L.A. Theatre Works To Air MRS. KLEIN Starting 11/21
This weekend, beginning Saturday, November 21, L.A. Theatre Works will air Mrs. Klein by Nicholas Wright, starring Julie Harris, Lindsay Crouse and JoBeth Williams. The broadcast can be heard locally in Southern California on Saturday from 10 pm to midnight on KPCC 89.3 FM, and can also be streamed on demand at http://www.latw.org/.
One of the most extraordinary women of the 20th century comes roaring to life in this award-winning examination of the brilliant psychoanalyst. Melanie Klein is considered, along with Freud, to be the most important figure in the early development of psychiatry. But the play asks whether this came at the expense of her own son's life. The broadcast includes an interview with Dr. Chris Minnick, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Southern California's School of Medicine.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, MA; 91.5 WBEZ, Chicago, IL; 94.9 KUOW, Seattle, WA; 90.1 WABE, Atlanta, GA; 94.1 KPFA, Berkeley, CA; 91.1 KRCB, North Bay (San Francisco, CA); 89.1 KVPR, Fresno, CA; 89.3 KPRX, Bakersfield, CA; 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.
Photo credit: Walter McBride
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