Stage&Studio

Dmae presents an in-depth talk with veteran director  William Earl Ray about his work on the Obie Award-winning play  Skeleton Crew  by Dominique Morisseau at Artists Repertory Theatre.  Featuring music from the  Tony Award-winning musical… The Color Purple , … Read the rest

Dmae features two new premiere productions at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. First up we talk with Jessica Ko who plays a vengeful ghost in the U.S. premiere of   Snow in Midsummer   by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig adapted from a … Read the rest

Dmae and Susannah Mars of Artslandia talk with actress, comedienne and activist Margaret Cho. She’s back in Portland and headlining at the Helium Club on Thurs., Aug. 30 th at 8 p.m., Fri., Aug. 31 st and Sat., Sept.1 st … Read the rest

Dmae talks with three artistic directors who represent three companies working at diversity and changing Shakespeare offerings during the summer. We’ll hear from Asae Dean of  Salt and Sage Productions , Paul Susi of Portland Actors Ensemble and Jennifer … Read the rest

Dmae features the 20th annual  JAW: A Playwrights Festival  (short for Just Add Water) at Portland Center Stage at the Armory . The festival runs  July 27-29.  She’ll talk with festival director Rose Riordan and playwright Clarence Coo whose play  … Read the rest

Dmae talks with David Shifrin, artistic director of Chamber Music Northwest, about the Summer Festival 2018 series offering  Beyond the Cultural Revolution .   We’ll get an overview of the Summer Fest now in progress and hear about the exploration … Read the rest

Dmae features the last two shows of CoHo SUMMERFEST 2018 . We’ll feature  Pratik Motwani’s  solo show  #// //#   (performing July 12 – 15 at 7:30pm) and  Philip’s Glass Menagerie  (performing July 19 – 22 at 8pm)  directed … Read the rest

Dmae features Alaska Native Playwright  Vera Starbard and her play  Our Voices Will Be Heard  that was first produced at Perseverance Theatre and adapted into a radio play by Native Voice One . The play focuses on the journey of … Read the rest

Dmae presents Elina Lim, creator of  Invisible Spectrum Stories , a show with storytellers of color sharing their stories. Lim first began this storytelling series after experiences as the only Person of Color in other storytelling shows. She started Invisible … Read the rest

Dmae features the new Portland Chinatown Museum which has a soft open on First Thursday, June 7th 4-8pm with photographer Dean Wong’s exhibit of Chinatown photographs. We’ll hear from executive director Jackie Petersen-Loomis and artist Roberta Wong about the history … Read the rest

James Dixon talks with Laura Lo Forti and Damaris Webb, curators and artistic directors for the 2018 Vanport Mosaic Festival.  This festival commemorates the 70th Anniversary of the Vanport Flood and the 50th anniversary of the Fair Housing Act … Read the rest

Susannah Mars of the  Adventures in Artslandia podcast talks with director Rusty Tennant about his LGBTQI and diverse production of the acclaimed musical CABARET presented by Fuse Theatre Ensemble at the Funhouse Lounge May 17-June 2. Hear how this musical … Read the rest

Dmae features three Indigenous, female playwrights whose plays are being produced by the three top theatre companies in Oregon this spring. We’ll hear about  Manahatta by Mary Kathryn Nagle (Cherokee) at Oregon Shakespeare Festival Mar. 28 – Oct. 27. And … Read the rest

Dmae features two productions created by women. First up we talk with Beth Harper, artistic director who founded of Portland Actors Conservatory more than 25 years ago. Today PAC is producing not only multicultural works but also young actors, many … Read the rest

Dmae features Hedda, a world premiere dance piece focusing on Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler , choreographed by Sarah Slipper, Artistic Director, NW Dance Project . She’ll be joined by dancer  Andrea Parson who performs the title role of Hedda. We’ll also … Read the rest

Dmae features the first of Women’s History Month shows starting with   Men on Boats  by  Jaclyn Backhaus, a play about the first expedition of the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon, performed with an all-female cast at Third Rail … Read the rest

Dmae features two African American stories in the final show during Black History Month. First up we talk with Oregon Children’s Theatre about their production of  And in This Corner: Cassius Clay .  We’ll talk with artistic director Stan Foote, … Read the rest

Dmae welcomes back Literary Lesbians to talk about their Readings of Rapturous Romance with lesbian authors in the Northwest and beyond. We’ll talk with Lori L. Lake and Sandra de Helen . And in the last part of the show, … Read the rest

Dmae features the  Chitra: The Girl Prince   co-directed by Sarah Jane Hardy and Anita Menon. We’ll hear from both artists about their second epic collaboration which began with their critical success  The Jungle Book . They worked with writer … Read the rest

Dmae features the first ever  Black History Festival NW  with festival director Shalanda Sims about this extension of her Black History Month play  Who I Am Celebrating Me Black History play  (Feb. 11 & 12 at 7:30pm)which … Read the rest

Dmae features  the   2018 world p remiere of Bi – Milagro Theatre ‘s newest devised work. We’ll talk with actor and co-developer  Ajai Terrazas Tripathi  and assistant director/choregographer  Gabriela Portuguez about Bi- running Jan. 11-20 at Milagro Theatre .… Read the rest

Dmae starts off 2018 featuring two shows based on adaptations. First off, we hear about PETE  (Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble) and their world premiere of a new adaptation of  Uncle Vanya  running Jan. 4-21 at Reed College. We’ll talk … Read the rest

Dmae welcomes NYC performing artist Soomi Kim, formerly from Beaverton, who is presenting her  provocative work as part of Boom Arts season. Kim is collaborating with Suzi Takahashi in  Chang(e) , an homage to the  late artist and … Read the rest

Join Dmae for this membership drive edition on KBOO radio .  We’ll feature  Portland Center Stage’ s two holidays shows with director  Brandon Wooley of A Christmas Memory and  Winter Song  and actor  Lauren Modica of Twist Your … Read the rest

Join Dmae Roberts for a lively and in-depth talk about the performing arts in Portland with two of its finest theatre artists, Susannah Mars  and James Dixon . Both have been guest hosting on Stage & Studio throughout the … Read the rest