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Our production of Cold Sweat begins during the Vietnam War, which, for American forces, was unlike any other experienced up until that time. PBS takes a look at the number of  American casualties since the Civil War. Nearly 500,000 military personnel died during the U.S. Civil War. That’s almost half of all Americans who have […]

In our production of Cold Sweat, surgeon Alice Franklin addresses end of life issues, including physician assisted suicide..  Cold Sweat opens June 12th at Atwater Village Theater.  Purchase your tickets here! “He (Stanford medical ethicist David Magnus) and others say this kind of situation is a symptom of a much bigger problem: Doctors are just […]

Reserve your tickets here! Uranium Madhouse presents COLD SWEAT “Cold Sweat” is a challenging, wry, and topical play that explores issues of grief, mortality, and the end-of-life in a fresh and engaging manner as it pitches our modern scientific skepticism against its eternal nemesis — faith. Inspired in part by the life of Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, […]

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Our production of Cold Sweat is right on time. For a timely discussion of end-of-life issues: In honor of National Healthcare Decisions Day: A reminder for patients to address end-of-life issues – See more at: http://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2015/04/16/in-honor-of-national-healthcare-decisions-day-a-reminder-for-patients-to-address-end-of-life-issues/#sthash.okIEl6mU.dpuf We appreciate your donations to Cold Sweat! Please support us at this link!

On NPR this morning: The report found that just 45 percent of Medicare patients who’d been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s said they were informed of the diagnosis by their doctor. By contrast, more than 90 percent of Medicare patients with cancer said they were told by their doctor. “What we found is really shocking,” says Beth […]

Derek Jones is joining Uranium Madhouse after recently moving to Los Angeles from Washington, DC.  In DC, he was mostly recently an assistant lighting designer at Arena Stage and the Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center and was the master electrician and lighting coordinator for the Capital Fringe Festival.  Derek was also the lighting […]