Donny's Brain, Rona Munro
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Donny's Brain

Author: Rona Munro

Narrator: Paul Fox, Jared Harris, Moira Quirk, Siobhan Hewlett, Sophie Winkleman

Unabridged: 2 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook

Publisher: Findaway

Published: 01/15/2016

Genre: Drama - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Synopsis

The acclaimed Scottish playwright Rona Munro has created a remarkable story about a man who wakes up from a car crash with brain damage. Now, he sees the world as the person he was three years ago, when his life and loves were in a very different place.

This play 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.

Includes a conversation about brain trauma and memory loss with Dr. David Hovda, the Director of the Brain Injury Research Center at UCLA.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood, in June 2015.

Directed by Martin JarvisProducing Director Susan Albert LoewenbergPaul Fox as AlJared Harris as DonnySiobhan Hewlett as TrishMoira Quirk as FleaSophie Winkleman as EmmaAssociate Producers: Anna Lyse Erikson, Myke WeiskopfRecording and Mixing Engineer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West HollywoodFoley Artist: Jeff GardnerAssistant Recording Engineer and Editor: Wesley Dewberry

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