End Days, Deborah Zoe Laufer
End Days, Deborah Zoe Laufer
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End Days

Author: Deborah Zoe Laufer

Narrator: Dane DeHaan, Full Cast

Unabridged: 2 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/15/2011


Synopsis

In Deborah Zoe Laufer's End Days, a suburban family is undergoing a spiritual crisis following the September 11th attacks. Sylvia Stein has turned to Christianity to save her disaffected husband Arthur and her rebellious teenage daughter Rachel. But as Sylvia races around preparing for the Rapture, Rachel is learning that there are more things in Heaven and Earth than are dreamt of in her philosophy.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:
Josh Clark as Jesus and Stephen Hawking
Shannon Cochran as Sylvia Stein
Dane DeHaan as Nelson Steinberg
Arye Gross as Arthur Stein
Kenneth Houston as the Bully
Kate Rylie as Rachel Stein

Directed by Michael Hacket. Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in 2010.

End Days is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Major funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to enhance public understanding of science and technology in the modern world.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sam on June 30, 2022

I love theater 😚😚......more

Goodreads review by Audrey on May 29, 2022

Truly the best play I’ve ever read......more

Goodreads review by Nathan on April 17, 2011

Pretty funny. I guess I'd have to see it staged but on the page I often wondered the line between authentic character and gimic - the kid who dresses up like Elvis, the Goth, etc.......more

Goodreads review by Kim on January 29, 2021

End Days is a comedic drama about Rachel and her parents, Sylvia and Arthur, and Nelson, their quirky, Elvis-impersonator neighbor. After 9/11, when Arthur's office was destroyed and his coworkers killed, the family left New York. Arthur has not gotten out of his pajamas in a year; Sylvia has discov......more

Goodreads review by Jaclyn on September 01, 2020

This play does some interesting explorations of religion, but I don't feel like the characters are as developed as I would like......more