Life on Paper
“A feel-good romantic comedy/drama. Television stalwarts Sarah Drew and Seamus Dever create a nice Hepburn/Tracy-like chemistry in their verbal sparring…As the characters discuss infinity, divorce, probability, and lost dreams, there is a very Mid-American sense that if one can successfully navigate high-minded science, a little romance, and getting the kids off to school, second chances might be just around the corner. Fun, mathematically minded audio drama.”
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One of the world’s wealthiest men has died in a plane crash. The insurance company representing the airline assigns math genius Mitch Bloom to the case to minimize their payout – but Mitch finds himself facing a formidable opponent in Ida Watkins, a small town actuary who challenges his ideas about the value of a human life.
Includes an interview with playwright Kenneth Lin.
Cast: Kevin Daniels as Ivan Blumenthal, Seamus Dever as Mitch Bloom, Sarah Drew as Ida Watkins, Summer Spiro as Maggie Jones, Mark Jude Sullivan as Michael Watkins
Life on Paper 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 August 2020. Directed by Rosalind Ayres Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg
Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson Recording Engineer. Editor and Sound Designer: Neil Wogensen. Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin. Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner. Mixed by Charles Carroll for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood. Music for Maggie’s song written and performed by Summer Spiro. Cello accompaniment by Anna Lyse Erikson.
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