Ellis Greer has narrated 4 audiobooks on Listento.it by 4 authors. The most-rated is The Thanksgiving Play.
The Goodbye Girl
Summary
In this unique audio adaptation of Neil Simon’s screenplay, Paula McFadden’s a down-on-her-luck actress who’s forced to take in a new roommate - the eccentric, noisy, and generally unpleasant Elliot Garfield - who also happens to be an actor. As their careers and finances hit new lows, their reluctant partnership threatens to turn into something neither one wants. Recorded before a live audience at the UCLA James Bridges Theater in January 2018. Director: Rosalind Ayres Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg Ellis Greer as Donna Douglas and Others Anna Mathias as Multiple Roles Matthew Floyd Miller as Elliot Garfield Amy Pietz as Paula McFadden Raini Rodriguez as Lucy André Sogliuzzo as Multiple Roles Inger Tudor as Mrs. Crosby and Others Matthew Wolf as Mark Bodine and Others Adam Wylie as Multiple Roles Associate Artistic Director: Anna Lyse Erikson Recording Engineer, Sound Designer, Mixer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood Music Supervisor: Ronn Lipkin Sound Effects Artist: Jeff Gardner Production Manager: Katie Friesen Editor: Mitchell Lindskoog Assistant Engineer: Julian Nicholson
©1993 Neil Simon (P)2018 L.A. Theatre Works
Die Mommie Die
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Angela Arden wants to be free of her suffocating marriage to film producer Sol Sussman. What better way than poison! Distraught by her father’s death and convinced of her mother’s guilt, Edith Sussman plots to get the truth out of Angela using any means necessary. Charles Busch stars in the role he originated in this camp send-up where tongues aren’t the only thing dipped in acid. Recorded before a live audience at the UCLA James Bridges Theater in May 2019. Directed by Carl Andress With original music and songs by Lewis Flinn Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg Charles Busch as Angela Arden Sussman Mark Capri as Tony Parker Willie Garson as Sol Sussman Ellis Greer as Edith Sussman Jeffery Self as Lance Sussman Ruth Williamson as Bootsie Associate Artistic Director, Anna Lyse Erikson. Recording Engineer, Sound Designer and Mixer, Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood. Senior Radio Producer, Ronn Lipkin. Foley Artist, Brian Wallace. Production Manager, Zack Myers. Editor, Julian Nicholson. “The Missing Girl” performed by Mary Birdsong, music and lyrics by Lewis Flinn. “The Salt and Pepper Polka” performed by Mary Birdsong, music by Lewis Flinn, lyrics by Dick Gallagher and Charles Busch.
©2019 L.A. Theatre Works (P)2019 L.A. Theatre Works
Jefferson's Garden
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You say you want a Revolution? The story of this country's struggle for independence is told with a fresh slant and theatrical inventiveness. As Thomas Jefferson struggles to find the right words to frame a nation, a young Quaker must weigh his desire to participate in the struggle against his pacifist beliefs. Recorded before an audience at UCLA's James Bridges Theater in March 2017. Directed by Martin Jarvis Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg Rosalind Ayres as Martha/Nelly Rose Nate Corddry as Christian Ellis Greer as Betty Gregory Harrison as Carl/Thomas Jefferson Lovensky Jean-Baptiste as James Hemmings Ifan Meredith as Harry/Jim Madison Darren Richardson as Daniel/George Mason/M. Perrault Emily Swallow as Louisa/Imogen Inger Tudor as Susannah/Sally Additional chorus roles performed by the cast Associate Artistic Director, Anna Lyse Erikson. Recording Engineer, Sound Designer, and Mixer, Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood. Senior Radio Producer, Ronn Lipkin. Foley Artist, Jonathan Kells Phillips. Production Manager, Katie Friesen. Editor, Mitchell Lindskoog.
©2015 Timberlake Wertenbaker (P)2017 L.A. Theatre Works
The Thanksgiving Play
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A group of politically correct teachers are tasked with creating a Thanksgiving play for their students. They hire a Native American actor to lend authenticity to the proceedings. When it turns out she’s ethnically ambiguous the teachers are left to navigate the resulting pitfalls in this rich satire. Includes a conversation with playwright Larissa FastHorse. Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood, in September 2020. Director: Rosalind Ayres Producing director: Susan Albert Loewenberg Ellis Greer as Alicia Josh Stamberg as Jaxton Mark Jude Sullivan as Caden Liza Weil as Logan Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson Recording engineers: Neil Wogenson and Mark Holden Senior radio producer: Ronn Lipkin Foley artist: Jeff Gardner Mixed by Charles Carroll for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood Lead funding for The Thanksgiving Play is generously provided by: Barbara Timmer and Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Mike and Beth Kasser, The John Logan Foundation/Desert Wolf Productions, Jamie Wolf “Ode to Joy” opening recorder quartet performed by Ulung Tanoto on his YouTube channel, Si Ulung. The Thanksgiving Play was commissioned and originally produced by Artists Repertory Theatre, Damaso Rodriguez, Artistic Director; Sarah Horton, Managing Director, Portland, Oregon. Playwrights Horizons, Inc., New York City, produced the world premiere of The Thanksgiving Play in 2018.
©2019 Larissa FastHorse (P)2020 L.A. Theatre Works