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A delightful British comedy from the wonderful world of P.G. Wodehouse! The perpetually misguided Bertie finds himself embroiled in a madcap adventure sparked by the abrupt departure of his beloved Jeeves. Adapted by Mark Richard.

This Pulitzer Prize-winning play tells the powerful story of an epileptic woman in her early 40's systematically preparing her own death - and the frantic and touching efforts of her mother to stop her. Marsha Norman's searing drama is guaranteed to keep any listener on the edge of their seat. Runtime: 1:03

Mickey and Gina are a blue collar couple with the whole world ahead of them, until Mickey's drinking and Gina's unrealized dreams tear them apart. Set against a backdrop of American history from the turbulent 60's through the 80's AIDS crisis, Tom Donaghy's Northeast Local is a bittersweet journey through marriage, divorce, and its aftermath. A WGBH Studios co-production. Runtime: 1:15

What do fast-talking, New York octogenarians Abe and Mabel do when their life-long grocery store, Pepperstein Produce, is driven out of business by Wonder Food? They embark on the ultimate road trip to Los Angeles with a nineteen-year-old stoner named Wisdom to become actors, of course. Runtime: 0:36

Balmy evenings in rural Maryland are fraught with danger, and seductions can happen anywhere from a river bank to the front seat of a car, where a young, self-conscious girl is learning to drive. To Li'l Bit, the radio is the most important part of the car, but the pop music of the '50s can never quite drown out the harrowing images in her mind. Winner of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Runtime: 1:12

From the imagination of radio pioneer Norman Corwin comes one of the strangest trials in the history of jurisprudence. A molecule refuses to be assigned to any particular substance and insists on choosing for itself. Runtime: 0:29

When her husband dies, aging Miss Helen begins to fill her home in the remote South African bush with strange sculptures made from beer cans and old headlights. A local clergyman and a young woman visitor try to decide whether Miss Helens peculiar art is an outpouring of creativity or an outbreak of madness. An incandescent drama by Athol Fugard, South Africa's most celebrated playwright. Runtime: 2:08

Tensions run high as Caleb de Leon, a young Jewish Confederate soldier, celebrates Passover with his family's newly-freed slaves in the de Leons' crumbling antebellum mansion. This gripping drama explores a little-known aspect of the Civil War, unearthing dark family secrets on the way to a shocking climax. Runtime: 1:30

The complicated relationship between the poets Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell is revealed in nearly thirty years' worth of correspondence. Taken from their exchange of letters, Dear Elizabeth is a study in friendship, intimacy, and the power of words.Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at the UCLA James Bridges Theater in July 2015.Directed by Rosalind AyresProducing Director Susan Albert LoewenbergJulian Sands as Robert LowellJoBeth WIlliams as Elizabeth BishopNarration performed by Chris HatfieldAssociate Producers: Anna Lyse Erikson and Myke WeiskopfRecording and Mixing Engineer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West HollywoodSound Effects Artist: Jeff Gardner

How many plays start in a dentist's chair and climax with a wild masquerade party? Shaw's hilarious comedy of errors involves mistaken identity, tangled courtship, and wise advice from "e;the perfect waiter."e; With a nod to Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, Shaw's You Never Can Tell is a lightning-paced satire of romance and Edwardian society.Recorded before a live audience at the UCLA James Bridges Theater in May 2015.Director: Rosalind AyresProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergAn L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:James Callis as Mr. Valentine Siobhan Hewlett as GloriaNicholas Hormann as Mr. McComasMartin Jarvis as The WaiterChristopher Neame as Mr. CramptonMoira Quirk as DollySusan Sullivan as Mrs. ClandonSimon Templeman as BohunMatthew Wolf as PhillipAssociate Producers: Anna Lyse Erikson, Myke WeiskopfRecording Engineer, Sound Designer and Mixer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West HollywoodFoley Artist: Jeff Gardner

Take an unforgettable ride with the classic sketches that helped make the Second City America's foremost comedy troupe. The Second City lampoons every aspect of modern American life, with improvised sketches on subjects ranging from salad bars to affairs of state. A Second City co-production. Runtime: 1:02

Take an unforgettable ride with the classic sketches that helped make the Second City America's foremost comedy troupe. The Second City lampoons every aspect of modern American life, with improvised sketches on subjects ranging from salad bars to affairs of state. A Second City co-production. Runtime: 0:55

Take an unforgettable ride with the classic sketches that helped make the Second City America's foremost comedy troupe. The Second City lampoons every aspect of modern American life, with improvised sketches on subjects ranging from salad bars to affairs of state. A Second City co-production. Runtime: 0:46

A classic battle of the sexes and a courtroom farce, this witty examination of husband and wife attorneys was first crafted for Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. Commissioned by L.A. Theatre Works, playwright David Rambo includes never-before-heard original material in this adaptation of the Oscar-nominated screenplay by Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon. Runtime: 1:13

