Can You Hear Me

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 AyresProducing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording, starring:
Lucy DeVito as Degna MarconiMartin Jarvis as Mr. Preece, King Edward, Captain SmithKurt Kanazawa as Alfonso Marconi, George ParkinHenri Lubatti as Giuseppe Marconi, Teddy RooseveltMoira Quirk as Annie JamesonDarren Richardson as George Kemp, Jack PhillipsAndré Sogliuzzo as Guglielmo Marconi and Older MarconiMark Jude Sullivan as Luigi Solari, Harold Bride, Pagent
Senior Producer: Anna Lyse EriksonPrepared for Audio by Mark HoldenRecorded and edited by Neil WogensonDesigned 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 LipkinFoley Artist: Stacey MartinezAntique Morse Code and radio equipment provided by Ken Holden