Can You Hear Me

Summary

Before Guglielmo Marconi came along, there was no practical way to transmit telegraphic messages without wires. But when he harnessed the power of radio waves to send signals over long distances, what had once seemed impossible became a world-changing reality.

In this original L.A. Theatre Works commission, we’ll get a firsthand, intimate view of the precocious Italian inventor, and what he had to overcome in his quest to revolutionize the way we communicate.

Can You Hear Me is available as part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays, sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in April, 2024.

Directed by Rosalind Ayres
Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording, starring:

Lucy DeVito as Degna Marconi
Martin Jarvis as Mr. Preece, King Edward, Captain Smith
Kurt Kanazawa as Alfonso Marconi, George Parkin
Henri Lubatti as Giuseppe Marconi, Teddy Roosevelt
Moira Quirk as Annie Jameson
Darren Richardson as George Kemp, Jack Phillips
André Sogliuzzo as Guglielmo Marconi and Older Marconi
Mark Jude Sullivan as Luigi Solari, Harold Bride, Pagent

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson
Prepared for Audio by Mark Holden
Recorded and edited by Neil Wogenson
Designed by Neil Wogenson, Charles Carroll and Mark Holden, and mixed by Charles Carroll for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood.
Technical Advisor and Morse Code Performer: Mark Holden.
Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin
Foley Artist: Stacey Martinez
Antique Morse Code and radio equipment provided by Ken Holden