In 1947, witty, outspoken, irascible Dalton Trumbo-the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Roman Holiday and Spartacus-went to prison for defying the House Committee on Un-American Activities and became one of the framed Hollywood Ten. Through his wildly funny and thought-provoking correspondence, Trumbo's son Christopher has created a touching portrait of an extraordinary man. Runtime: 1:25

Arthur Miller's famous autobiographical drama takes place inside the tortured mind of a 40-year-old lawyer. Quentin is haunted by his disastrous affair with a needy sex symbol-a character rumored to be based on Marilyn Monroe, Miller's second wife. Runtime: 2:05

In this contemporary murder mystery, set within the confines of a convent, Agnes is a devout, innocent young nun accused of infanticide. As a psychiatrist, herself a lapsed Catholic, and the Mother Superior struggle over Agnes' fate, the play plunges deeply into the mystery of faith and the consequence of truth. Runtime: 1:31

Contemporary satirist Sandra Tsing Loh spins a darkly comic, autobiographical tale of growing up middle class Chinese-German in Southern California. This witty monologue is for sons and daughters everywhere who feel that their parents must have been beamed to earth from another planet. Runtime: 1:15

In Arthur Miller's classic drama, World War II is over, and a family mourning a missing son plants a memorial tree and tries to go on with their lives. When a storm blows down the tree, a devastating family secret is uprooted, setting the characters on a terrifying journey towards truth. A 1947 Tony Award Winner for Best Author. A co-production with The Smithsonian Associates, Voice of America, and Arena Stage. Runtime: 1:54

Pulitzer-Prize winner Wendy Wasserstein spins a comic and moving tale about the pitfalls that await political appointees. As a respected health crusader and devoted wife and mother, Dr. Lyssa Hughes seems perfect for the role of U.S. Surgeon General, until a chance remark at a fashionable brunch sets off a media feeding frenzy. Runtime: 2:04

The passion of a coal barge captain's daughter and a rough-hewn sailor takes a tumultuous turn when her secret past is revealed. Nobel laureate Eugene O'Neill won the second of his four Pulitzer Prizes for this classic play. Runtime: 1:40

This poignant and poetic Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Nilo Cruz captures 1929 Florida at a time when cigars are still rolled by hand and lectors are employed to educate and entertain the workers. The arrival of a new lector is a cause for celebration. But when he reads aloud from Anna Karenina, he unwittingly becomes a catalyst in the lives of his avid listeners, for whom Tolstoy, the tropics, and the "e;American Dream"e; prove a volatile combination. Runtime: 1:48

In this modern classic written by Jean Anouilh and translated by Christopher Nixon, the body of Polynices, Antigone's brother, has been ordered to remain unburied by Creon, the new king of Thebes. Antigone's faithfulness to her dead brother and his proper burial, and her defiance of the dictator Creon, seals her fate. Originally produced in Paris during the Nazi occupation, Anouilh's Antigone was seen by the French as theatre of the resistance and by the Germans as an affirmation of authority. Runtime: 1:58

With an all-star cast including Stacy Keach, Helen Hunt, Edward Asner, Ted Danson, and Richard Dreyfuss, this epic of the booming 1920s uniquely captures the relentless culture of American business. Babbitt is a true classic about conformity in small-town America, celebrated for its comic tone, satire, and vivid dialogue. Based on Sinclair Lewis's novel, first published in 1922. Runtime: 12:30

A new dramatization of one of the greatest baseball stories of all time. A poignant, touching, and often comic tale of a baseball team's friendship and loyalty to a dying teammate. Adapted from the novel by Mark Harris. Runtime: 1:19

In Neil Simon's classic comedy, a brand-new lawyer and his bride have returned from their honeymoon and are moving into a new apartment. Once there, they find the place is bare of furniture, the paint job is wrong, the skylight leaks and wacky neighbors keep popping up. A co-production with The Smithsonian Associates and Voice of America. Runtime: 1:30

Waiting to be punished for his part in Becket's murder, King Henry II re-lives his deeply felt relationship with the saint, once his dearest friend and partner in unbridled decadence. His catastrophic mistake? To appoint Becket Archbishop*for Becket finds his allegiance shifting from king and country to God and Church. Runtime: 1:57

This darkly satirical drama by Gore Vidal finds two Presidential contenders seeking the endorsement of an aging ex-president, and explores how personal agendas can change the course of a nation's destiny. A co-production with The Smithsonian Associates and Voice of America. Runtime: 1:58

Take an unforgettable ride with the classic sketches that helped make the Second City America's foremost comedy troupe. The Second City lampoons every aspect of modern American life, with improvised sketches on subjects ranging from salad bars to affairs of state. A Second City co-production. Runtime: 4:10