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Ajai Terrazas Tripathi

Dmae talks with Ajai Terrazas Tripathi, Portland actor, director, producer and playwright. is collaborating on two Shakespeare virtual projects: A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Northwest Children’s Theater & School...

November 8, 2020 by Dmae Roberts

Yasmin Ruvalcaba

Dmae features a conversation with Yasmin Ruvalcaba, a Latinx theatre artist and community engagement advocate who works in the Portland-metro and Washington County area. She also works as...

October 25, 2020 by Dmae Roberts

MATTER

Dmae focuses on MATTER, written and performed by Charles Grant as a response to police brutality and gun violence inflected on Black Americans. We hear clips from the...

September 26, 2020 by Dmae Roberts

LaRhonda Steele

Dmae talks with Portland’s First Lady of Blues, LaRhonda Steele. We hear her talk about the struggles as a Black woman in Portland’s Blues scene. It’s tough times...

September 13, 2020 by Dmae Roberts

Gerardo Galderon

Dmae features longtime Portland musician and composer Gerardo Calderon who performs both traditional Mexican music and Pre-Columbian Indigenous music. He’s part of a two-night live stream called Dreams...

September 6, 2020 by Dmae Roberts

Because of You I Learned To Love

Dmae presents a piece from one of the first personal storytelling series on public radio: Legacies: Tales From America that ran on NPR in 1994. This episode is a...

August 22, 2020 by Dmae Roberts

Horatio Law’s Urban Studies

Dmae talks to Horatio Hung-Yan Law about creating art in solitude and while walking. Horatio is long-time Portland-based artist who has created large installations and public artwork in...

August 15, 2020 by Dmae Roberts

Shelley B Shelley, Portland to Africa

Dmae talks with Portland theatre artists Shelley B Shelley who has worked on Portland stages in the late 1990’s. We’ll talk about her thoughts on the evolution of...

August 8, 2020 by Dmae Roberts

Paul Susi – Art for Vulnerable Communities

Dmae features Paul Susi, an educator, a social services professional, an arts administrator, an activist, and a theater artist who was born and raised in Portland. A trained...

July 25, 2020 by Dmae Roberts

Tracy Cameron Francis

Dmae talks with Tracy Cameron Francis, theatre and interdisciplinary director as well as the artistic director of Boom Arts. She is perhaps the only Egyptian-American director in Portland....

July 11, 2020 by Dmae Roberts

Ni Nica, Ni Gringa

Dmae presents a piece from one of the first personal storytelling series on public radio: Legacies: Tales From America that ran on NPR in 1994. This episode is a 30-minute...

July 3, 2020 by Dmae Roberts

Shani Harris-Bagwell

Dmae presents the continuing series of features on Black artists in Portland with a feature on Shani Harris-Bagwell, actor and political & media consultant. Shani recently joined the...

June 27, 2020 by Dmae Roberts

James Dixon: EDI and Beyond

Dmae features James Dixon, actor, director, EDI consultant and activist who recently joined the FUSE Theatre Ensemble. James and Dmae have a frank discussion about how Predominantly White...

June 14, 2020 by Dmae Roberts

Shalanda Sims

Dmae presents a feature conversation with Shalanda Sims, actress, writer, director and founder/artistic director of World Stage Theatre. We’ll hear about their new film “Growing Up Black in...

June 7, 2020 by Dmae Roberts

45th Parallel + World Stage Theatre

Dmae continues coverage of Portland arts groups who are creatively pivoting during the pandemic. First she talks with 45th Parallel Universe about their Friday night virtual concerts called...

May 31, 2020 by Dmae Roberts

Reinvention – Laura Lo Forti of Vanport Mosaic

Dmae talks with Laura Lo Forti, co-director of Vanport Mosaic who took on the challenge of reinventing a month-long festival of live events in Portland into a virtual...

May 9, 2020 by Dmae Roberts

ArtsWatch’s Bob Hicks – Looking Ahead

Dmae talks with Bob Hicks, two-time Pulitzer nominated arts journalist/editor at The Oregonian and senior editor of Oregon ArtsWatch about the current state of the arts in Portland...

May 2, 2020 by Dmae Roberts

Otherness: Togetherness

Dmae talks with Michelle Fujii of Unit Souzou via Skype. It’s been a weekend for arts organizations after Gov. Browns announcement about closing gatherings of 250 or more because...

March 15, 2020 by Dmae Roberts

PassinArt + 7 Guitars

Dmae talks with Connie Carley, co-founder and managing director of PassinArt: A Theatre Company about the company’s growth and 38-year history. She’s joined by director William Earl Ray...

March 7, 2020 by Dmae Roberts

Artful Activism

Dmae features two Japanese-American artists whose work includes activism in Portland. They are currently in the upcoming production of The Journal of Ben Uchida at Oregon Children’s Theatre....

February 22, 2020 by Dmae Roberts

La’ Tevin Alexander

Dmae features La’ Tevin Alexander, actor, director and artistic director of Confrontation Theatre, a company he founded which is co-producing Pipeline by Dominique Morisseau with Portland Playhouse. The...

February 15, 2020 by Dmae Roberts

Who I Am & Rejoice

Dmae spotlights the 14th annual Black History Festival N 2020. It’s a celebration of culture and heritage created by Shalanda Sims running throughout February. She’s also the creator...

February 1, 2020 by Dmae Roberts

Fertile Ground Returns

Dmae features the Fertile Ground City-Wide Festival of New Works with festival director Nicole Lane and actress, director and writer S. Renee Mitchell in Three By Ten or...

