Spill

In April of 2010, British Petroleum gave orders to speed up production on its colossal drilling rig, the Deepwater Horizon. Despite the objections of many on the rig, safety measures were ignored or overlooked. On April 20th, the Deepwater Horizon exploded. Eleven men paid the ultimate price and countless thousands who call the Gulf Coast home found their lives irrevocably altered.

Includes a conversation with Jim Morris, Executive Editor at The Center for Public Integrity in Washington, D.C.

Spill is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring 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.

Recorded live in performance at UCLA's James Bridges Theater in May 2018.

Director: Martin Jarvis

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Elisa Bocanegra as Arleen Weise, Andrea Fleytas

Gilbert Glenn Brown as Obama, Jorey Danos, Christopher Pleasant

Nicholas Hormann as Bob Bea, Pat O'Bryan, Gary Bartholemy,

Wyman Wheeler Travis Johns as Keith Jones, Jonathan Henderson, Chad Murray

Jane Kaczmarek as Narrator, Lillian Miller

James Morrison as Bill Anderson, Randy Ezell, Billy Nungesser

Darren Richardson as Tony Hayward, Jimmy Harrell, Gordon Jones, Don Vidrine

Kate Steele as Shelley Anderson, Jolene Danos

Mark Jude Sullivan as Jason Anderson, Mike Williams

Associate Artistic Director: Anna Lyse Erikson.

Recording Engineer, Sound Designer and Mixer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood.

Music Supervisor: Ronn Lipkin.

Production Manager: Nikki Hyde.

Editor: Julian Nicholson.