In the wake of increasing concern over brain trauma in professional athletes, Patrick Link has crafted a story about a retired NFL linebacker who must deal with a family tragedy and his own suffering because of the violence of his chosen sport.

Includes a conversation about brain injuries and sports with Dr. Robert Cantu, the Senior Advisor to the NFL Head, Neck, and Spine Committee.
"Headstrong" 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 January 2013.

Directed by Bart DeLorenzo
Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg
Deidrie Henry as Sylvia Green
Ernie Hudson as Duncan Troy
Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine as Dr. Moses Odame
Scott Wolf as Nick Merritt

Headstrong

Joe Castiglione has announced more Red Sox games on the radio than any other broadcaster in the team’s history. The way he sees it, his job is to tell stories.

“It’s our job to make you see it”

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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