What You Are Now

Are we stuck with our memories – or can we fix them? Pia is a neuroscientist whose research focuses on changing the way we process traumatic experiences. Will Pia&amp;#39;s emotionally distant mother – who survived the Khmer Rouge in 1970&amp;#39;s Cambodia – benefit from her daughter&amp;#39;s work? Or are some things just too terrible to remember? <br/> Includes a conversation with Dr. Daniela Schiller, a Professor of Neuroscience and Psychiatry at the Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. <br/> &quot;What You Are Now" is part of L.A. Theatre Works&amp;#39; Relativity Series of 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. <br/> Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in November 2022 <br/> Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg <br/> An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording starring: Carie Kawa as Pia Tess Lina as Chantrea Joe Ngo as Darany Samantha Quan as Siobhan Mark Jude Sullivan as Evan Greg Watanabe as the Narrator <br/> Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson Prepared for Audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood Recording Engineer, Editor and Mixer: Charles Carroll Sound Design by Charles Carroll and David Wilson Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner <br/> The original song «What You Are Now» is by Him Sophy, founder of the Him Sophy School of Music in Pnomh Penh. <br/> Special thanks to Professor Craig Woodson and Dr. Terry Miller for their recording of «The Sorrowful King» from «Roots of Rhythm.net.»