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The Hard Problem

By: Tom Stoppard
Narrated by: Eddie Cahill, Rosie Fellner, Adhir Kalyan, Desiree Mee Jung, Julian Morris, Hannah Murray, Moira Quirk, Alex Wyndham
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Summary

Hilary believes fervently that consciousness is more than the sum of our biology. When she receives a position at a prestigious think tank, she develops a novel experiment to prove that humans are intrinsically altruistic, but the results are something she never anticipated.

Includes a post-show discussion with Mark Tramo, a neuroscientist, neurologist, and musician who is a professor in the UCLA Schools of Medicine, Music, and Letters & Science.

Recorded before a live audience at the UCLA James Bridges Theater in November 2019.

Director: Rosalind Ayres

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Eddie Cahill as Jerry

Rosie Fellner as Julia

Adhir Kalyan as Amal

Julian Morris as Spike

Hannah Murray as Hilary

Desirée Mee Jung as Bo

Moira Quirk as Cathy, Ursula

Alex Wyndham as Leo

Associate Artistic Director: Anna Lyse Erikson. Recording Engineer, Sound Designer, Mixer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood. Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin. Foley Artist: Brian DeShazor. Production Manager: Erica R. Christensen. Editor: Mitchell Lindskoog.
©2020 L.A. Theatre Works (P)2020 L.A. Theatre Works
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Much anticipated... Rather disappointed

I very regrettably missed this play when it was on at the theatre, as I was going to go see it with my Dad with whom I shared deep interest in these lofty topics. Upon listening now, although it was extremely refreshing to hear this kind of subject matter being explored in a play, occasionally there were some bits of dialogue which quite beautifully and wittily captured some of the more nuanced aspects of the hard problem, altruism, God etc, and the majority of the cast were very compelling actors... I felt overall the final product was pretty superficial, in Hilary's own words "not deep", the weaving in of the "miracle/coincidence" of the appearance of her child in the plot was twee...and lastly, dear God the actress playing her was actually excruciating to listen to.

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Good Premise, Excellent Cast.... Boring Product

Liked the premise and the cast... Was Bored by the play in the end. I'm glad that I didn't pay full price for it.

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