NH Unscripted with Ray Dudley for the NH Arts Community!

Continuing with a little bit of an insight into my life (and I do mean a little insight) I took the time today to showcase some very interesting songs that popped up in the 60’s & 70’s. Think Allan Sherman (Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh), Ray Stevens (The Streak), Jimmy Dean (Big Bad John), Freddy “Boom Boom” Cannon (Way Down Yonder in New Orleans) and even The Archies (Sugar, Sugar). Plus One Ti...

Bond. Jane Bond. Yup it’s time for WKXL and NH Unscripted to have a return visit with my good friend Daniel Siletti . This episode was a hoot to do!  Daniel and his crew have been crazy busy with their projects and I wanted to get caught up to speed on them. They’re in the 5th season of their series Doctor Who School Daze and 2nd season of their Jane Bond series. Seriously? 5 seasons of one and 2...

Time to get personal. Well, a little personal anyway. Today on WKXL's NH Unscripted we take a trip in the wayback machine to my high school years and a couple of songs that had an impact on me. I especially focus on two musical groups: Procol Harum and Marmalade. The 60’s and 70’s were both great times and brutal times socially. The Vietnam war, forced school integration, the Kent State shootings,...

WKXL & NH Unscripted question of the day: Can you imagine attempting a brand new career at the same time that most of us would just retire and walk off into the sunset? And what if that new field you’re jumping into is standup comedy? I have an incredible amount of respect for Doris Ballard who’s decided to do that very thing. Honestly, I don’t think I could handle the rejection, but, she’s ou...

Today’s WKXL NH Unscripted interview was with Paul Lussier and it’s one of those interviews that I enjoy to do so much. Paul has had an interesting (though late start) career and has managed to do what a lot of us try do. And that is work in multiple mediums. His resume is impressively full of work in film/video, television, commercials, theatre and now he’s touring venues as a one man musical ban...

Today at WKXL and NH Unscripted it’s Shaheen & Gordon law day and that brings Jared O’Connor in to talk about his field of expertise: Workers Compensation. And before your eyes roll back into your head consider the following. The Federal Gov’t has cannabis listed as a schedule one drug, but, what if you use it medically in your state for say PTSD? Can you be arrested? Can your prescriber or th...

Next up at the plate is Brendon Fox the new Artistic Director for the Peterborough Players ! We talk about his background, love for theater, how he came to be the AD for the players, their upcoming season and their very diverse production offerings. Think cabarets, opera from the MET and England, fund raisers. We also get into how they make casting choices and decide about their seasons choices so...

Well, we at  WKXL and NH Unscripted knew the day had to come at some point and this is that day. Today we’re talking Big Foot. You read that correctly. Matt Arsenault and Mike Tinsley from Chaos Theater Productions stop by to talk about their new YT streaming series “Man Ape Among Us” . “Man Ape Among Us follows the adventures of Mike Tinsley of The New Hampshire Bigfoot Society in his search for...

Some interviews are longgggggg overdue and this WKXL NH Unscripted episode with Emily Karel ( Glass Dove Productions) is one such interview. How I went so long with having her into the studio I’ll never know. Amazingly talented and brilliant she absolutely gives us a masterclass on how to provide a backstory for a character using Lady Macbeth as her example. We also talk about the pressure of perf...

Part II of the WKXL NH Unscripted Spring gardening prep series with Ethan & Amy Sager from the Again & Again Farmstead (againfarmstead.com) in Tamworth. Topics covered today were soil prep, worm castings and worm tea, biochar, companion planting, succession planting, square foot gardening, their tremendous newsletter, and, as always, soooo much more!

What makes for a great garden? Were you thinking fertilizer pellets made from wool? How about biochar inoculated with worm casting tea? No? Perhaps tree sprays made from fermented fruit droppings plus a few other ingredients? Well, today we at WKXL NH Unscripted talk with Ethan and Amy Sagar from the  Again & Again Farmstead  in Tamworth about their innovative techniques being used on their fa...

Well it was apparently “take a friend to work day” today at WKXL's NH Unscripted as I had the privilege of sitting with Gary Locke and Greg Gaskell . Topics covered ranged from the tv show “Severance” to a fundraiser for the Hatbox Theatre happening in April to Gary trying to convince us he was once a body double for Roger Moore. (We had a hard time believing it as well.) Greg is a crazy talented...

