Oscar-winning and Tony-nominated writer and director Eric Simonson explores the most famous archeological hoax in history. Alternating between 1914 and 1953, journalists and scientists set out to uncover who planted the Piltdown Man skull. Everyone’s a suspect, including legendary Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Originally produced at Steppenwolf Theatre 2009 with Martha Lavey as Artistic Director.
Fake 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 Eric Simonson
Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg
Kate Arrington as Rebecca/Katarina
Coburn Goss as Chardin/Doug Arnt
Francis Guinan as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle/Jonathan Cole
Alan Wilder as Arthur Woodward/Paul Moody
Larry Yando as Charles Dawson/Henry Billings
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