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Audiobooks Narrated by Matthew Wolf
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You Never Can Tell was originally born out of a bet that Shaw couldn’t write a “seaside comedy” (a popular theatrical genre at that time). The result is perhaps the most surprising of Shaw’s plays, complete with marital mayhem, tangled romance, and even doubtful dentistry. Despite the play’s lighthearted tone, it’s really another of Shaw’s brilliantly observed social treatises, this time in the guise of a light comedy.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording featuring: James Callis, Siobhan Hewlett, Nicholas Hormann, Martin Jarvis, Christopher Neame, Moira Quirk, Susan Sullivan, Simon Templeman and Matthew Wolf.
Directed by Rosalind Ayres and recorded before a live audience.
In this riveting political drama, Sara, along with her German husband Kurt, returns to the opulent Washington DC mansion of her mother Fanny after years away in Europe. With Hitler and Mussolini assuming full power, Kurt finds himself blackmailed for his anti-Fascist activities as the conflict in Europe crosses the hearth of this tranquil home.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast production, starring:
Edita Brychta as Anise
Jonathan Cake as Kurt Müller
Heidi Dippold as Sara Müller
Anna Lyse Erikson as Babette Müller
Susannah Fiedling as Marthe de Brancovis
Lovensky Jean-Baptiste as Joseph
Taj Jegaraj as Joshua Müller
Susan Sullivan as Fanny Farrelly
Patrick Wenk-Wolff as Teck de Brancovis
Matthew Wolf as David Farrelly
Adam Wylie as Bodo Müller
Directed by Rosalind Ayres. Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The James Bridges Theater, UCLA in October of 2017.
Romantic havoc ensues in the town of Bath when Sir Anthony arrives to arrange the marriage of his son Captain Jack Absolute to the wealthy Lydia Languish. Jack and Lydia are already in love, but because of Lydia’s obsession with romantic novels, Jack has disguised himself as a poor officer named Ensign Beverly – and he is only one of Lydia’s many suitors. The Rivals was Sheridan’s first play, and this charming comedy of manners continues to be widely performed today.
Includes an interview with Linda Kelly, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the author of Richard Brinsley Sheridan: A Life.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:
Lloyd Owen as Captain Jack Absolute
Lucy Davis as Lydia Languish
Rosalind Ayres as Mrs. Malaprop
Kenneth Danziger as Thomas
Neil Dickson as David
Sarah Drew as Julia
Julian Holloway as Sir Lucius O’Trigger
Christopher Neame as Sir Anthony Absolute
Moira Quirk as Lucy
Alan Shearman as Fag
Simon Templeman as Bob Acres
Matthew Wolf as Faulkland
Directed by Martin Jarvis. Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in 2010.
Twenty eight florins a month is a huge price to pay, for a man to stand between you and the Wild.
Twenty eight florins a month is nowhere near enough when a wyvern's jaws snap shut on your helmet in the hot stink of battle, and the beast starts to rip the head from your shoulders. But if standing and fighting is hard, leading a company of men - or worse, a company of mercenaries - against the smart, deadly creatures of the Wild is even harder.
It takes all the advantages of birth, training, and the luck of the devil to do it.
The Red Knight has all three, he has youth on his side, and he's determined to turn a profit. So when he hires his company out to protect an Abbess and her nunnery, it's just another job. The abby is rich, the nuns are pretty and the monster preying on them is nothing he can't deal with.
Only it's not just a job. It's going to be a war. . .
Henry may be the wittiest playwright of his generation, but he’s hopelessly naïve when it comes to understanding love and infidelity. Writing about betrayal is one thing, living with it is another. After Henry leaves his wife for another woman, he’s confronted with being the cuckold himself. Both dazzlingly clever and emotionally naked, Henry’s search for the “the real thing” in art and love demonstrates beautifully why both are worth the effort in the end.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:
Andrea Bowen as Debbie
Matt Gaydos as Brodie and TV Director
Carolyn Seymour as Charlotte
Simon Templeman as Henry
Douglas Weston as Max
Joanne Whalley as Annie
Matthew Wolf as Billy
Directed by Rosalind Ayres. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.
This timeless comedy of manners is considered one of Molière’s most probing and mature works. While it’s still an exemplar of 16th century farce, Molière went beyond his usual comic inventiveness to create a world of rich, complex characters, especially in the cynical title character Alceste, played here by the Tony Award-winning actor Brian Bedford.
Lead funding for this production is provided by the Sidney E. Frank Foundation.
This recording also includes an interview with Larry F. Norman author of “The Public Mirror: Molière and the Social Commerce of Depiction”.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:
Brian Bedford as Alceste
JD Cullum as Clitandre
Sarah Drew as Eliante
Martin Jarvis as Philinte
Darren Richardson as Basque, Du Bois
Susan Sullivan as Arsinoe
Nick Toren as Oronte
Matt Wolf as Acaste, Guard
Bellamy Young as Celimene
Directed by Rosalind Ayres. Translated by Richard Wilbur.
