L.A. Theatre Works Airs PROOF 7/31

Beginning Saturday, July 31, 2010, L.A. Theatre Works Radio Theatre Series will air Proof by David Auburn, starring Anne Heche, Robert Foxworth, Jeremy Sisto,and Kaitlin Hopk ins. The broadcast can be heard locally in Southern California on Saturday from 10 pm to midnight on 89.3 KPCC, and can also be streamed on demand at http://www.latw.org/

The science of genetics explains how you inherit eye color, the shape of your hairline, or even the ability to roll your tongue. But can science explain the inheritance of other traits, like your father's ear for music, or your mother's "green thumb"? And, in a more extreme case, can a parent pass along a trait for genius that's paired with a debilitating mental illness? That's the question tormenting a young woman in our story. The broadcast includes an interview with Steven Strogatz, Professor of Applied Mathematics at Cornell University. Plus, we'll speak with Dr. Carrie Bearden of UCLA's Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences.

This play is part of L.A. Theatre Works' Relativity Series, featuring science-themed plays. Major funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to enhance public understanding of science and technology in the modern world.

L.A. Theatre Works' radio theater series can also be heard on the following stations (check local listings for broadcast times): 89.7 WGBH, Boston; 91.5 WBEZ, Chicago; 94.9 KUOW, Seattle; 90.1 WABE, Atlanta; 94.1 KPFA, Berkeley; 91.1 KRCB, North Bay (San Francisco); and many other stations nationwide.

Major funding for L.A. Theatre Works broadcast series is provided by the S. Mark Taper Foundation. Founded in 1989, the S. Mark Taper Foundation is a private family foundation dedicated to enhancing the quality of people's lives by supporting non-profit organizations and their work in the community.