Ark

Pete Bergen played Trinity the Corgi, and Mikael Johnson played Larry the Corgi. Pete is a comic, improviser, and a longtime presence in the DC comedy scene. A veteran of dozens of improv festivals, he trained at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater and taught at Washington Improv Theater for over a decade. As a stand-up up Pete has performed with some of the best, including Chris Katan, Alonzo Bodden, David Koechner, and Annie Lederman. Follow him @peteybergen. Mikael is a Virginia-based writer and performer, and the proudest dad in the world. Follow him @mikaelljohn. Jamal Newman played Noah. Catch Jamal performing live comedy with Washington Improv Theater. Follow him @hell0newman. Bethany Stokes played Naamah. Bethany performs with Nox! and The Hypothesis at Washington Improv Theater, with indie team 1-800-FIRE-DEPARTMENT, and sketch team Bad Medicine. Follow her @bethanysalright. Eli Okun played Japheth. Eli also performs with Nox! and 1-800-FIRE-DEPARTMENT. Follow him at @eli.okun. Ark was created, written, produced, and edited by Tim Townsend. Cover art by small c studio. Ark is a production of Solar Driftwood in partnership with the Antiquities Institute at the University of Tehran. 

What is Ark?

In 2018, archeology students from the Antiquities Institute at the University of Tehran excavating a cave system near Mt. Ararat in eastern Turkey uncovered 26 large ancient ceramic vases. Inside were reels of 5,000 year old audio tape—a clear and complete recording of Noah and his wife Naamah interviewing thousands of pairs of animals aboard the ark. In partnership with the Antiquities Institute at the University of Tehran, we have digitized a selection of those interviews and now present them publicly for the first time in this historic podcast.