NH Unscripted with Ray Dudley for the NH Arts Community!

Today on NH Unscripted we present an original radio play written by Rays recurring guest, Kevin Collins. A Christmas special with a comedic noir twist. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Kevin and I try our hands at something a little different.

Merry Christmas to all of the loyal NH Unscripted fans! Time to have some Christmas fun. And to do that I’ve invited back to the studio Daniel Siletti to talk with us about Christmas tv shows and movies that have come our way over the years. We wax nostalgic about the early specials like Mitch Miller, Andy Williams and the Osmond Brothers. Then we get into some of the classics. Stop motion shows l...

Guest host Kevin Collins returns to have a wonderful and insightful discussion with Brenda Laforce and Ed Tinney   about the performing arts, their experiences, and it’s importance.

Soooooo while I'm away in Lincoln playing Scrooge for the absolutely stunning production of "A Christmas Carol" nccajeansplayhouse (yes that's a plug for our show) I asked my longtime friend Kevin Collins to guest host the @WKXL NH Unscripted! And what a job he does. Listen in as he discusses the portrayal and evolution of teenagers and their depictions through stage, music, and cinema. And how it...

Todays’ episode is long overdue and I’m so glad that it’s finally happened! Margherita Giacobbi from the Players Ring came by the WKXL NH Unscripted studio to all about what’s happening at the Ring. And, brother, do they have a slate of shows coming up that needed to be talked about. The Ring is crazy busy during regular times, but, their Christmas schedule is insane. While most groups are working...

The holidays have arrived! And that means friends and family and parties and food and more parties and more food. And for some of us at WKXL and NH Unscripted THAT means gaining a few pounds. We all do it and then we all make New Year’s Day resolutions to lose them. But before we fully engage in the festivities I wanted to bring a ton of hope to you. I dropped by Cutting Edge Testosterone Therapy...

Well, it’s the most wonderful time of the year and so we at WKXL and NH Unscripted felt it was also time again to take a look around the state and check out some reasons to get out of the house. In todays episode Andrew Gibson and I discuss some upcoming NH Unscripted special episodes, highlight several productions of “Christmas Carol” going up somewhere near you, throw in some craft/artisan shows...

I told ya that I love the fall because I have this thing about artisan craft fairs didn’t I? Today's WKXL NH Unscripted guest. Paul Ringuette , aka The Artful Carver , came by with some of his handiwork and it was jaw dropping. I am fascinated with human ingenuity and constantly amazed at the folks that can think outside the box. Paul is one of those people. He is a wood worker and creates regular...

I was very excited to meet today’s guest, Leslie Pasternack . Leslie has a Ph. D. in Theatre History from UT Austin and spent an intensive year at the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre (sometimes referred to as “clown school”). She has won a couple of Spotlight Awards for her solo show, CLEAN ROOM. She has directed and acted at a variety of places, including The Players’ Ring , Ne...

I know it’s a little late, but, here’s the official WKXL NH Unscripted Halloween episode! We brought in our heavy weight film expert Daniel Siletti to talk not only about some of the most iconic horror films, but,  also to chat about his own  YT channels  attempt at creating their version of The Twilight Zone called “The Twilight Zone: The Halloween Scare”. Hats off to Daniel and his team for cele...

The level of my ignorance revolving around the depth of talent in this state is mind boggling. We’ve talked a lot about many different performing arts types except for dance and so today we’re correcting that oversight. Joan Brodsky and Sallie Werst , from the New Hampshire Dance Collaborative , come to the YMCA like digs of the WKXL and NH Unscripted studios to talk about the work the NHDC does....

Yes we’re talking about artisan craft shows today on WKXL's NH Unscripted . Believe it or not there are artists that exist outside our performing arts circles and today we are highlighting them! Jody Donohue, from Great New England Craft & Artisan Shows , drops by to chat up what’s happening with her artisan craft events and I’m very glad that she did. My wife and I absolutely love going to th...

Been curious at all about what’s happening with the Hatbox Theatre ? Well wonder no more! Kinda. Gary Locke, President of the Hatbox Theatre board, drops in to bring us current on all that’s happening and all that needs to happen as they look to the future. Many theater groups leaned on the Hatbox over it’s time at the Steeplegate Mall and they would certainly like for that to continue, but, there...

