Denial (Part 1)

This play is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library. In Peter Sagal’s contest of intellect and wills, Abby Gersten, a tenacious civil liberties attorney, defends a right-wing Holocaust denier, arguing her case against a young, committed Jewish federal prosecutor. But Abby may have to sacrifice everything to prove that Truth and Justice do not always go hand in hand. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in July of 1999. Directed by Jenny Sullivan Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg David Clennon as Bernard Cooper Tim DeKay as Ryberg Harold Gould as Gomrowitz John Randolph as Nathan Kimberly Scott as Stefanie Stephanie Zimbalist as Abigail Gersten See Privacy Policy at and California Privacy Notice at .

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Denial (Part 1) is an episode from LA Theatre Works by LATW .

This episode is 01:08:04 long.

This episode was published on Apr 17, 2026.

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