Stage&Studio

Dmae talks with Shalanda Sims about the Who I Am Celebrating Me performance highlighting African American history through theatre and dance. She’ll be joined by two high school seniors, Kyra Orr and Isaiah Sims, participating in the performances. And in … Read the rest

Dmae features two different shows, Breaking Rank at Well Art s and The Set-Up at Cygnet Productions . First up we talk with Jessica Dart, Facilitator/Director of   Breaking Rank , Belle Landau, Executive Director, Returning Veterans Project and writer … Read the rest

Dmae Roberts talks with playwright Mia Chung whose play  Y ou for Me for You opens February 3–28  at Portland Playhouse  directed by Gretchen Corbett. Chung  is in residence at the theatre and joins Dmae in the studio … Read the rest

Dmae features three staged readings starring African American actresses. First we hear about S. Renee Mitchell’s new play Ophelia in Oblivion , her personal tale of surviving family trauma. We’ll also feature Bonnie Ratner’s Hazardous Beauty , about two writing … Read the rest

Dmae features the Fertile Ground Festival , Portland’s largest performing arts festival returning for its 8th year for 11-days. We’ll hear from festival director Nicole Lane about the new works features. She’ll be joined by two of the original shows … Read the rest

Dmae Roberts features the world premiere play Broken Promises  written by Olga Sanchez. We’ll talk with Danel Malan, founder and artistic director of Teatro Milagro and actor Giovanni Alva from the show. And in the latter part of the … Read the rest

For the last show of 2015, Dmae brings back profiles of West African guitarist and singer Parfait Bassale, Bhutanese poet Dilip Sunar with interpreter Suprina Koirala and the Tongan Sewing Circle led by  Kato Kakala Kavapalu and Kolini Fusitua. … Read the rest

Dmae presents the final production and tour of Imago Theatre’s ZooZoo. For more than 30 years, this family treat full imaginary animals and whimsical dance has delighted audiences around the world. Co-founders and co-artistic directors Jerry Maowad and Carol Triffle … Read the rest

More than 42% of American families have at least one step-relative. That’s according to a 2011 Pew Research Center survey . Dmae Roberts talks with Portland writer and anthology editor Samantha Waltz  who explores what it means to be … Read the rest

 A Tale of Two Title Roles. Dmae talks with two actresses at different times in their careers. We’ll meet actress Beth Thompson featured as Orlando at Profile Theatre and Kai Tomizawa, a 7th grader who is Junie B. Jones … Read the rest

Dmae Roberts features two contemporary shows that are adapted from classical works. She talks with Kate Belden of Polymath Art Theatre and their adaption of Macbeth, a Dark Retelling and Jeffrey Puukka who adapted and directs Women of Troy for  … Read the rest

Dmae Roberts talks with Passin’ Art Theatre about their explosive show on race dialogue in Tommy J & Sally by acclaimed playwright Mark Medoff with director Andrea White and actors Marcus Mauldin and Sarah McGregor.  And in the second … Read the rest

Dmae talks with director Rusty Newton Tennant about ROPE, an early play that Alfred Hitchcock turned into one of his most experimental films. The original play is about to open at Bag & Baggage Productions in Hillsboro. Then we catch … Read the rest

Dmae features Idris Goodwin’s HOW WE GOT ON, the season opener for Portland Playhouse . We’ll hear from director Jen Rowe, music director Mic Crenshaw and actress Ithica Tell from the production about to open September 30th-Oct. 25th.  We’ll … Read the rest

More than a year ago, Dmae talked with  Michelle Fujii and Toru Watanabe , co-directors of UNIT SOUZOU about the new company they created. Now they’re getting ready to premiere their first original work  88: Hachi Hachi  for their anniversary … Read the rest

The fall theatre season is heating up and several shows are helping out KBOO’s Fall membership drive. Dmae presents a special one-hour edition with Nikki Massoud and Sathya Sridharan, who play Emily and George in   Portland Center Stage’s multicultural … Read the rest

Host/Producer Dmae Roberts talks with Olga Sanchez, artistic director of Milagro Theatre about La Luna Nueva   that kicks off Milagro’s 35th season. This is maybe Olga’s last interview with Stage & Studio for awhile as the outgoing artistic director. … Read the rest

What do a Filipina American  TSA agent, a Chinese American brother and sister, and a Thai-American wedding chapel owner married to a Japanese man have in common? They are waiting for UFOs in Las Vegas with Grandma May, a … Read the rest

Dmae Roberts presents two new world premiere stage plays in August. First up we feature PHAME and their first commissioned play by Debbie Lamedman with music by Laura Gibson called  Up the Fall,  on  Aug 22-29, 2015 at … Read the rest

Almost two months ago, actress  Jacklyn Maddux  met a challenge to write for five days about her acting career. She posted five segments on her Facebook starting with her early career in NYC and to present time in Portland. … Read the rest

Dmae presents two different pivotal times of Oregon WWII history. First we’ll find out about a new musical play called  Vanport by Shalanda R. Sims featuring the Vanport community during WWII that was washed away in the 1948 flood. We’ll … Read the rest

Dmae Roberts features two performing arts minifestivals with artistic directors Tere Mathern of  Conduit’s DANCE+ Festival  and Jerry Tischleder of  The Risk/Reward Festiva l. Find out about both summer offerings and get out of the heat! ] (Aired 11am … Read the rest

Dmae takes a moment to celebrate theatre sound design with veteran Portland sound designer and composer Jen Raynak. She recently spoke at Dmae’s radio documentary class at Mt. Hood Community College’s  Integrated Media program. Her interview was recorded live … Read the rest

Dmae Roberts features Kate Braidwood and Andrew Phoenix of the acclaimed physical theatre company and mask imagineers, WONDERHEADS on June 25-28. T heir show LOON  is performed in full masks has been called “living cartoons or live-action Pixar.” This … Read the rest

Dmae Roberts features the OUTwright Theatre Festival with artistic director Rusty Tennant who’s directing the world premiere of the musical ‘ Under the Influence.’   We’ ll also be talking with Under The Influence’s E rnie Lijoi, (playwright, composer, lyricist) and … Read the rest