UnRavelled, a new play by Jake Broder

03/19/2026

Tune in this Friday, March 20 as playwright Jake Broder speaks in UCLA Health's first Brain Health Summit, bringing together leading scientists, policymakers, philanthropists and community advocates from across the country to address one of the most pressing and underfunded challenges in public health.

More Information and full schedule:
https://teams.semel.ucla.edu/longevity/event/ucla-health-brain-health-summit

The UCLA Health Brain Health Summit will unite researchers, clinicians, policymakers, and communities to advance brain health across California, the US, and ...

03/19/2026

Tune in this Friday, March 20 as playwright speaks in ’s first Brain Health Summit, bringing together leading scientists, policymakers, philanthropists and community advocates from across the country to address one of the most pressing and underfunded challenges in public health. Livestream link in the bio.

01/16/2026

Listen to the season 4 finale of The Age of Aging from Penn Memory Center, telling the story of UnRavelled, a play about perseverance through neurodegeneration, burgeoning creativity late in life and an artistic relationship across time.

Producer Jake Johnson shares his first-hand experience of the play’s premiere and how it combined theater with community outreach and education.

🔗 https://age-of-aging.castos.com/episodes/a-diseases-final-kiss
(Or on your preferred podcast platform!)

10/19/2025

“Tho’ much is taken, much abides”

The final performance of our limited run at begins today at 2:00 PM. We hope to see you there!

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10/17/2025

Opening Night is here! The Play. The Brain Health Festival. Workshops. Panels. Galleries. Exhibits. And so much more.

Everything unravels. 🧠 🎨 🎶 See you at !

10/17/2025

Thank you Spectrum News 1 SoCal's Tara Lynn Wagner for shining a light on the work of UnRavelled. We open tonight!

Bruce Willis' wife will do a talkback

10/15/2025

What do American actor Bruce Willis, French composer Maurice Ravel and Canadian biologist Anne Adams have in common? Find out in UnRavelled!

Award-winning playwright Jake Broder’s UnRavelled explores the connection between composer Maurice Ravel and biologist Anne Adams...

10/14/2025

“I hope audiences leave with a sense of mystery and wonder, rather than despair. I hope they walk out of this feeling hope - that love wins and the brain is capable of more than we ever thought possible.”

Playwright Jake Broder spoke with BroadwayWorld about his motivation to create UnRavelled and his research on frontotemporal dementia. Read more below!

With frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in the news due to actor Bruce Willis fighting the disease for several years, I decided to speak with playwright Jake Broder, an Atlantic Fellow at the Global Brain Health Institute, about his motivation to create Unravelled and his research on the disease.

10/14/2025

We're loading in to the theater this week! The world of UnRavelled is coming to life before our very eyes.

See the results for yourself starting this Friday at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.

Tickets: www.unravelledplay.com

10/12/2025

Thank you for sharing, Emma Heming Willis!

Tickets are still on-sale for all three performances at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. Purchase at https://tickets.thewallis.org/overview/21360