Series: L.A. Theatre Works

Produced by LA Theatre Works

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Listeners across the country are discovering L.A. Theatre Works’ National Broadcast Series which brings you contemporary, edgy and significant radio drama by acclaimed playwrights starring top name talent.

Our National Broadcast Series is on public radio nationwide, including KPCC/89.3 FM in Southern California, KPFA/94.1 in Berkeley/Northern California, WGBH/89.7 in Boston, WBEZ/91.5 in Chicago, KUOW/94.9 in Seattle, and more. Our Audio Theatre Collection is available at www.latw.org as well as in libraries, bookstores and as digital downloads. Those in the Los Angeles area can see L.A. Theatre Works shows recorded live; visit latw.org for more information.


Additional Files

78 pieces

Order by: Default | Newest First | Oldest First
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The story of one of TV’s early idealists, retold in the context of the Cold War.

Bought by KUT-HD, Spokane Public Radio, WBEZ, KRCB, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 31, 2010
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Licenses: 5
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Shaw's well-aimed satire about medical ethics.

Bought by WBEZ, Spokane Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio, and KRCB


  • Added: Aug 24, 2010
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Licenses: 4
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Would the Manhattan Project help save the world or end it?

Bought by KALW, Nevada Public Radio, KUT-HD, KXOT Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2010
  • Length: 01:57:54
  • Licenses: 7
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Jimmy Smits stars in the 2003 Pulitzer Prize-winning play.

Bought by Nevada Public Radio, KUNM, WRVO, KALW, KUT-HD and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2010
  • Length: 01:57:54
  • Licenses: 8
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Eminent domain and the business of baseball level a community.

Bought by KALW, Nevada Public Radio, KUT-HD, KXOT Public Radio, WBEZ and more


  • Added: Aug 09, 2010
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Licenses: 7
Caption: Brian Bedford
Two classic short works from Molière, in the definitive translations by Richard Wilbur.

Bought by Nevada Public Radio, KUT-HD, KALW, KRCB, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 12, 2010
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Licenses: 7
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An American classic about life in Harlem in the 1960's.

Bought by Nevada Public Radio, KUOW, KRCB, and WBEZ


  • Added: Feb 24, 2010
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Licenses: 4
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An all-star cast shines in Noel Coward's classic comedy.

Bought by WRVO, KALW, KUOW, Nevada Public Radio, KRCB and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Licenses: 6
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An true-life love story about three icons of classical music.

Bought by WCPN, KALW, Nevada Public Radio, KUOW, KRCB and more


  • Added: Feb 11, 2010
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Licenses: 7
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Who created the Piltdown Man hoax?

Bought by WRVO, Nevada Public Radio, KUOW, WBEZ, and KRCB


  • Added: Mar 22, 2010
  • Length: 01:57:57
  • Licenses: 5
Caption: Harry Hamlin, Mare Winningham, Stacey Keach
A major work from playwright Clifford Odets.

Bought by WRVO, KRCB, KALW, KUOW, and WBEZ


  • Added: Dec 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Licenses: 5
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Alfred Molina stars in the story of a brilliant, irreverent physicist.

Bought by Nevada Public Radio, KUT-HD, KXOT Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KRCB and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2010
  • Length: 01:57:54
  • Licenses: 6
Caption: Anne Heche & Jeremy Sisto
Are creative thinking and mental illness opposite sides of the same coin?

Bought by KUT-HD, WBEZ, KRCB, KXOT Public Radio, Nevada Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 26, 2010
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Licenses: 7
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Where does violent behavior come from?

Bought by KUT-HD, WBEZ, Spokane Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio, KALW and more


  • Added: Jul 06, 2010
  • Length: 01:57:57
  • Licenses: 7
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James Marsters stars in Oscar Wilde's final play.

Bought by WCPN, KUT-HD, KUOW, Spokane Public Radio, KRCB and more


  • Added: Sep 15, 2009
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Licenses: 8
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A darkly comic satire probes the cost of sanity among men of science and whether it is the mad who are the truly sane.

Bought by WRVO, KUNM, Nevada Public Radio, KUOW, KRCB and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2010
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Licenses: 6
Caption: Rue McClanahan
In honor of Rue McClanahan, who died Thursday morning, L.A. Theatre Works offers a 30-minute special starring this great actress.

Bought by KGOU, Spokane Public Radio, and KUNM


  • Added: Jun 03, 2010
  • Length: 00:28:59
  • Licenses: 3
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A raucous comedy from Charles Busch, one of America's most outrageous playwrights.

Bought by KALW, KRCB, Nevada Public Radio, KUOW, and WBEZ


  • Added: Jan 18, 2010
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Licenses: 5
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Alan Alda and Swoosie Kurtz star in John Guare's award-winning work.

Bought by WRVO, WCPN, KUNM, KUT-HD, KUOW and more


  • Added: Aug 03, 2009
  • Length: 01:57:53
  • Licenses: 8
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One of the most distinctive voices in civil rights history re-emerges to tell his own story.

Bought by KALW, WRVO, KUOW, Interlochen Public Radio, KRCB and more


  • Added: May 12, 2009
  • Length: 01:57:54
  • Licenses: 7