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New Resource: Extensive curriculum guide for Spill, Leigh Fondakowski’s extraordinary docudrama that brings the 2010 Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion to life through personal stories of those affected.
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New Titles
Paradise
By: Laura Maria Censabella
Directed by: Anna Lyse Erikson
Starring: Jeff Marlow, Medalion Rahimi
How much is one life worth? When a billionaire dies in a plane crash, a forensic economist butts heads with a small town actuary over the exact value of one man’s life.
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Franklinland
By: Lloyd Suh
Directed by: Anna Lyse Erikson
Starring: Gregory Harrison, Kurt Kanazawa, Larry Powell
As Ben Franklin plants the seeds of a new republic, King George III appoints his son William as Royal Governor of New Jersey—a change in affairs that creates a revolutionary family rift.
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Continuity
By: Laura Maria Censabella
Directed by: Anna Lyse Erikson
Starring: Jeff Marlow, Medalion Rahimi
The cast and crew of a big budget eco-thriller struggle to get their last shot, as the set and the world melt. Hollywood satire meets existential climate crisis in this wry comedy.
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What You Are Now
By: Sam Chanse
Directed by: Anna Lyse Erikson
Starring: Carie Kawa, Tess Lina, Greg Watanabe
Pia, a neuroscientist, seeks to alter how we process trauma. Can her work help her emotionally distant mother, a Khmer Rouge survivor, or are some memories too haunting to change?
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Nan and the Lower Body
By: Jessica Dickey
Directed by: Anna Lyse Erikson
Starring: Shannon Cochran, Josh Dallas, Ginnifer Goodwin, Richard Schiff
Nan secures a coveted research role under Dr. Papanicolaou, inventor of the Pap smear. The doctor worries Nan's new husband might distract from their important work, but Nan has a secret that could upend everyone's plans for her.
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The Fever Syndrome
By: Alexis Zegerman
Directed by: Sarah Drew
Starring: Hugo Armstrong, Seamus Dever, Kelly McCreary. Joanne Whalley
In his 70s and battling Parkinson's, Professor Richard Myers, IVF pioneer, prepares for a lifetime award. A family reunion ensues, tensions flare over his legacy, and they confront another family member's illness.
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These plays are 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.
