This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

At the height of the Cold War, American democracy was challenged by the anti-Communist atmosphere of the McCarthy era. Peter Goodchild combines dramatic re-enactments based on original trial transcripts, archival material, and the commentaries of relatives and friends of the accused.  

Directed by Martin Jenkins and John Theocaris

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Starring:

John de Lancie as Oppenheimer

William Frankfather as the Narrator

Richard Hoyt Miller as Gordon Gray

Alan Wilder as Roger Robb

Arthur Hanket as Lloyd Garrison

Tom Virtue as General Groves

Recorded at the KCRW Studios, Santa Monica in November 1997.

A co-production with the BBC.

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This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

American expatriate Sidney Webb and Sister Margaret, his British colleague, work tirelessly to rehabilitate Cambodian children from the nightmare of prostitution. After a surprise raid on a brothel, an eager young U.S. lawyer places three liberated orphans under Sidney and the Sister's care. The girls begin the inspirational process of recovery under the loving watch of their new protectors.

Original music by Dengue Fever. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in April 2008.

Directed by Michael Dixon

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

William Mapother as Ted Thompson

Gregory Itzin as Sidney Webb

Jenny O'Hara as Sister Margaret

John Cabrera as Jonathon Black

Elizabeth Pan as Yen

Jane Le as Lida

Michelle Ongkingco as Kolab

Keo Woolford as Max

Emily Liu as Tam Webb

Samantha Abrigo as Cambodian Girl

Amy Sara Lim as Cambodian Girl

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This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

American expatriate Sidney Webb and Sister Margaret, his British colleague, work tirelessly to rehabilitate Cambodian children from the nightmare of prostitution. After a surprise raid on a brothel, an eager young U.S. lawyer places three liberated orphans under Sidney and the Sister's care. The girls begin the inspirational process of recovery under the loving watch of their new protectors.

Original music by Dengue Fever. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in April 2008.

Directed by Michael Dixon

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

William Mapother as Ted Thompson

Gregory Itzin as Sidney Webb

Jenny O'Hara as Sister Margaret

John Cabrera as Jonathon Black

Elizabeth Pan as Yen

Jane Le as Lida

Michelle Ongkingco as Kolab

Keo Woolford as Max

Emily Liu as Tam Webb

Samantha Abrigo as Cambodian Girl

Amy Sara Lim as Cambodian Girl

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

American expatriate Sidney Webb and Sister Margaret, his British colleague, work tirelessly to rehabilitate Cambodian children from the nightmare of prostitution. After a surprise raid on a brothel, an eager young U.S. lawyer places three liberated orphans under Sidney and the Sister's care. The girls begin the inspirational process of recovery under the loving watch of their new protectors.

Original music by Dengue Fever. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in April 2008.

Directed by Michael Dixon

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

William Mapother as Ted Thompson

Gregory Itzin as Sidney Webb

Jenny O'Hara as Sister Margaret

John Cabrera as Jonathon Black

Elizabeth Pan as Yen

Jane Le as Lida

Michelle Ongkingco as Kolab

Keo Woolford as Max

Emily Liu as Tam Webb

Samantha Abrigo as Cambodian Girl

Amy Sara Lim as Cambodian Girl

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

American expatriate Sidney Webb and Sister Margaret, his British colleague, work tirelessly to rehabilitate Cambodian children from the nightmare of prostitution. After a surprise raid on a brothel, an eager young U.S. lawyer places three liberated orphans under Sidney and the Sister's care. The girls begin the inspirational process of recovery under the loving watch of their new protectors.

Original music by Dengue Fever. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in April 2008.

Directed by Michael Dixon

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

William Mapother as Ted Thompson

Gregory Itzin as Sidney Webb

Jenny O'Hara as Sister Margaret

John Cabrera as Jonathon Black

Elizabeth Pan as Yen

Jane Le as Lida

Michelle Ongkingco as Kolab

Keo Woolford as Max

Emily Liu as Tam Webb

Samantha Abrigo as Cambodian Girl

Amy Sara Lim as Cambodian Girl

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Hear our post-show discussion with director Brian Kite, playwright Matt Pelfrey, and UCLA Professor of Directing and Theater History Michael Hackett

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This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Hear our post-show discussion about the play with journalist Todd Purdum.

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This play is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Based on John Ball’s novel which inspired the Oscar-winning film and the Emmy-winning television series, "In the Heat of the Night" pits a visiting black detective from California against a small Alabama town simmering with anger over desegregation. A fitting reflection of America in the 1960s, this Off-Broadway hit is provocative, timely, and uncomfortably relevant. Adapted by Matt Pelfrey.

Original music composed by Mark Holden and Michael Lopez. Includes audience Q&A sessions with director Brian Kite and playwright Matt Pelfrey, as well as political journalist Todd Purdum. Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The James Bridges Theater, UCLA in October of 2014.

Directed by Brian Kite

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Ryan Vincent Anderson as Virgil Tibbs

Michael Hammond as Sam Wood

Kalen Harriman as Melanie Purdy/Noreen Tatum

Travis Johns as Pete/Man In Shadows/Klansman 1

James Morrison as Chief Gillespie

Darren Richardson as Charles Tatum/Endicott/Al Jennings

Tom Virtue as Harvey Oberst/Purdy/Klansman

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This play is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Based on John Ball’s novel which inspired the Oscar-winning film and the Emmy-winning television series, "In the Heat of the Night" pits a visiting black detective from California against a small Alabama town simmering with anger over desegregation. A fitting reflection of America in the 1960s, this Off-Broadway hit is provocative, timely, and uncomfortably relevant. Adapted by Matt Pelfrey.

Original music composed by Mark Holden and Michael Lopez. Includes audience Q&A sessions with director Brian Kite and playwright Matt Pelfrey, as well as political journalist Todd Purdum. Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The James Bridges Theater, UCLA in October of 2014.

Directed by Brian Kite

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Ryan Vincent Anderson as Virgil Tibbs

Michael Hammond as Sam Wood

Kalen Harriman as Melanie Purdy/Noreen Tatum

Travis Johns as Pete/Man In Shadows/Klansman 1

James Morrison as Chief Gillespie

Darren Richardson as Charles Tatum/Endicott/Al Jennings

Tom Virtue as Harvey Oberst/Purdy/Klansman

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This play is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Based on John Ball’s novel which inspired the Oscar-winning film and the Emmy-winning television series, "In the Heat of the Night" pits a visiting black detective from California against a small Alabama town simmering with anger over desegregation. A fitting reflection of America in the 1960s, this Off-Broadway hit is provocative, timely, and uncomfortably relevant. Adapted by Matt Pelfrey.

Original music composed by Mark Holden and Michael Lopez. Includes audience Q&A sessions with director Brian Kite and playwright Matt Pelfrey, as well as political journalist Todd Purdum. Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The James Bridges Theater, UCLA in October of 2014.

Directed by Brian Kite

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Ryan Vincent Anderson as Virgil Tibbs

Michael Hammond as Sam Wood

Kalen Harriman as Melanie Purdy/Noreen Tatum

Travis Johns as Pete/Man In Shadows/Klansman 1

James Morrison as Chief Gillespie

Darren Richardson as Charles Tatum/Endicott/Al Jennings

Tom Virtue as Harvey Oberst/Purdy/Klansman

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.