Extinction Audiobook

A zoologist in Australia gets funding to save an endangered species from the very company that threatens its existence. Will this deal with the devil allow her to save the species, or will it destroy her entire life’s work?

Includes an interview with playwright Hannie Rayson and director Martin Jarvis. Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood, in September 2020.

Extinction is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Seriesis provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Directed by Martin Jarvis, Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg, Seamus Dever as Harry Jewell, Sarah Drew as Dr. Piper Ross, Darren Richardson as Andy Dixon, Joanne Whalley as Professor Heather Dixon-Brown, Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson, Recording Engineer, Editor, Sound Designer: Neil Wogensen, Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin, Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner. Mixed by Charles Carroll for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood.

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“With bright-sounding innocence, Sarah Drew portrays an American zoologist working in Australia who makes the discovery of a lifetime when she finds that the endangered carnivorous marsupial the tiger quoll may still exist in the wild. However, to save the species she may have to make a deal with the devil—a timber baron, portrayed by American actor Seamus Dever, who sports a fine Australian accent. The dialogue is quick and intimate, and the drama down-to-earth as science wrestles with industry, and the characters realize that battling climate change and saving the environment may end up being just as messy and personal as any other human endeavor. This is another engaging production of the best in contemporary theater from LA Theatre Works. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”

— AudioFile