In April of 2010, British Petroleum gave orders to speed up production on its colossal drilling rig, the Deepwater Horizon. Despite the objections of many on the rig, safety measures were ignored or overlooked. On April 20th, the Deepwater Horizon exploded. Eleven men paid the ultimate price and countless thousands who call the Gulf Coast home found their lives irrevocably altered.

Spill is part of our Relativity Series, presented with major funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Directed by Martin Jarvis.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording, starring:

Elisa Bocanegra as Arleen Weise, Andrea Fleytas

Gilbert Glenn Brown as Obama, Jorey Danos, Christopher Pleasant

Nicholas Hormann as Bob Bea, Pat O'Bryan, Gary Bartholemy, Wyman Wheeler

Travis Johns as Keith Jones, Steve Bertone, Jonathan Henderson

Jane Kaczmarek as Narrator, Lillian Miller

James Morrison as Bill Anderson, Randy Ezell, Billy Nungesser

Darren Richardson as Tony Hayward, Jimmy Harrell, Gordon Jones, Don Vidrine

Kate Steele as Shelley Anderson, Jolene Danos

Mark Jude Sullivan as Jason Anderson, Mike Williams

Production Manager, Nikki Hyde. Music Supervisor, Ronn Lipkin. Associate Artistic Director, Anna Lyse Erikson. Editor, Julian Nicholson. Recording Engineer, Sound Designer and Mixer, Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood.