NH Unscripted with Ray Dudley for the NH Arts Community!

Today’s guest was my new friend Adam Kee. Adam is an Equity actor currently co-starring, along with Alex Picard (a previous guest on the show), in “Misery” at the North Country Center for the Arts at Jean’s Playhouse in Lincoln. We sit down and talk about the production, his journey from novice to union actor, his methods/tips for performing, and some plain ole’ jawboning between to friends. Excel...

A return visit from our friend Jim Rosenberg brings up a discussion about the Olympics, break dancing, pickle ball, Stephen King’s “Misery” @ Jean’s Playhouse in Lincoln, Copenhagen, trips to NYC and, as always, sooooo much more!

NH Unscripted at WKXL was originally crafted with the idea of letting the listening audience get a glimpse of what and how our artists do the things they do to bring the magic to our stages or screens. Today I had the honor of speaking with a longtime friend and brilliant mind Kevin Collins . Kevin’s has been an actor, director, writer, teacher, principal and mentor over the years and during that...

Getting to chat with friends makes for some of the best WKXL NH Unscripted episodes and this one with Deirdre Bridge is a great example of that. This get together was supposed to happen earlier, but, got delayed. (Okay, I forgot about it and was cutting my grass! There, you happy?) I was curious about her role in the tKapow production of Paradise Now! as well as what it was like to work at the Ban...

Co-star in Donald Tongue’s award winning short film “ Home Burial ”, Michael Cobb from “truepenny arts” dropped in the WKXL NH Unscripted studio and gave me a captivating hour talking about his upcoming workshops. Stage actors looking for an edge should lend an ear to today’s episode. Here is just a sample of his pedigree: “…movement improv in Boston, onstage at Trinity (including study and castin...

Franklin Footlight Theatre  showed up to chat about their upcoming production of SPAMALOT. We had actors, an assistant director, a choreographer, one person just hanging out and taking pictures (I’m looking at you Olivia Martenson!). And talked about classic Monty Python gags, laughs, audience expectations, crappy accents (except my Inspector Clouseau French one was spot on), and thanks to Hayley...

Well, as promised today WKXL and NH Unscripted bring you part II of my interview with several members from the cast of Actors Cooperative Theatre’s production of Cruel Intentions: The 90’s Musical stop by and give us a deep, deep dive into the show. Angelica Forcier Rosenthal (Kathryn Merteuil), Garrett Meyer (Sebastian Valmont) and Mackenzie Goodwin (Cecile Caldwell) continue to walk me through m...

Todays’ episode of NH Unscripted at WKXL is part I of a two part series. Several members from the cast of Actors Cooperative Theatre’s productions of Cruel Intentions: The 90’s Musical stop by and give us a deep, deep dive into the show. Angèlica Forcier Rosenthal (Kathryn Merteuil), Garrett Meyer (Sebastian Valmont) and Mackenzie Goodwin (Cecile Caldwell) VERY delicately walk me through this insa...

Hot sauce is today’s topic on WKXLs NH Unscripted , but, we’re not talking about the garden variety here! No sir. We’re talking hot sauce birthed in heritage and love and a generational appreciation for the highest quality ingredients that now comes  bottled by Rubin Lichtenstein . A beautiful story of a man and his desire to create something unique and special: Rubin’s Hot Sauce .

Mike Perry takes a break from his long haul trucking ventures to stop by the WKXL NH Unscripted studio and chat us up! I first met Mike while performing a play at the Hatbox Theater in Concord. The rigors of otr trucking take center stage for a good portion of the show as Mike gives me an inside look at what it’s like to be a trucker. And it ain’t pretty let me tell ya! Then we get into Mike’s sid...

Todays’ WKXL NH Unscripted guest was my good friend Scott Millette. Scott and I discuss working on the short indie film called “ Teddy ”. “ Teddy is a throwback to 80’s slasher films…Teddy was shot in a total of under 6 hour, with no real plan .” Scott talks about Rebel House . “An amazing new creative Co-work space” that’s in the Fox Run Mall in Newington, NH. It’s an absolutely gorgeous facility...

Not sure how I haven’t had my friend Dan Adams on the WKXL show NH Unscripted before, but, it’s time to correct that error in judgment!! He’s been a paramedic since 2003. Was a police officer in the early 2000’s. So his life was public safety before he needed to make a change and got into education. He went to college for News Reporting and Anchoring, had some job offers but didn’t want to move ac...

