L.A. Theater Works Airs PACK OF LIES, 11/14
By: Jessica Lewis Nov. 10, 2009
This weekend, beginning Saturday, November 14, L.A. Theatre Works will air Pack of Lies by Hugh Whitemore, starring Julian Sands, David Selby, RoxAnne Hart, Rosalind Ayres and Martin Jarvis. The broadcast can be heard locally in Southern California on Saturday from 10 pm to midnight on KPCC 89.3 FM, and can also be streamed on demand at http://www.latw.org/.
Actual events during the Cold War inspired this thriller that takes place in a suburb of London during the winter of 1961. Loyalty, duty and friendship collide when the Jacksons slowly discover that the Krogers, their neighbors and cherished friends, are not exactly who they appear to be. Web Extra: learn about the mysterious Cold War-era "numbers stations" of shortwave radio through a special Bonus Feature available on the L.A. Theatre Works website at http://www.latw.org/.
L.A. Theatre Works' radio theater series can also be heard on the following stations (check local listings for broadcast times): 89.7 WGBH, Boston, MA; 91.5 WBEZ, Chicago, IL; 94.9 KUOW, Seattle, WA; 90.1 WABE, Atlanta, GA; 94.1 KPFA, Berkeley, CA; 91.1 KRCB, North Bay (San Francisco, CA); 89.1 KVPR, Fresno, CA; 89.3 KPRX, Bakersfield, CA; and many other stations nationwide.
LATW currently operates four primary programs; The Play's The Thing, Alive & Aloud, Library Access, and the Arts & Children Project.
The Play's The Thing is a live in-performance radio theatre series, in Los Angeles, featuring leading actors in ten state-of-the-art audio productions a year. L.A. Theatre Works, through its weekly broadcasts, make theatre widely and easily accessible to audiences nationwide. These audiences experience radio drama that is contemporary, edgy, and significant through this award-winning, critically-acclaimed radio theatre series, heard weekly on public radio stations throughout the United States. Additionally, international audiences listen to the series on the BBC and other English Language broadcasters. The Play's The Thing is also accessible for streaming on the Internet at www.kpcc.org and www.kpfa.org, and is available for digital download at www.audible.com and www.mediabay.com. All productions become part of LATW's extensive Audio Theatre Collection, which can be purchased in bookstores, through our catalogue and on the internet by individuals, schools, universities, and libraries nationwide. Today, our Audio Theatre Collection includes more than 360 titles-the largest award-winning library of its kind in the world.
Major funding for L.A. Theatre Works' broadcast series is provided by the S. Mark Taper Foundation. Founded in 1989, the S. Mark Taper Foundation is a private family foundation dedicated to enhancing the quality of people's lives by supporting non-profit organizations and their work in the community.
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