The Conquest of the South Pole

In a German industrial town, four unemployed and despondent men reenact Roald Amundsen’s turn-of-the-century trek to the South Pole.

A co-production with Famous Door Theatre Company for Chicago Theaters on the Air. Recorded before a live audience at the Guest Quarters Suite Hotel, Chicago, in May of 1994.

Directed by Calvin MacLean.
Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg
Paul Dillon as Buscher
Philip E. Johnson as Slupianek
Tracy Letts as Seiffert
Rick Peeples as Rudi
Dan Rivkin as Braukmann
Elaine Rivkin as Braukmann’s wife
Kirsten Sahs as Rosi
James Schneider as Frankie-Boy

Original music, sound design, and live sound effects by Rick Peeples. Sound Operator, Dominic J. Rivkin. Production Stage Manager, Jan Watson. Recording Engineer, Larry Rock. Radio Producer, Robert Neuhaus.