The Conquest of the South Pole

In a German industrial town, four unemployed and despondent men reenact Roald Amundsen’s turn-of-the-century trek to the South Pole.

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

Paul Dillon as Buscher

Philip E. Johnson as Slupianek

Tracy Letts as Seiffert

Rick Peeples as Rudi

Dan Rivkin as Braukmann

Elaine Rivkin as Braukmann’s wife

Kirsten Sahs as Rosi

James Schneider as Frankie-Boy

Directed by Calvin MacLean. A co-production with Famous Door Theatre Company for Chicago Theaters on the Air. Recorded before a live audience at the Guest Quarters Suite Hotel, Chicago in May of 1994.