Time to talk magic at WKXL and NH Unscripted ! More specifically the upcoming show “ Jokers of Magic ” hitting the Rex Theater stage in Manchester on March 13. Matt Donnelly , The Mind Noodler , and recently named “Las Vegas’ Best Up and Coming Comedy Magician” by the Review Journal phones in to talk about the project. Four performers, Matt, Eric Dittleman (a guest on Ellen, Live with Kelly &...

It’s S&G Friday at WKXL and NH Unscripted where we dedicate the last Friday of every month to chat with our sponsor! Today Bill Christie, partner at Shaheen & Gordon , steps up to the plate to discuss some of the highlights and strengths of their law firm. He’s a famous lawyer that successfully sued the federal government for leaking information to Whitey Bulger and the Winter Hill Gang th...

God I love my job! Willie Armstrong from the Red Hot Chilli Pipers (yes pipers) takes some time from their busy schedule to call in to the WKXL/NH Unscripted studios and talk about this high octane musical group. From the early days of winning a talent contest to playing before 85,000 fans Willie covers it all. For the past two decades, the Red Hot Chilli Pipers have taken the world by storm with...

I recently came across a theatre company that somehow I hadn’t heard about before and wondered “When did they pop up”? Sooooo I put my feelers out and finally got them into the WKXL NH Unscripted studio for a great chat. Meg Gore , Artistic Director/Manager and Katy Gore , Choreographer of  Ovation TC in Londonderry, NH dropped all the details of this, somewhat-ish, new group. They pulled in 8 awa...

If you have never been to one of the Studio Lab's industry nights you are sorely missing out! The first Thursday of every month they hold a free open house and invite any in the entertainment industry to attend. Today on WKXL  and NH Unscripted Andrew and I discuss the efforts by the Studio Lab  in Derry to help attract more of the film industry to New Hampshire with the creation of the NHEA (New...

One of my favorite theaters to perform at (not to mention see great shows) has always been the Winnipesaukee Playhouse in Meredith, NH. And I was looking over their upcoming season and knew I just had to get someone from there in to chat it up! Today WKXL and NH Unscripted welcomed in Cory Lawson , Director of Education and Community Engagement at the Winni. And man did we have a blast. One of the...

WKXL and NH Unscripted drop part two of our interview with Angèlica Rosenthal and Mackenzie Goodwin  and it picks up where we left off with both talking about their thoughts on how the NHTA’s went on Saturday night. We also delve deeper into what the show The Prom is about (as well as some of the controversy it has sparked). We end this second episode with thoughts about American Idiot (with audit...

Today’s WKXL NH Unscripted episode is devoted to NH Unscripted’s new show sponsor: The Law Offices of Shaheen & Gordon ( https://www.shaheengordon.com ). “Because everyone should know a good lawyer”, our favorite attorney Jim Rosenberg gives us all the details about how and when the law office was established and its tremendous growth over the years. Other topics include how tech has effected...

One of WKXL and NH Unscripted sassiest guests returns today: Angèlica Forcier Rosenthal and double teamed up with Mackenzie Goodwin! Angèlica is one of the busiest guests and so we are always fortunate when she drops by. Today she talks about her role in the upcoming NHTA’s, her upcoming production of The Prom, as well as upcoming productions of Legally Blonde and American Idiot. Angèlica has a kn...

Kevin Lefebvre comes back for a return visit to discuss big news for his seniors car service F & R Transportation ( https://bit.ly/4aHZccf ) in Manchester. His first visit we talked about his above and beyond transportation for seniors needing to get to appointments and how he had some plans to expand. Well guess what? Mission accomplished! New drivers, expanded routes and still the best servi...

We here at WKXL NH Unscripted love the Players Ring in Portsmouth and so any chance to see friends perform there gets us out of bed! Leslie Pasternack and Katie Gall  stop in and chat up their next show “As Small As Stars” by Will Murdock and directed by Kelli Leigh-Ann Connors opening Jan. 31st at the Ring. From the Players Ring website: A love story between grieving parents…As Small As Stars is...

Powerhouse Theatre in Laconia is crazy busy! Bryan Halperin stops by to chat up their latest fundraising project “Just Duets” opening for one night Saturday Jan. 25th. They just held auditions for their May production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame and he’s stoked with the talent that turned out. We talk about their writers workshop at Prescott Farm, their August production of Elf, John Cariani an...

WKXL and NH Unscripted hosted  Matt Cahoon (Academic Dean),  Kyrie Ellison-Keller (Associate Dir. of Theatre) and Kate Dugas (Technical Director) to discuss why they went to the New Hampton School in hopes of building a theatre program that would attract students interested in studying theatre at a high level as a way to prepare for the college audition process. In just about 2 years they have bui...