What if... Romeo & Juliet had a happy ending? Or Blanche Dubois didn’t go crazy? Or the Three Sisters actually made it to Moscow? When he discovers he’s only a fictitious, never-seen character in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, Bunbury joins forces with Rosaline, Romeo’s never-seen obsession from Romeo and Juliet. Together they infiltrate and alter classic literature.

Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in July 2006.

Directed by Rosalind Ayres
Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Jean Gilpin as Lady Bracknell/Martha/Old Cecily
Kathryn Hahn as Rosaline/Masha
Melinda Page Hamilton as Cecily/Blanche/Irina
Peter Paige as Bunbury
Amanda Rowan as Gwendolyn/Olga/Juliet
Orlando Seale as Hartley/Romeo/Vladimir
André Sogliuzzo as Algernon/Alan/Jim
John Vickery as Friar Lawrence/Lawyer/George/Old Algy
Matthew Wolf as Jack/Estragon/Voice of the Peacock

Associate Producer: Brendon Fox
Recording Engineer, Sound Designer, Mixer: Mark Holden
Stage Manager/Foley Artist: Amy Bristol 

Bunbury (Part 1)

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.

Bunbury (Part 1)

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