Audiobooks Narrated by Jane Kaczmarek

Spill

"In April of 2010, British Petroleum gave orders to speed up production on its colossal drilling rig, the Deepwater Horizon. Despite the objections of many on the rig, safety measures were ignored or overlooked. On April 20th, the Deepwater Horizon exploded. Eleven men paid the ultimate price and countless thousands who call the Gulf Coast home found their lives irrevocably altered. Includes a conversation with Jim Morris, Executive Editor at The Center for Public Integrity in Washington, D.C. Spill 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 live in performance at UCLA's James Bridges Theater in May 2018. Director: Martin Jarvis Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg Elisa Bocanegra as Arleen Weise, Andrea Fleytas Gilbert Glenn Brown as Obama, Jorey Danos, Christopher Pleasant Nicholas Hormann as Bob Bea, Pat O'Bryan, Gary Bartholemy, Wyman Wheeler Travis Johns as Keith Jones, Jonathan Henderson, Chad Murray Jane Kaczmarek as Narrator, Lillian Miller James Morrison as Bill Anderson, Randy Ezell, Billy Nungesser Darren Richardson as Tony Hayward, Jimmy Harrell, Gordon Jones, Don Vidrine Kate Steele as Shelley Anderson, Jolene Danos Mark Jude Sullivan as Jason Anderson, Mike Williams Associate Artistic Director: Anna Lyse Erikson. Recording Engineer, Sound Designer and Mixer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood. Music Supervisor: Ronn Lipkin. Production Manager: Nikki Hyde. Editor: Julian Nicholson."

Leigh Fondakowski (Author), Darren Richardson, Elisa Bocanegra, Gilbert Glenn Brown, James Morrison, Jane Kaczmarek, Kate Steele, Mark Jude Sullivan, Nicholas Hormann, Travis Johns (Narrator)

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Act One: from the Autobiography by Moss Hart

"A boy from the Bronx becomes the toast of Broadway. Moss Hart's classic stage autobiography is brought to life, with his son Christopher directing, in a story that illuminates the early years of one of theater's great humorists. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast production starring: Paul Culos as Eddie, Sam Harris, and Regan Heidi Dippold as Lillie Hart, Dorothy Parker Jake Green as Irving, Slimowitz Jane Kaczmarek as Aunt Kate, Beatrice Kaufman, Frieda Fishbein Anna Mathias as Edna Ferber, Mrs. Harris, Mrs. Rosenbloom Andre Sogliuzzo as Jed Harris, Augustus Pitou, Max Siegel Daniel David Stewart as Mossy, Bernie, Dore Mark Jude Sullivan as Moss Jon Tenney as Hart, Father, Kaufman Other roles played by members of the company. Original Music by Louis Rosen from his Broadway score. Sound Effects Artist, Aaron Lyons. Production Manager, Katie Friesen. Music Supervisor, Ronn Lipkin. Associate Producer, Anna Lyse Erikson. Editor, Wesley Dewberry. Sound Designer, Recording and Mixing Engineer, Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood. Directed by Christopher Hart."

James Lapine (Author), Andre Sogliuzzo, Anna Mathias, Daniel David Stewart, Heidi Dippold, Jake Green, Jane Kaczmarek, Jon Tenney, Mark Jude Sullivan, Paul Culos (Narrator)

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Kindertransport

"As conditions deteriorated in Germany in the 1930s, many Jews tried in vain to escape. But thanks to a British humanitarian effort, about 10,000 Jewish children from Germany and neighboring countries were relocated to live with families in the United Kingdom, while their parents stayed behind. This passage to freedom became known as Kindertransport, and is the title of Diane Samuels’ play about families, secrets, and survival. Includes a conversation with Kindertransport survivor Hilda Fogelson. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: Jane Kaczmarek as Helga Hugo Armstrong as Ratcatcher/ Misc. Shannon Lee Clair as Eva Angela Paton as Lil Molly Quinn as Faith Susan Sullivan as Evelyn Directed by Jeanie Hackett. Recorded by L.A. Theatre Works before a live audience."

Diane Samuels (Author), Jane Kaczmarek, Molly C. Quinn, Susan Sullivan (Narrator)

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Awake and Sing!

"Clifford Odets’ masterpiece, starring Mark Ruffalo, Richard Kind and Ben Gazzara, brings to life the struggles of a working-class family aspiring to the promise of the American Dream. Even as they endure the country’s worst economic nightmare, three generations of an immigrant family are crowded into a Bronx tenement, fiercely determined to stay afloat, no matter what the cost. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: Emily Bergl as Hennie Berger Ben Gazzara as Jacob Jonathan Hadary as Myron Berger Jane Kaczmarek as Bessie Berger Richard Kind as Uncle Morty Peter Kybart as Schlosser Mark Ruffalo as Moe Axelrod Raphael Sbarge as Sam Feinschreiber Peter Smith as Ralph Berger Directed by Bartlett Sher. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles."

Clifford Odets (Author), Jane Kaczmarek, Mark Ruffalo, Richard Kind (Narrator)

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