Chiara Atik

Bump Chiara Atik

When Claudia gets pregnant she has a very clear plan for how she wants to give birth. Her pre-natal anxieties inspire her father to create a device for safer deliveries and Claudia realizes that nothing ever goes quite as expected. Includes a conversation with playwright Chiara Atik and Dr. Judith Reichman, an OB/GYN and longtime medical contributor to The Today Show. Bump is part of L. A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world. Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood, in October 2020. Directed by Rosalind Ayres Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg Lucy DeVito as Mary, Apple, Receptionist Anna Lyse Erikson as Lemon, Third Woman Alma Martinez as Maria Anna Mathias as Midwife, Avocado, Doula Ana Ortiz as Claudia Moira Quirk as Walnut, Mama, Second Woman Herbert Sigüenza as Luis André Sogliuzzo as YouTube Guy Devon Sorvari as Grapefruit, Waiting Mother Inger Tudor as Narrator, Plum, Different Mama Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson Recording Engineer, Editor and Sound Designer: Neil Wogensen Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner Mixed by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood