Johann Mobius, the world’s best physicist, is locked away inside a madhouse along with two additional scientists. Why? Because he is haunted by recurring visions of Ruler Solomon, as well as the other two believe these are Einstein and Newton. But are these three in fact mad? Or are they playing a murdererous video game with the world at stake? This darkly comic satire probes the cost of sanity among males of science and whether it’s the mad who will be the truly sane.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast about The Physicists efficiency featuring Anne Gee Byrd, Matthew Patrick Davis, Bruce Davison, John de Lancie, Matt Gaydos, Harry Groener, Christopher Guilmet, Melinda Web page Hamilton, Gregory Itzin, Roma Maffia and Missy Yager.

Includes a discussion with Richard Rhodes, America’s preeminent historian from the nuclear age. He’s the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book “The Making of the Atomic Bomb,” and its companion reserve, “Dark Sunlight: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb.”

The Physicists is portion of L.A. Theatre Functions’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Main funding for the Relativity Series is normally provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Basis to enhance public understanding of research and technology in the modern world.