L.A. Theatre Works

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L.A. Theatre Works[1] (LATW) currently operates four primary programs; The Play's The Thing, Alive & Aloud, Library Access, and the Arts & Children Project.

The Play's The Thing is a live in-performance radio theatre series, in Los Angeles, featuring leading actors in ten state-of-the-art audio productions a year. L.A. Theatre Works, through its weekly broadcasts, make theatre widely and easily accessible to audiences nationwide. These audiences experience radio drama that is contemporary, edgy, and significant through this award-winning, critically-acclaimed radio theatre series, heard weekly on public radio stations throughout the United States as well as on XM Satellite Radio's Sonic Theatre Channel. Additionally, international audiences listen to the series on the BBC and other English Language broadcasters. The Play's The Thing is also accessible for streaming on the Internet at www.kpcc.org and www.kpfa.org, and is available for digital download at www.audible.com and www.mediabay.com. All productions become part of LATW's extensive Audio Theatre Collection, which can be purchased in bookstores, through our catalogue and on the internet by individuals, schools, universities, and libraries nationwide. Today, our Audio Theatre Collection includes more than 360 titles-the largest award-winning library of its kind in the world.

Alive & Aloud provides a selection of audio plays to more than 2,000 public secondary schools and libraries nationwide. Participating schools receive our plays accompanied by study guides and resource materials for classroom application. The audio plays provide a unique learning tool that allows teachers to incorporate the arts into every classroom subject, from English to History.

In 1999, after experiencing much interest in our Audio Theatre Collection from libraries nationwide, Library Access was founded. L.A. Theatre Works has partnered with over 900 public libraries in rural and densely urban communities to provide five titles from our collection at no charge. Along with the audio plays, librarians are provided with posters and press releases to promote the availability of audio theatre in their libraries.

Since 1984, L.A. Theatre Works' Arts & Children Project has worked with over 75,000 incarcerated and at-risk students within Los Angeles County Juvenile Court Schools, after-school programs, and public schools. Highly skilled artists provide workshops in the literary, performing and visual arts. The Arts & Children Project unlocks a creative outlet for this disadvantaged population and provides these underserved youth a voice within their community.

The Artist Advisory Council for L.A. Theatre Works are Edward Asner, Rosalind Ayres, Ed Begley, Jr., Richard Dreyfuss, Hector Elizondo, Glenne Headly, Martin Jarvis, Stacy Keach, Shirley Knight, Marsha Mason, Richard Masur, Alfred Molina, Charles Robinson, David Selby, Eric Stoltz, JoBeth Williams and Charlayne Woodard