Secret Order

George Segal and Richard Schiff star in the Los Angeles premiere of Secret Order by Bob Clyman.

In the high-stakes world of cancer research, Dr. William Shumway has just made a stunning breakthrough. But is it really the long-sought cure for cancer? Despite the young scientist’s reservations, a senior mentor pressures him to trumpet his findings to the world. Part medical drama, part suspense-filled thriller, Secret Order turns its microscope on bioethics, money and power.

All performances are recorded to air on LATW’s nationally-syndicated radio program The Play’s the Thing as part of Relativity, a science-themed radio theater series funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Each play in the Relativity series is available for podcasting at www.kpcc.org for three months following the broadcast.