{"product_id":"book-i2bx","title":"Exodus: The Shanghai Jews","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAs Jews tried to escape Nazi Germany in the 1930s, they faced unthinkable roadblocks in obtaining exit visas. And while they were denied entry in one country after another, a bureaucratic oddity enabled some of them to flee to an unlikely destination: Shanghai, China.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this Los Angeles Theater Works original commission, playwright Kate McAll used the survivors’ own words to create a narrative of people starting their lives over in a completely new land.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFunding for this presentation is provided in part by The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation and the I. Michael Kasser Trust: Michael and Beth Kasser.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpecial thanks to Prof. Steve Hochstadt for his generosity in sharing his research and recordings to help create this work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecorded at the UCLA James Bridges Theater in June 2023.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDirected by Anna Lyse Erikson\u003cbr\u003eProducing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording, starring:\u003cbr\u003eEdyta Brychta as Lisbeth Loewenberg\u003cbr\u003eMichael Canavan as Herbert Greening \u003cbr\u003eShannon Cochran as Ilse Greening\u003cbr\u003eArye Gross as Gerard Kohbieter \u003cbr\u003eAnna Mathias as Trude Reisman \u003cbr\u003eAlan Shearman as Paul Reisman\u003cbr\u003eAndré Sogliuzzo as Ernest Culman\u003cbr\u003eJoanne Whalley as Melitta Colland.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSenior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson\u003cbr\u003eRecording Engineers: Mark Holden and Charles Carroll\u003cbr\u003eSound Design: Mark Holden\u003cbr\u003eEditing and Mixing Engineer: Charles Carroll \u003cbr\u003eSenior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"L.A. Theatre Works","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49353365455152,"sku":"BDi2bx","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/461396-i2bx-Square.jpg?v=1734344130","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-i2bx","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}