Stage&Studio

Dmae presents two productions that mark personal milestones for their theatres. First up, we talk with Cyndy Smith-English, executive director of  Clackamas Repertory Theatre  which is presenting  Irving Berlin’s The Melody Lingers On!   The musical runs through Aug. … Read the rest

Dmae presents new works at Proscenium Live with collaborating partners Michael Mendelson, founder/artistic director of  Portland Shakespeare Project  and Steve Rathje of  Proscenium Journal.    The staged readings are Aug. 4-6 at  Artists Repertory Theatre, . And then in … Read the rest

Dmae features Kevin Jones , artistic director of the August Wilson Red Door Project and  actor Alonzo Chadwick and their ground-breaking touring production of  Hands Up: 7 Playwrights, 7 Testaments.  The seven autobiographical monologues of this remarkable production … Read the rest

Dmae welcomes pianist and composer David Ornette Cherry for an in-depth looks at his music and new collection of compositions for his upcoming new CD release. David has composed numerous CDs and produced evenings of his Organic Listening Club (coming … Read the rest

Dmae features Profile Theatre’s artistic director Josh Hecht and director Rebecca Martinez of   26 Miles  by Quiara Alegría Hudes. We’ll hear about the play and about the rest of Profile’s season which features Hudes work as the sole playwright. … Read the rest

For more than a year, Dmae Roberts  has been conducting interviews about the historic and current relationship between African Americans and Asian Americans debuts. What began as a documentary featuring the Crossing East Archive  collected for MediaRites ‘ 8-hour … Read the rest

Dmae welcomes Devon Allen, co-artistic director of Our Shoes Are Red/The Performance Lab . She and co-producer Matt DiBiasio are performing a two-person play. In David Harrower’s Good With People  a woman encounters the man who bullied her son … Read the rest

Dmae features two very different festivals. First up we feature Damaris Web and Laura Lo Forti​ co-directors of Vanport Mosaic  that happens May 26-29 throughout Portland. The 2017 festival of events that highlights important history of Vanport communities and … Read the rest

May is Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage Month and events are heating up all over Portland. Up first we’ll talk with playwright Nandita Shenoy whose play  Washer/Dryer  gets its staged reading Oregon premiere   by Theatre Diaspora . Shenoy created this … Read the rest

Dmae welcomes back NY Times best-selling author Lisa See who has just released her new book   The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane .  Lisa See spends a couple of years researching and writing her books. Since Dmae spoke with … Read the rest

Dmae talks with director Rose Riordan about the world premiere play  Lauren Weedman Doesn’t Live Here Anymore  at Portland Center Stage at the Armory through April 30th. Always personal and funny, Weedman turns life’s pain into memorable stories and this … Read the rest

Dmae talks with artistic director Stan Foote of Oregon Children’s Theatre . He’ll be joined by director Rebecca Martinez and actor Marcelino Hernandez from  Tomás & the Library Lady .  The show runs April 1st through 29th at the Winningstad … Read the rest

Dmae features rural Oregon author  Bing Bingham and his book  Shaped By The Land: Stories of the rural American West.   We’ll hear about his stories of ordinary people in Eastern Oregon and their perspectives and lives are shaped by … Read the rest

Dmae welcomes  Bag&Baggage Productions  and the NW premiere of of  Brontë  by Polly Teale, a play about the famous literary sisters. We’ll talk with artistic director Scott Palmer and two actors Morgan Cox (who plays Emily Brontë ), Jessi … Read the rest

Join Dmae for a one-hour membership drive Black History Month special focusing on three Portland productions about or created by strong women. First off we’ll visit with three actors from  In the Blood by noted African-American playwright Suzan-Lori Parks produced … Read the rest

Dmae features three authors Lori L Lake, Louisa Kelley and Sandra de Helen featured in the upcoming event   Literary Lesbian Love: A somewhat romantic book fair!   We’ll hear about their work, t heir literary event on Feb. 11t … Read the rest

Dmae talks with Don Horn, artistic director of Triangle Productions and actor Leah Yorkston who stars as the famed singer Dusty Springfield in Forever Dusty.   We’ll talk about the show and hear some Dusty Springfield songs. We’ll catch up with … Read the rest

Dmae presents two original works by dancer/choreographers Oluyinka Akinjiola of Rejoice! Diaspora Dance Theater and Subashini Ganesanat  New Expressive Works (N.E.W.) . They’re both collaborating on IGNITE on Jan.20–22. And in the second part of the show we hear from … Read the rest

Dmae features the ninth annual Fertile Ground Festival of New Works. For 11 days, the Portland Area Theatre Alliance presents this city-wide festival. Portland audiences can visit a multitude of venues to see original performing and media arts. More than … Read the rest

Dmae says goodbye to 2016 with an end-of-year special. In 2016, we presented and produced 52 shows. We’ll revisit some of the best moments of Stage & Studio and we say goodbye to our longtime engineer Janet Anderson! (Airs 11am … Read the rest

Dmae features the most ambitious Imago show in their theatre, La Belle, Lost in the World of the Automaton.   We’ll hear from Carol Triffle and Jerry Muoawad about their largest show more than three years. Much lauded since opening,  La … Read the rest

Dmae Roberts talks with  Seattle author Nisi Shawl whose new epic debut novel combines narratives from Belgium, Great Britain, the Congo  and an imaginary utopia called Everfair in a neo-Victorian novel with steampunk elements of airships. With depth … Read the rest

Dmae talks with three stellar actors, Susanna Mars, Ayanna Berkshire and John San Nicolas  from Artists Repertory Theatre’s A CIVIL WAR CHRISTMAS . The show runs  November 22, 2016 – December 23, 2016 and features a diverse cast … Read the rest

Dmae speaks with artistic director Jerry Foster and cast member Laurene CoCo Jackson of  PassinArt: A Theatre Company  about their upcoming performances of the Gospel play  Black Nativity , December 2nd to December 18th. We’ll hear about the history … Read the rest

Dmae talks with Walter Jaffe and Paul King founders of  White Bird Dance . The two dance producers will talk about White Bird’s whole season and the upcoming performances by  Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group  coming to Portland  … Read the rest