course of his life. An original L.A. Theatre Works commission, adapted and directed by Kate McAll.

Includes an interview with Hilary Schor, Professor of English, Comparative Literature and Law at USC.

Edita Brychta as Mother, Baroness von Langen, Princess Leonora Halm-Eberstein, Mrs. Meyrick
Barry Creyton as Sir Hugo Mallinger, Lord Brackenshaw
Ifan Meredith as Daniel Deronda
Cerris Morgan-Moyer as Aunt Nancy Gascoigne, Lydia Glasher, Housekeeper
Kimberley Nixon as Gwendolen Harleth
Darren Richardson as Ezra Mordecai Cohen, Hans Meyrick, Lush
Helen Sadler as Mirah Lapidoth
Julian Sands as Henleigh Mallinger Grandcourt
André Sogliuzzo as Uncle Henry Gascoigne, Croupier, Hotel Bellboy, Man, Mr. Ram, Mr. Weiner
With narration by Kate Burton

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