Atomic Bombers

In 1943, something strange is going on in the New Mexican desert. By night, the starkly beautiful canyons of Los Alamos fill with the sound of exploding graphite—and by day, the crackle of scientific brainpower. Atomic Bombers takes us into those secretive canyons to meet the cadre of brilliant scientists who worked there. With wisecracking physicist Dr. Richard Feynman as our guide, the race to create the atom bomb comes alive as a very human endeavor, filled with humor, playfulness and dread.

An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring:

Larry Cox as J. Robert Oppenheimer

Jeannie Elias as Laura Fermi

Robin Gammell as Leo Szilard

Jon Matthews as Richard Feynman

Phillip Mershon as Monitors/Others

Danny Mora as Enrico Fermi

Wolf Muser as Hans Bethe

Lisa Jane Persky as Arline Feynman

John Vickery as Enrico Fermi

Tom Virtue as Robert Wilson

Ron West as Arthur Compton

Directed by Valerie Landsburg. Recorded before a live audience at the DoubleTree Suites, Santa Monica in April of 1995.