The Explorers Club, Nell Benjamin
The Explorers Club, Nell Benjamin
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The Explorers Club

Author: Nell Benjamin

Narrator: Jennifer Westfeldt, David Furr, Carson Elrod, David Krumholtz, Jack Cutmore-Scott, John Getz, Lorenzo Pisoni, Martin Jarvis, Matthew Wolf

Unabridged: 1 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/30/2014


Synopsis

It's London, 1879, and the hapless members of the Explorers Club must confront their most lethal threat yet: the admission of a woman into their hermetically-sealed ranks. But the intrepid Phyllida Spotte-Hume turns out to be the least of their troubles, in this hilarious farce starring members of the original Broadway cast.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Jack Cutmore-Scott, Carson Elrod, David Furr, John Getz, Martin Jarvis, David Krumholtz, Lorenzo Pisoni, Jennifer Westfeldt, Matthew Wolf.

Directed by Kate McAll. Music composed and orchestrated by Laurence O'Keefe. Recordings produced by Mike Croiter and Laurence O'Keefe at Yellow Sound Lab for L.A. Theatre Works.

Includes a conversation with essayist, novelist, and cultural critic Eileen Pollack.

The Explorers Club 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 Ricki on September 12, 2017

This was fun and humorous, with all the standard farcical elements, but I think some of the visual humor was lost with the audio production.......more

Goodreads review by Mary on November 27, 2019

Kind of average. Depends a bit too much on its witty repartee.......more

Goodreads review by Sandra on December 06, 2025

I laughed throughout this play, reading it was a delight. I’d love to see it staged.......more