Yasmeen is a Yemeni-American high school senior with big dreams. Dr. Guy Royston is her science teacher with a mysterious past. When Yasmeen asks Dr. Royston for an important favor, it sets off a series of events that challenges their core beliefs about science, faith and the nature of love. Includes a conversation with playwright Laura Maria Censabella.Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in August 2021.Paradise 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 Anna Lyse EriksonProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergAn L.A. Theatre Works full-cast production starring:Jeff Marlow as Dr. Guy RoystonMedalion Rahimi as Yasmeen al-HamadiSenior Producer: Anna Lyse EriksonSound Designer and Mixing Engineer: Charles Carroll for The Invisible Studios, West HollywoodSenior Radio Producer: Ronn LipkinFoley Artist: Jeff GardnerRecording Engineers: Charles Carroll and Neil WogensonEditor: Neil WogensonThis production of Paradise is based on the West Coast premiere at the Odyssey Theatre, produced by JuVee Productions and American Oasis, and directed by VicangeloBulluck in 2019.Paradise was originally commissioned and developed by The Ensemble Studio Theatre/Alfred P. Sloan FoundationScience& Technology Project.