Pressured by the director of a high-stakes cancer institute, an idealistic young biologist, amidst competition from fellow scientists, must weigh premature "publish or perish" and full disclosure versus possibly jeopardizing the funding he needs to solve the problem.
Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in January of 2008.
Secret Order 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.
Directed by Gordon Hunt
Angela Goethals as Alice Curiton
Will McCormack as William Shumway
Richard Schiff as Robert Brock
George Segal as Saul Roth
