A group of politically correct teachers are tasked with creating a Thanksgiving play for their students. They hire a Native American actor to lend authenticity to the proceedings. When it turns out she's ethnically ambiguous the teachers are left to navigate the resulting pitfalls in this rich satire. Includes a conversation with playwright Larissa FastHorse.
Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood, in September 2020.
Director: Rosalind Ayres
Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg
Ellis Greer as Alicia
Josh Stamberg as Jaxton
Mark Jude Sullivan as Caden
Liza Weil as Logan
Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson
Recording Engineers: Neil Wogenson and Mark Holden
Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin
Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner
Mixed by Charles Carroll for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood
Lead funding for The Thanksgiving Play is generously provided by: Barbara Timmer and Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Mike and Beth Kasser, The John Logan Foundation/Desert Wolf Productions, Jamie Wolf
"Ode to Joy" opening recorder quartet performed by Ulung Tanoto on his YouTube channel Si Ulung.
The Thanksgiving Play was commissioned and originally produced by Artists Repertory Theatre, Damaso Rodriguez, Artistic Director; Sarah Horton, Managing Director, Portland, Oregon.
Playwrights Horizons, Inc., New York City, produced the World Premiere of The Thanksgiving Play in 2018.
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 production starring:
Johnny Berchtold as Jake and George
Seamus Dever as David Caxton
Sarah Drew as Eve and Nicole
Mark Holden as Sound Guy
Desireé Mee Jung as First AD
Kurt Kanazawa as The PA
Stacey Martinez as Second PA
Bukola Ogunmola as Dr. Anna Gerber and Lily
Devon Sorvari as Second AD and 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 Wogenson
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
