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Abstract / Summary

In April of 2010, British Petroleum gave orders to speed up production on its colossal drilling rig, the Deepwater Horizon. Despite the objections of many on the rig, safety measures were ignored or overlooked. On April 20th, the Deepwater Horizon exploded. Eleven men paid the ultimate price and countless thousands who call the Gulf Coast home found their lives irrevocably altered. Includes a conversation with Jim Morris, Managing Editor for the Environment and Worker Safety for the Center for Public Integrity.Spill is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring 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 before an audience at UCLA's James Bridges Theater in May 2018.Directed by Martin JarvisProducing Director Susan Albert LoewenbergElisa Bocanegra as Arleen Weise, Andrea FleytasGilbert Glenn Brown as Obama, Jorey Danos, Christopher PleasantNicholas Hormann as Bob Bea, Pat O'Bryan, Gary Bartholemy, Wyman WheelerTravis Johns as Keith Jones, Steve Bertone, Jonathan HendersonJane Kaczmarek as Narrator, Lillian MillerJames Morrison as Bill Anderson, Randy Ezell, Billy NungesserDarren Richardson as Tony Hayward, Jimmy Harrell, Gordon Jones, Don VidrineKate Steele as Shelley Anderson, Jolene DanosMark Jude Sullivan as Jason Anderson, Mike WilliamsAssociate Artistic Director, Anna Lyse Erikson. Recording Engineer, Sound Designer and Mixer, Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood. Senior Radio Producer, Ronn Lipkin. Production Manager, Nikki Hyde. Editor, Julian Nicholson.

Field of Interest

Theatre

Copyright Message

Copyright © 2018 L.A. Theatre Works

Director

Martin Jarvis, 1941-

Content Type

Spoken word recording

Duration

1 hour 52 mins

Warning: Contains explicit content

No

Format

Audio

Sub Genre

Docudrama

Label

L.A. Theatre Works

Performer

Elisa Bocanegra, Gilbert Glenn Brown, Nicholas Hormann, Travis Johns, Jane Kaczmarek, 1955-

Playwright

Leigh Fondakowski, fl. 2002

Producer

Susan Loewenberg

Publisher

L.A. Theatre Works

Place Published / Released

Los Angeles, CA

Date Recorded

2018-05-17

Release Date

2018

Subject

Theatre, Music & Performing Arts, American Theater, Teatro Norte-Americano, Teatro Norteamericano, Oil spill, Disaster, Arleen Weise, Obama, Bob Bea, Keith Jones, Narrator

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Teatro Norte-Americano, Teatro Norteamericano, Oil spill, Disaster