In this unique audio adaptation of Neil Simon’s screenplay, Paula McFadden’s a down-on-her-luck actress who’s forced to take in a new roommate – the eccentric, noisy, and generally unpleasant Eliot Garfield– who also happens to be an actor. As their careers and finances hit new lows, their reluctant partnership threatens to turn into something neither one wants.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording, starring (in alphabetical order):
Ellis Greer and Donna and others;
Anna Mathias as multiple characters;
Matthew Floyd Miller as Eliot Garfield;
Amy Pietz as Paula McFadden;
Raini Rodriguez as Lucy;
André Sogliuzzo as multiple characters;
Inger Tudor as Mrs. Crosby and others;
Matthew Wolf as Mark Bodine and others;
Adam Wylie as multiple characters
Directed by Rosalind Ayres. Recorded live in performance at UCLA’s James Bridges Theater in January 2018.
Miles Cameron weaves a tale of magic and depravity in the sequel to The Red Knight.
Loyalty costs money.
Betrayal, on the other hand, is free.
When the Emperor is taken hostage, the Red Knight and his men find their services in high demand -- and themselves surrounded by enemies. The country is in revolt, the capital city is besieged and any victory will be hard won. But the Red Knight has a plan.
The question is, can he negotiate the political, magical, real and romantic battlefields at the same time -- especially when he intends to be victorious on them all?
For countless millennia, the dwarves of the Fifthling Kingdom have defended the stone gateway into Girdlegard. Many and varied foes have hurled themselves against the portal and died attempting to breach it. No man or beast has ever succeeded. Until now. . .
Abandoned as a child, Tungdil the blacksmith labors contentedly in the land of Ionandar, the only dwarf in a kingdom of men. Although he does not want for friends, Tungdil is very much aware that he is alone - indeed, he has not so much as set eyes on another dwarf. But all that is about to change.
Sent out into the world to deliver a message and reacquaint himself with his people, the young foundling finds himself thrust into a battle for which he has not been trained. Not only his own safety, but the life of every man, woman and child in Girdlegard depends upon his ability to embrace his heritage. Although he has many unanswered questions, Tungdil is certain of one thing: no matter where he was raised, he is a true dwarf.
And no one has ever questioned the courage of the Dwarves.
In this classic comedy of manners, two young men set out to woo the alluring and upper-crust Kate and Constance. But is anybody in this rural estate ruly who they seem? Bawdy hijinks and popped pretensions are the hallmarks of this romping frolic that’s kept audiences laughing for over two centuries.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:
Rosalind Ayres as Mrs. Hardcastle
Adam Godley as Tony Lumpkin
Julian Holloway as Elder Marlow and Stingo
James Marsters as Charles Marlow
Christopher Neame as Roger
Paula Jane Newman as Bet Bouncer and Pimple
Ian Ogilvy as Mr. Hardcastle
Moira Quirk as Constance Neville
Darren Richardson as Diggory and Jeremy
Joanne Whalley as Kate Hardcastle
Matthew Wolf as George Hastings
Directed by Martin Jarvis. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.
A dark tale of hubris, lust, and self-destruction … as told by a man who famously fell prey to those same impulses in his own life. Oscar Wilde wrote his original interpretation of the Biblical story of Salomé in French, and the play was so controversial that no theatre in England would produce it for nearly four decades.
Includes a conversation with director Michael Hackett and Wilde scholar David Rodes.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast production starring:
Rosalind Ayres as Herodias
James Marsters as Iokanaan
Andre Sogliuzzo as The Young Syrian and others
Kate Steele as Salomé
John Vickery as Herod
Matthew Wolf as Page of Herodias and others
Music by Djivan Gasparyan and Lian Ensemble. Directed by Michael Hackett. Recorded by L.A. Theatre Works before a live audience.
Ambassador|Editor and Mixer: Charles Carroll
Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin
Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner|Neil Wogensen and Charles Carroll
Recording Engineer|Player-King|Tony® Award-winning first play takes us through a tilted version of Shakespeare's most famous tragedy while casting new light on questions of fate|West Hollywood
Sound Design: David Wilson|West Hollywood in June 2022.
Directed by Rosalind Ayres
Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording starring:
JD Cullum as Claudius and Soldier;
Seamus Dever as Hamlet;
Anna Lyse Erikson as Opehlia and Alfred;
Martin Jarvis as The Player;
Adhir Kalyan as Rosencrantz;
André Sogliuzzo as Polonius|While attempting to discover the roots of Hamlet's unhappiness|and Horatio;
Susan Sullivan as Gertrude;
Matthew Wolf as Guildenstern.
Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson
Prepared for audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios|mortality and the meaning of existence.
Recorded at The Invisible Studios|two courtiers go on a journey to plumb the depths of the universe's mysteries. Tom Stoppard's wildly inventive
