"Who said religion can’t be funny? Not playwright Deborah Zoe Laufer, whose End Days makes its Chicago premiere in a hilarious, smart production. This show intelligently, with loads of wit, pokes at using religious fanaticism to heal our personal wounds. Without being ‘preachy’ or condescending, End Days unfolds as a funny look at the role of faith in human relations. This show is hilarious and healing." By Tom Williams
This audio includes an interview about science and theology with Robert John Russell—the founder and director of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences—an organization dedicated to fostering dialogue between the sciences and world religions. Dr. Russell is the Ian G. Barbour Professor of Theology and Science at the interfaith consortium—the Graduate Theological Union—in Berkeley, California. He is also an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ.
Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood, in June of 2010.
End Days is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring 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.
Directed by Michael Hackett
Josh Clark as Jesus/Stephen Hawking
Shannon Cochran as Sylvia Stein
Dane DeHaan as Nelson Steinberg
Arye Gross as Arthur Stein
Kenneth Houston as the Bully
Kate Rylie as Rachel Stein
