NH Unscripted with Ray Dudley for the NH Arts Community!

There is so much talent and entertainment in this little state and it’s time once again for WKXL's NH Unscripted to shine a spotlight on some goings on. First up, I show a little more love than usual to the show’s sponsor The Law Offices of Shaheen & Gordon . There local community involvement is dang impressive and we get to highlight some of it. Then it’s time to shower some praise on recent...

My wife and I have questions about putting our garden beds to rest now that it’s the end of the growing season and that means it’s time to bring on Ethan and Amy Sager from the Again & Again Farmstead in Tamsworth, NH. What I prize about talking with them is that they are live in a rarified world known as “ permaculture ”. And when I say they live in that world I mean exactly that. Soil preser...

God knows I love bbq and today Dan Lloyd , Founder and CEO of Big Dog Sauce Company , and Brian Bowman of Hot Mess BBQ NH stop by the WKXL NH Unscripted studio to chat about their latest bbq news updates. Dan let’s us in on a little secret concerning Big Dog’s website upgrade and where the company is headed (and believe me, it’s great to hear). Hot Mess BBQ, voted Northeast Barbecue Society’s “Roo...

In the first half of this episode of WXXL's NH Unscripted The Players Ring , and more specifically the production of “The Man Who Laughs”, takes center stage in this interview with Kevin Collins. Kevin and I saw a matinee of the show recently and wanted to give our take on it. I know several of the cast members (Wayne Asbury Emily Karel and Leslie Pasternack) and was intrigued and excited to see t...

Marek Bennett , New Hampshire cartoonist, musician and educator drops in to talk about his graphic novel series “The Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby”. Marek is the recipient of the New Hampshire Governor’s Arts Award for Art Education “...His work is brilliant, playful, relevant and infused with compassion and deep understanding of the world as it is, was and might be.”  This interview was absolu...

Here at WKXL's NH Unscripted mention the movie “Jaws” and adrenaline instantly pours into my veins! It’s an iconic movie with a crazy amount of adrenaline pumping scenes (especially that opening one jeeze). It was released 50yrs ago this year. The @nhtheatreproject is showcasing the stage production of “The Shark is Broken”. Directed by Todd Hunter and starring Jeff Ripley as Robert Shaw, Dan Kell...

I absolutely LOVE Rubin's Spicy BBQ Hot Sauce . If it's a meat it gets the sauce! Ever been to The Big E in West Springfield MA? WKXL's  NH Unscripted has (that was another life ago) and so has our friend Rubin Lichtenstein of Rubins Hot Sauce and he’s come by the studio to tell us what his experience was as a vendor for 18 days as over a million visitors filter on through. As a bonus for our NH U...

In our WKXL's NH Unscripted continuing mini-series chatting about the New Hampshire Film Festival happening Oct. 16-19 in Portsmouth with spend some time with Ian McCarthy , Lead Programmer for the Festival. Ian talks to us about the film selection process for him and his team and gives a couple of film titles that he’s excited about and why. Toss in a little chatter about the various ticket level...

CABA returns!! At WKXL's NH Unscripted we really love honey and so Jamie Jobin and Heather Moynihan from the  Capital Area Beekeepers Association  swing by to answer some questions I’ve had about the various types of honey (dark, types of infused, seasonal, creamed, psychedelic, etc) and help me to understand certain terminology that I’ve come across while traveling down some rabbit holes doing re...

We all know that there are many types of art. And truthfully, I’ve never thought much about furniture as art and had no idea that a group of furniture makers fall in a category called “Fine Furniture Masters”. But they exist and not only exist, but, will have some of their works on display at the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester from October 9th through February 8th. Today with the help of Rich...

One of the most popular Stephen Sondheim musicals, "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" , will be hitting the stage of  The Village Players of Wolfeboro  for two weekends beginning (quite appropriately) October 31st. And we at WKXL's NH Unscripted just happen to get the director Paul Stewart (yes I get his name wrong during our interview! Sue me.) and several of the cast members to bre...

It’s hard to believe that it’s that time of year again. One of NH’s premier events is happening right around the corner. The 23rd Annual New Hampshire Film Festival in Portsmouth is October 16th – 19th and here at WKXL's NH Unscripted we’re having a small mini series talking with some of the folks involved. First up is Mark Pruett , Cinema Curator for the festival, and he’s kind enough to answer m...

So many great things take place in our state which many us never know about. One of those is the film: " Granite Orpheus ". My WKXL NH Unscripted guest for today was  Rick Broussard of Resurrection Films in to talk about the film which will be showing at the Colonial Theater in Laconia, NH Sept 26th at 7pm. What makes this film kind of special is that we here at NH Unscripted know a few of the fol...