No pressure on my end, but, rumor has it that we have a new WKXL show starting up called “Soundtrack Cinema” and it will be hosted by Daniel Siletti and it has fallen on my shoulders NH Unscripted to introduce him to our beautiful WKXL audience. The show’s basis will be Daniel playing themes, soundtracks, and songs from silver and small screens as well as some fun games and bonuses at the end of e...

Today’s guest was my friend Jennifer Sue Rockwell. Jenn and I go wayyyyy back and it was time to do some catching up. Her acting resume is darn impressive with gigs at the Seacoast Rep, the Palace Theatre, some stints with National touring companies and she’s even spent some time performing in Maui!!! She directs, does 1- on -1 acting coaching AND she’s now doing floral artistry with her business...

How many times do I have to tell WKXL NOT to leave me alone in the studio? Oh well. We are fast approaching the end of June and that means that theaters are gearing up for opening nights!!! And so I take a look at some of the plays that just opened or will be opening shortly like Jersey Boys at the Winnipesaukee Playhouse, A Night of One Acts and Opera at the Pittsfield Players. I also talk about...

I’m not even sure where to begin describing the chat I had with my long time friend Clint Klose when he stopped by WKXL's NH Unscripted . We talked about the one act play festival that his students from Concord High School participated in and their success there. Clint then talked about RB Productions (hint: they are unbelievably busy), his role there and then out of the blue he dropped a piece of...

Almost all entertainment is magical to a certain degree. However today’s entertaining episode is ALL about magic. Real Magic. In fact it’s all about “ Discovering Magic ”, Andrew Pinard ’s magic show that is taking place for the next 3 months at the Kimball Jenkins Estate in Concord. What I love about speaking with Andrew, besides the magic, is the history behind some of the magic that he brings....

Hoo boy! It's another stream of consciousness. I've warned them about letting me alone in the studio... Riding solo again today I brought up various productions that are happening this summer at the Winnipesaukeeplayhouse , the  NL Barn Playhouse , the  M&D Playhouse  in Conway, the  Powerhouse Theatre and the Pittsfield Players . I gave a quick recap of the Powerhouse Theatre Collaborative Pl...

The Powerhouse Theatre Collaborative Play Festival @ Prescott Farm in Laconia is once again tackled by WKXL NH Unscripted! Today’s guests, Gary Locke (one of the directors) and Chuck Fray (one of the writers) stop in to discuss the Festival in more detail. We talked about things like: Is the shortened format easier or more difficult to work with? What do they think the actors, audience and writers...

Today’s episode on WKXl NH Unscripted was all about the Powerhouse Theatre upcoming “free to attend” Play Festival at Prescott Farm in Laconia this weekend June 1st and 2nd. Pumping it up with me is  K. Stawasz . 14 short plays written by local talent, directed by local talent and performed by local talent will be showcased for free both days. We break down what it takes to accomplish that goal as...

Today guest on NH Unscripted at WKXL was Tom Seiler . As a stage actor he has appeared in over 197 plays including the leads in such shows as The Man who came to Dinner, Rumors, Dam Yankees, Cheaper by the Dozen, and many others. He spent 10 years in television news working for CNN for the first three years they were on the air. He spent 4 years on the New Hampshire Film Commission, 2 years as Cha...

What I know about opera is pathetically slim. Shocking, I know. That’s right nobody comes to me when they have questions about it, but, I needed to get a little more “culcha” in my life and so I broke down and went to NH Opera Idol recently held at the Bank of NH Stage in Concord. I was intending to quietly slid in as an audience member, but, was quickly pressed in to service by station manager Ca...

Cars & Coffee. My God does it get much better than that? Alex Stoyle , owner of  Revelstoke coffee in downtown Concord, drops in to talk about the event he created.  Cars & Coffee on Capitol  hosted by Revelstoke Coffee is a gathering of people and their vehicles in beautiful downtown Concord, New Hampshire. All makes and models are welcome and encouraged. From rat-rods to exotics, muscle...

Were you aware that there’s a cutting edge film studio located in Derry, NH? Don’t feel bad, neither did I until recently. It’s called Studio Lab and it’s one of the most fascinating places in the state. Benjamin Davis , director of the studio, drops by to give us the details. Some of the companies that have used their facilities include Disney, Prime Amazon, Titleist, Sony, Hannaford and Red Bull...

I love coffee. Wayyyyyy too much to be honest. Anyway I thought that I fell into a fever dream when I found out that there’s a coffee event called The Northeast Coffee Festival coming to Concord, NH on May 10-11. It’s being hosted by two of my favorite coffee houses Revelstoke Coffee and Wayfarer Roasters . Alex Stoyle and Karen Bassett , respectively, come by and give me the deets on this event f...