Fall is the perfect time for bbq: cool air, football, fairs and bbq. As though nature intended it that way!! And you can’t do bbq without sauce and that brings us to today’s WKXL NH Unscripted guest, Daniel Lloyd from Big Dog Sauces. Yeah I know we’ve talked sauce before, but, sometimes you don’t want to lean into the hot stuff. Sometimes you just want mellow. Daniel has a series of sauces (some u...

We at WKXL's NH Unscripted are very concerned about staying at the top of our game!! Performing optimally without taking care of ourselves is a VERY short term strategy. We make our livings and entertain our patrons, friends and families using our minds and bodies. I asked Cutting Edge Testosterone Therapy   in Manchester (don’t let the moniker throw you) to chat with me because they are using tec...

Today on WKXL's NH Unscripted : What do Ubers, taxi cabs and buses have in common besides being modes of transportation? No heart. They’ll all pick you up and drop you off somewhere, but, will they stay with you when you get there? Will they go into the doctors’ office and sit beside you or go into the grocery store with you and help you shop? Nope. But, Kevin Lefebvre of F&R Transportation su...

Today’s WKXL NH Unscripted (and what should be award winning) episode is the third and final episode in our series for the  New Hampshire Film Festival and features Dan Hannon (a frickin') co-founder of the festival! Dan takes us on a tour of a lot of the after party events, talks up some history, the Portsmouth Music Hall as well as giving us more clarity and color for some of the bigger films! T...

Have you ever given any thought about possibly doing audio book narration? Well, today’s interview is for you Bucko! A-lister, world renowned, highly sought after audio book narrator Alex Picard drop by WKXLs NH Unscripted to talk you off that ledge. In what turned out to be a wayyyyy too short chat she gives us hard look into the craft. And let me tell you, it’s NOT for the faint of heart. She de...

Today Dive-in Productions (www.diveinproductions.com) stopped by to introduce a new word that they invented: “Monromcom”! It’s a shortened version of the phrase Monster Romantic Comedy which just so happens to be what their new horror rom-com production, Romantic Atmos-FEAR, is about. Whoddathunkit! Author/Director Will Saxe along with actress Heather Howe stopped by to give NH Unscripted all the...

Ian McCarthy, the head programmer for the 22nd Annual NHFF , calls in for the second of our three Film Festival interviews and talks all about the number of films that were submitted, how they did their film selection as well as naming some of the films he and his team are excited to be shown. He breaks down the various Film Festival Passes that are being offered and chats up some of the “perks” a...

It’s time once again for one of New Hampshire’s most inspiring and attended events: The 22nd Annual New Hampshire Film Festival to be held in Portsmouth! The first of 3 interviews for the NHFF begins with Tina Sawtelle the Executive Director for the Music Hall which has assumed the gargantuan task of taking over the reins of the festival. Covering 4 days, 100+ films and 22yrs of storytelling the f...

My goodness, I LOVE this time of the year! Today’s WKXL NH Unscripted guest was my friend and the Artistic Director for the North Country Center for the Arts @Jean’s Playhouse Joel Mercier.  Joel and his company just wrapped up their summer season and so it was time to talk about how he thought it went, what’s on the horizon and, of course, we couldn’t leave out a quick discussion of his new kitte...

For those of you who have been quietly asking yourselves: “When is Ray going to have someone on the show to talk about marketing?”, well, Bucky, this is your lucky day! In this episode, Joe Walker of Joe Walker Marketing Services calls in and chats about that very subject. Joe kindly educates me on topics such as Guerrilla Marketing, SWOT analysis, Fractional CEO-ing, why, how and when to create a...

It’s time for WKXL's NH Unscripted to talk about upcoming productions and auditions around the state. The NH professional season is pretty much wrapped and now it’s time for the community theater groups to step forward and get some of good loving and attention! Groups we highlight today are the Pittsfield Players , Powerhouse Theatre , tKapow , Discovering Magic (Mr. Pinard) , Lend Me a Theater ,...

It’s time for a Jean’s Playhouse “Misery” recap! Having just finished two very successful weekends performing “Misery” I thought I would grab Alex Picard (Annie Wilkes) and Adam Kee (Paul Sheldon) for some quick thoughts on the production. In their opinions which scenes were the most difficult for each of them? What was their character development process like? Did you find the show successful? Wh...