Daniel Llyod , CEO of Big Dog BBQ Sauce makes a return visit to WKXL's NH Unscripted and brings with him his latest additions to his line of sauces and rubs. We talked about his new “finishing rub” (and why it works so well), his hard to keep on the shelf Caribbean Rub and his cutting edge line of freeze dried sauces. Some talk about the bbq competition circuit and his invitation to the 2025 Jack...

Today’s show includes “ You Can’t Stop the Beat ” from Hairspray , mentions of the following upcoming productions: “ Ghostlight ” at Jean’s Playhouse , “ Mutiny on the Mount ” a Winni Community Theater production, “ A Clockwork Orange ” – Actors Coop , “ The Importance of Being Earnest ” – M&D , Andrew Lippa’s “ Wild Party ” – Seacoast Rep , “ Journey Through Neverland ” & “ Granite Orpheu...

It’s time for WKXL's NH Unscripted to take a stroll around the state and see what’s a happenin’. This state is still just chock full of theater activity and so Andrew and I chat about upcoming auditions, summer shows that are still being produced AND we toss in some fun tunes for folks that can’t stand our chatter!!!

Culture has been thrust upon us here at the WKXL NH Unscripted studio! Callum O’Neill, dancer with the now touring production of “ A Taste of Ireland ” calls in to give us all the deets on their  US tour. Currently in Maine, but, coming to Concord on Sept. 14th at the CCA, Callum goes into tremendous detail about the cast, musicians and crowd reactions. From the press release: “Combining tradition...

Part 2 of my WKXL NH Unscripted trip out to Tamworth chatting with the Barnstormer Theatre folks. And on this episode I wanted to chat with Jordan Ahnquist the new Artistic Director for them. I thought it would be great to look back at his first year as the AD and see what he thought about the season. We start with the seasons opening gala (what an event!) and talk through the seasons productions....

Ernest Thompson , Oscar winning playwright, director, actor, teacher, mentor and author drops by the WKXL NH Unscripted studio to chat about some of his latest projects. His one man play “Archie Parish’s Parting Words” at the REX Theatre  Sept.7th, his sequel to “On Golden Pond” , his latest film “The Constituent” (w/costar Gordon Clapp ) plus a heck of a lot of name dropping were all on the table...

Sometimes the stars just align correctly and this past weekend WKXL's NH Unscripted had a chance to head out to  The Barnstormers Theater in Tamworth got a chance to speak with some of the cast members (Sara Coombs and Lee Hollis Bussie) out there about their upcoming production of " The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee ". And I’ll tell you what, after seeing the show it is hysterical, absol...

Today WKXL's NH Unscripted finishes up my on site interview with the Peterborough Players  with an absolutely great chat that I had with Brendon Fox about their production of Noel Cowards “Hay Fever”. Just a one on one with an AD that loves what he does and shares that passion, especially concerning “Hay Fever”. It was a fantastic trip to Peterborough and a wonderful interview to wrap-up that refr...

Time to talk about bees at WKXL and NH Unscripted ! And so I invited folks from the Capital Area Beekeepers Assoc. (CABA) to chat. Today’s guests were Heather Moynihan (CABA President) and Jamie Jobin (Newsletter Manager).  “Located in Concord, New Hampshire, CABA was organized in 2010 with a mission to provide support and education to beekeepers and the public regarding honeybees. With a robust m...

At WKXL's NH Unscripted it’s time once again to talk about summertime movies. That means roping in my favorite movie critic Daniel Siletti. To prep for this assignment and get a jump on our discussion I went to the movie theater and saw “Ballerina” (John Wick spinoff), Mission Impossible-The Final Reckoning, Superman, The Fantastic Four and The Accountant 2. Daniel and I had our back and forth abo...

BBQ time at WKXL's NH Unscripted and we’re doing it up right! Daniel Lloyd , CEO of  Big Dog Sauce Co ., makes a return visit and brings a special guest with him: Brian Boyd , Pitmaster for the  Hot Mess BBQ  team. Hot Mess was recently voted Northeast Barbecue Society’s “Rookie Team of the Year ” for 2025. Today we talked about competition, new sauces, smokers, awards, the 16 Mesh BBQ team (Grand...

Well, it’s taken a very long time to get The Village Players of Wolfeboro into the WKXL NH Unscripted studio, but, dang it we finally did it! Paul Stewart the President and Stefanie Marsh the Treasurer make the trip in to chat about all things Village Players. We got into the history, past productions, current productions (especially the upcoming "S weeny Todd" ), auditions (did we mention " Sween...