Publisher Description
One of the world’s wealthiest men has died in a plane crash. The insurance company representing the airline assigns math genius Mitch Bloom to the case to minimize their payout – but Mitch finds himself facing a formidable opponent in Ida Watkins, a small town actuary who challenges his ideas about the value of a human life. Includes an interview with playwright Kenneth Lin. Life on Paper 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. Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood, in August 2020. Directed by Rosalind Ayres Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg Kevin Daniels as Ivan Blumenthal Seamus Dever as Mitch Bloom Sarah Drew as Ida Watkins Summer Spiro as Maggie Jones Mark Jude Sullivan as Michael Watkins Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson Recording Engineer, Editor and Sound Designer: Neil Wogensen. Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner Mixed by Charles Carroll for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood. Music for Maggie’s song written and performed by Summer Spiro. Cello accompaniment by Anna Lyse Erikson.
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About Kenneth Lin
Kenneth Lin is an American playwright. He was born in the Bronx, New York to parents of Chinese descent and grew up in Long Island, New York. Lin attended Cornell University and the Yale School of Drama. He is an alumnus of the U.S. J. William Fulbright Fellowship Program and was selected as one of the Dramatists Guild’s top “50 to Watch.” In 2013, Lin joined the writing staff for the second and third seasons of the Netflix series House of Cards.
About the Narrators
Sarah Drew is
an American actress who has appeared on a number of television shows, including
Grey’s Anatomy, Everwood, Castle, Supernatural, Mad Men, Law & Order: SVU,
and Glee. She also works as a voice
actor.
Seamus Dever is an award-winning
actor and star of ABC’s Castle as Homicide
Detective Kevin Ryan. His other television roles include Army Wives, General
Hospital, and Mad Men, and his
film credits include Hollywoodland. He
is well known to theater audiences for his acclaimed role of Alex in A Clockwork Orange. He is a graduate of
Carnegie-Mellon University and the Moscow Art Theatre. He and his wife Juliana
reside in Los Angeles with their two rescue dogs and are proud vegetarians active
in animal rights and environmental causes.