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.

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, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Directed by Matt August.

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

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