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Paradise

by Laura Maria Censabella
Jeff Marlow
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Yasmeen is a Yemeni-American high school senior with big dreams. Dr. Guy Royston is her science teacher with a mysterious past. When Yasmeen asks Dr. Royston for an important favor, it sets off a series of events that challenges their core beliefs about science, faith and the nature of love. Includes a conversation with playwright Laura Maria Censabella.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in August 2021.

Paradise 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.

Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast production starring:

  • Jeff Marlow as Dr. Guy Royston
  • Medalion Rahimi as Yasmeen al-Hamadi

    Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson

    Sound Designer and Mixing Engineer: Charles Carroll for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

    Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

    Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

    Recording Engineers: Charles Carroll and Neil Wogenson

    Editor: Neil Wogenson

    This production of Paradise is based on the West Coast premiere at the Odyssey Theatre, produced by JuVee Productions and American Oasis, and directed by VicangeloBulluck in 2019. Paradise was originally commissioned and developed by The Ensemble Studio Theatre/Alfred P. Sloan FoundationScience & Technology Project.

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    • Release date

      November 2, 2021

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        • ISBN: 9781682661574
        • File size: 59085 KB
        • Duration: 02:03:05

    • Languages

      • English

    • Reviews

      • AudioFile Magazine
        Narrators Medalion Rahimi and Jeff Marlow capture the complex relationship between a shy, intense, and extremely intelligent 17-year-old Muslim student and her high school science teacher. She draws him out of his middle-aged doldrums into a swirl of excitement and discovery as they work to design an experiment that will measure the effects of love on the teenage body and mind. The production is part of L.A. Theatre Works' science-themed Relativity Series. The well-written dialogue seamlessly jumps from hope and trepidation to faith, politics, and culture. But it's the sound of trust, friendship, and sacrifice in the actors' voices that makes this production a standout. Compelling contemporary theater. B.P. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine

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