Intelligence-Slave

The story of Curt Herzstark, an Austrian industrialist and concentration camp prisoner who was sent by the Nazis to an underground salt mine during the war. While in captivity, he continued his experiments with a device that would eventually become the hand-held calculator.

An L.A. Theatre Works full cast recording featuring:

• Garret Dillahunt as Hermann Pister
• Joe Spano as Fritz Engelhard
• Josh Stamberg as Curt Herzstark
• Daniel Stewart as Finn Frey
• Nick Toren as Bruno Clemens
• Matthew Wolf as Recorded Voice of German Boy

Directed by Matt August. Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The James Bridges Theater, UCLA in January of 2015.

Intelligence-Slave 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.