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

Playwright Ed Schmidt imagines a spring day in 1947, when Branch Rickey, the powerful general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, summons heavyweight champion Joe Louis, tap star Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson, and actor Paul Robeson to his hotel room in Manhattan. Rickey wants their support when he chooses Jackie Robinson to be Major League Baseball’s first black player. But a power struggle ensues when the group raises questions about Rickey’s motivations to integrate baseball.

Recorded before a live audience at the DoubleTree Suites, Santa Monica in May 1996.

Directed by Sheldon Epps

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Edward Asner as Branch Rickey

David Downing as Clancy Hope (Elder)

Tommy Hicks as Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson

Carl Lumbly as Paul Robeson

Sterling Macer as Jackie Robinson

Charlie Robinson as Joe Louis

Rugg Williams as Clancy Hope

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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.

Playwright Ed Schmidt imagines a spring day in 1947, when Branch Rickey, the powerful general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, summons heavyweight champion Joe Louis, tap star Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson, and actor Paul Robeson to his hotel room in Manhattan. Rickey wants their support when he chooses Jackie Robinson to be Major League Baseball’s first black player. But a power struggle ensues when the group raises questions about Rickey’s motivations to integrate baseball.

Recorded before a live audience at the DoubleTree Suites, Santa Monica in May 1996.

Directed by Sheldon Epps

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Edward Asner as Branch Rickey

David Downing as Clancy Hope (Elder)

Tommy Hicks as Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson

Carl Lumbly as Paul Robeson

Sterling Macer as Jackie Robinson

Charlie Robinson as Joe Louis

Rugg Williams as Clancy Hope

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.

Playwright Ed Schmidt imagines a spring day in 1947, when Branch Rickey, the powerful general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, summons heavyweight champion Joe Louis, tap star Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson, and actor Paul Robeson to his hotel room in Manhattan. Rickey wants their support when he chooses Jackie Robinson to be Major League Baseball’s first black player. But a power struggle ensues when the group raises questions about Rickey’s motivations to integrate baseball.

Recorded before a live audience at the DoubleTree Suites, Santa Monica in May 1996.

Directed by Sheldon Epps

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Edward Asner as Branch Rickey

David Downing as Clancy Hope (Elder)

Tommy Hicks as Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson

Carl Lumbly as Paul Robeson

Sterling Macer as Jackie Robinson

Charlie Robinson as Joe Louis

Rugg Williams as Clancy Hope

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.

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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