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The Relativity Series: The Fever Syndrome (Part 5)

2024/8/22
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Dot Myers-Cooper
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Lily Cooper
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Megan Myers
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Phillip Tennyson
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Richard Myers
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Thomas Myers
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Phillip Tennyson: 我爱着Thomas Myers，并希望和他结婚生子，即使我知道他的缺点。我理解并接受他全部的性格，包括他讨厌的部分。我想要和他组成一个家庭，拥有孩子，拥有我们的一切。 Thomas Myers: 我来参加父亲的颁奖典礼，我的工作都被耽搁了。我并不想因为房子而结婚，我想要的是一个家庭，但我不想要孩子。我需要把生活中的不同方面分开处理才能更好地工作，这样才能生存下去。 Richard Myers: 我们都是基因的奴隶，我的基因研究工作曾招致批评。颁奖典礼只有对获奖者才有吸引力。我不希望你害怕这个世界。我记混了我的妻子。 Dot Myers-Cooper: 我母亲说你父亲生了成千上万的孩子，却连一个都照顾不好。我需要为我的女儿设立信托基金，因为莉莉的病夺走了我们的生活，我想再生一个孩子。 Megan Myers: 我弟弟的行为是令人震惊的。莉莉的病夺走了我们的生活。 Lily Cooper: 我知道我父亲的基因研究工作曾招致批评。我需要我的空间和独立，我不希望被过度保护。

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The episode opens with a family gathering, overshadowed by old resentments and a serious illness. A tense conversation between Tom and Philip reveals their conflicting desires and communication challenges, highlighting the complexities of their relationship. The impending award ceremony for Richard, the father, adds another layer of tension to the family dynamic.
  • Family reunion for Richard Meyer's lifetime achievement award.
  • Tense conversation between Tom and Philip about their relationship and future.
  • Underlying family conflicts and communication issues.

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Professor Richard Meyers, now in his 70s and suffering from advanced Parkinson’s disease, is about to receive a lifetime achievement award for his work in the development of in-vitro fertilization. That calls for a family reunion, and given this high-functioning, dysfunctional family, there’s bound to be trouble ahead. As they gather, old resentments erupt as they fight over Richard’s legacy while facing another family member’s serious illness.

This play is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of 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 Sarah Drew

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Starring, in alphabetical order:

Hugo Armstrong as Professor Richard Myers

Seamus Dever as Thomas Myers

Sarah Drew as the voice of Karen

Patrick Heusinger as Anthony Myers

Kelly McCreary as Dot Myers-Cooper

Monica McSwain as Lily Cooper and Young Dot

Matthew Floyd Miller as Nate Cooper

Desean K. Terry as Phillip Tennyson

And Joanne Whalley as Megan Myers.

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson

Prepared for audio by Mark Holden.

Recorded, designed, and mixed by Charles Carroll, and edited by Neil Wogensen for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood.

Piano music and musical characters adapted and performed by Rusty Tinder, recorded by Charles Carroll, and Directed by Mark Holden.

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Stacey Martinez

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