Stage&Studio

Dmae Roberts talks with Polo Catalani of the Colored Pencils Art and Culture Council about their “Stories From Home” event featuring immigrant and refugee writers and musicians. We’ll be featuring two of the artists at the event–Palestinian American writer Mohammad … Read the rest

Dmae Roberts presents a special feature on  Moh Alileche,  master of Algerian Berber music. Berbers are an indigenous ethnicity of Northern Africa. The culture dates back more than 5000 years.   Alileche came to the U.S. in 1990   … Read the rest

Dmae Roberts has a behind-the-scenes and on-location talk with Rose Riordan, associate artistic director of Portland Center Stage and director of  JAW: A Playwright’s Festival 2014. We’ll hear how she started off this 16-year old festival with “a bag … Read the rest

Dmae Roberts features two backstage interviews at her home studio about two Shakespeare plays about to open in Portland at two different companies: Portland Shakespeare Project and Post 5 Theatre.   First she talks with founding artistic  director Michael Mendelson … Read the rest

Portland abounds with summer Shakespeare but   Portland Actors Ensemble   has been producing Shakespeare in the Parks for the last 45 years. PAE kick things off a culturally innovative outdoor productions  Antony and Cleopatra  and  A Midsummer Night’s Dream.   … Read the rest

Dmae Roberts talks with  PHAME  executive director Stephen Marc Beaudoin and artistic director Jessica Dart about the  30th anniversary of the organization. Both are gifted artists who have worked to built PHAME into one of the premiere nonprofit community … Read the rest

Dmae Roberts talks with acclaimed author  Lisa See  whose new book,  China Dolls , features the era of the Asian American nightclubs during the 1930s to 50s.  Her previous books,  Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Shanghai … Read the rest

Dmae talks with playwright Nikki Nojima Louis who has been featuring her Japanese-American oral history play Breaking The Silence to different communities around the country. Actress and dancer Chisao Hata and actor Larry Toda are featured in the staged reading … Read the rest

Tune in for special membership edition featuring music of Native American jazz legend Jim Pepper in new original show at  Triangle Productions.  Dmae Roberts talks with playwright/director Don Horn about the legacy of Jim Pepper.  Horn is staging … Read the rest

Dmae Roberts talks on location with actress, director Olga Sanchez, artistic director of Milagro Theatre.   They cover everything from her featured role in  Learn To Be Latina  running May 1 – 31, 2014 and Milagro’s upcoming season as they close … Read the rest

Join Dmae Roberts for an in-depth look at  Oregon author Anna Sheehan and her debut novel  A Long, Long Sleep.   As a mix of young adult and science fiction, this impressive work is a futuristic take on the … Read the rest

Dmae features the 7th annual Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival (POWFest) which runs  March 6 – 9, 2014 at the Hollywood Theatre. We’ hear from Christine Autrand Mitchell  programming manager of POWFest and filmmakers Kimberly Warner (in studio) … Read the rest

Fertile Ground City ‐ Wide Festival of New Work  is back.  Dmae talks with festival director Nicole Lane and two of the groups features: Playwrite with executive director/founder Bruce Livingston and Passin’ Art Theatre with director Jaye Austin Williams … Read the rest

Join Dmae for a special look David Henry Hwang’s Chinglish at P ortland Center Stage with director May Adrales and actors Tina Chilip and Peter O’Connor. We’ll hear about what’s like to work on a bilingual Chinese/English play and about … Read the rest

Dmae features David Henry Hwang, Tony award-winning playwright of  M. Butterfly,  The Dance and the Railroad  and  Chinglish  which soon opens on  Jan. 11-Feb. 9 at Portland Center Stage.    For the last 30 years, Hwang has had a … Read the rest

Stage & Studio presents a special documentary from the “Crossing East” Asian Pacific American history series, winner of the 1996 Peabody award. This is excerpted from the “Raising Cane” segment by  Robynn Takayama   and Dmae Roberts . For … Read the rest

Sometimes you just want Scrooge to sing and all the characters to do acrobatics. That’s what happens in A Circus Carol , the brainchild of Wanderlust Circus and 3 Leg Torso . Dmae talks with Noah Mickens of Wanderlust who … Read the rest

Finding holiday fare to produce in a theatre season can be a difficult task. A theatre can only do so many Charles Dickens and Christmas movie adaptations before looking for more offbeat choices. Dmae focuses on two plays that are … Read the rest

For 19 years, Portland Revels has brought a festive blend of folklore, music, dance and cultural traditions all year long to culminate in the spectacle production of Christmas Revels (Dec. 6-15). Join Dmae for a talk and live concert with … Read the rest

The power of a great story and a classic play re-imagined Dmae Roberts talks with Portland Story Theater about their New Works Solo series, Singlehandedly, with co-founder Lynne Duddy and guest artist Denis Gessing. Then we’ll hear about the enduring … Read the rest

What’s it like to be a Wesen or a Hexenbiest? For the last two years, many area actors have found work on NBC’s hit show GRIMM .  A cop drama inspired by a twisted version of Grimm’s Fairy Tales, … Read the rest

Dmae Roberts talks to New York Times bestseller list  author Jamie Ford  about his newest book Songs of Willow Frost . Set against the backdrop of Depression-era Seattle,  Songs of Willow Frost  is a powerful tale of two people—a … Read the rest

Dmae Roberts talks with Emmy & Grammy- nominated comedian and actress, Margaret Cho who’s coming to Portland Nov. 15th at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall .  Cho, who was host of Dmae’s 8-hour Crossing Eas t Asian Pacific American … Read the rest

Guest host S.W. Conser talks with Theatre Vertigo director Bobby Bermea and actors Karen Wennstrom and Tom Mounsey all from Robert Louis Stevenson’s “ Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ” – adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher. Dmae Roberts presents a preview … Read the rest

From Day of the Dead to taiko, two of the top professional multicultural performance groups in Portland offer new artistic celebrations. First up, Dmae talks with artistic director Olga Sanchez and director Lakin Valdez from Milagro Theatre’s Dia de los … Read the rest