Ark

Nora Dell played Apple the Wombat, and Stanley Seiden played Terry the Wombat. Nora Dell is a comedian performing in and around DC. You can find her on Instagram @aronlled_comedy and making short-form content @weliveindc. Stanley improvises with Penguin Magic and iMusical at Washington Improv Theater. 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.