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Overview

Professor Richard Myers, now in his 70s and suffering from advanced Parkinson's disease, is about to receive a lifetime achievement award for his work in the development of in-vitro fertilization. That calls for a family reunion, and given this high-functioning, dysfunctional family, there's bound to be trouble ahead. As they gather, old resentments erupt as they fight over Richard's legacy while facing another family member's serious illness.


Incudes a conversation with playwright Alexis Zegerman.


This play 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 December 2023.


Directed by Sarah Drew

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg


An L.A. Theatre Works full cast recording, starring:


Hugo Armstrong as Professor Richard Myers

Seamus Dever as Thomas Myers

Sarah Drew as the voice of Karen

Patrick Heusinger as Anthony Myers

Kelly McCreary as Dot Myers-Cooper

Monica McSwain as Lily Cooper and Young Dot

Matthew Floyd Miller as Nate Cooper

Desean K. Terry as Phillip Tennyson

Joanne Whalley as Megan Myers.


Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson

Prepared for audio by Mark Holden.

Recorded, designed, and mixed by Charles Carroll, and edited by Neil Wogensen for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood.

Piano music and musical characters adapted and performed by Rusty Tinder, recorded by Charles Carroll, and Directed by Mark Holden.

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Stacey Martinez


Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"Finely crafted... a rollercoaster of issue-driven emotion." —Evening Standard

"Captivating... echoes Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams and HBO's Succession... as a portrait of blended family dysfunction it is highly enjoyable, while also raising provocative questions about the limits of science." —WhatsOnStage

"A big, psychologically chaotic, Miller-esque American family drama." —Broadway World

MAY 2024 - AudioFile

Hugo Armstrong and Joanne Whalley lead an exceptional cast of L.A. Theatre Works regulars in this story of a dysfunctional family bravely attempting not to be dysfunctional. The play's conversational dialogue reveals a tense reunion that is gathered around a brilliant, overbearing patriarch (Armstrong) who is dying from late-stage Parkinson's disease and is about to receive a lifetime achievement award for his work in developing in vitro fertilization. Two sons, a son-in-law, and a daughter, played with passion and focus by Seamus Dever, Patrick Heusinger, Matthew Floyd Miller, and Kelly McCreary, jockey for position in a family for whom IVF has become both a legacy and a cottage industry. The result is realistic, droll, and brutal. B.P. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID: 2940191478968
Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works
Publication date: 03/12/2024
Edition description: Unabridged
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