January 18, 2020 by Dmae Roberts

BLIND at Chapel Theatre Collective

Dmae starts the new year off with the first of three shows featuring original works during the Fertile Ground Festival. Debuting before the festival is BLIND, the world...

January 5, 2020 by Dmae Roberts

PCS Holiday Shows

Dmae welcomes Marissa Wolf, artistic director of Portland Center Stage to talk about two holiday time shows, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley (which she directs) a reimagining of...

December 7, 2019 by Dmae Roberts

Matilda

Dmae features a membership drive show of Matilda, the Musical at Northwest Children’s Theatre. She’ll talk with NWCT artistic director and director Sarah Jane Hardy and actress Ella...

November 30, 2019 by Dmae Roberts

A Xmas Cuento Remix

Dmae talks with Playwright Maya Malán-González and Director Alexandra Meda about A Xmas Cuento Remix at Milagro Theatre (Nov. 29-Dec. 22). The show gives a Latinx twist to...

November 16, 2019 by Dmae Roberts

SOUL’D

Dmae features SOUL’D: the economics of our black body, a new devised ensemble piece that examines the American Economic Dream for Black Americans. She’ll talk with director Damaris Webb (who...

November 2, 2019 by Dmae Roberts

Shakespeare In Love

Dmae features the 67th season of Lakewood Theatre Company with Shakespeare in Love. She’ll talk with director David Sikking about the romantic comedy that was first a film and...

October 27, 2019 by Dmae Roberts

A Clockwork Orange at B&B

Dmae features A Clockwork Orange, a stage adaptation with music of Anthony Burgess’ own 1962 dystopian satirical novel of juvenile delinquency. She’ll talk with artistic director Cassie Greer...

October 12, 2019 by Dmae Roberts

Rene Denfeld

Dmae talks with Portland author Rene Denfeld about The Butterfly Girl, her sequel to the The Child Finder. Her follow up to her book about Naomi, a private investigator, an...

September 27, 2019 by Dmae Roberts

KBOO Membership Drive Special

Dmae presents a special one-hour membership edition of Stage & Studio on KBOO. We feature Damaso Rodriquez, artistic director of Artists Repertory Theatre to talk about the adaptation...

September 14, 2019 by Dmae Roberts

Eclipsed at Corrib

Dmae features the seventh season of Corrib Theatre’s focus on plays by contemporary Irish playwrights. We’ll talk with founder and artistic director Gemma Whelan upcoming season that includes...

September 1, 2019 by Dmae Roberts

Mala

Dmae talks features CoHo Productions‘ season opener Mala by Melinda Lopez. She talks with co-producers Anna Nicholas and Brian Shnipper who is also director and Julana Torres who performs the...

August 23, 2019 by Dmae Roberts

Between Two Knees

Dmae features the searingly funny and courageous production of Between Two Knees detailing more than 100 years of Indigenous American history. The show is currently running through October at Oregon...

August 18, 2019 by Dmae Roberts

Stan Foote Goodbye

Dmae talks with Portland theatre veteran Stan Foote. Earlier this year he announced his retirement and would be stepping down from 28 years as artistic director of Oregon...

August 9, 2019 by Dmae Roberts

CoHo Summerfest 2019

Dmae talks with Philip Cuomo, artistic director of CoHo Productions which brings another season of CoHo Summerfest running through July 21st. He’s joined by interdisciplinary artist Catherine Egan...

June 29, 2019 by Dmae Roberts

Risk Reward 2019

The Risk/Reward Festival of New Performance returns on June 28 through 29 at 730pm and June 30th at 5pm at the Imago Theatre. Dmae Talks with Katie Watkins,...

June 22, 2019 by Dmae Roberts

OUTwright of Color

Dmae features two LGBTQIA+ productions at the annual OUTWright Festival produced by Fuse Theatre Ensemble. We talk with James Dixon, director of Bootycandy which receives its full production...

June 8, 2019 by Dmae Roberts

GAMBATTE at Vanport Mosaic

Dmae talked with activist, choreographer and dancer Chisao Hata who debuts a performance piece called GAMBATTE: An American Legacy at the Vanport Mosaic Festival which currently has events...

May 25, 2019 by Dmae Roberts

2 WoC directors

Dmae talks with two directors opening plays soon. We hear from Rebecca Martinez who’s directing Wolf at the Door at Milagro Theatre (May 2 – 25) and Lava Alapai...

April 27, 2019 by Dmae Roberts

“Tenali” at NWCT & “Diary” at OCT

Dmae features two premiere Portland theater companies for youth and families. First up we talk about Tenali, the Royal Trickster at Northwest Children’s Theatre (running till May 12) with...

April 20, 2019 by Dmae Roberts

Corrib & Vertigo

Dmae features two all-female theatre productions opening on the same weekend. We talk with actress Sara Hennessy in How to Keep an Alien at Corrib Theatre and director...

April 6, 2019 by Dmae Roberts

Linda Austin & Ordinary Devotions

Dmae talks with award-winning veteran dance artist Linda Austin about her newest original show Ordinary Devotions running March 14-23 at Performance Works Northwest. Austin says this experimental dance work...

March 2, 2019 by Dmae Roberts

Scott Palmer and The Island

Dmae talks with Scott Palmer, founding artistic director of Bag & Baggage Productions whose last day will be March 1st. He talks about the upcoming world premiere of...

February 23, 2019 by Dmae Roberts

Minh Tran Returns

Dmae features dancer and choreographer Minh Tran who returns to the stage after an eight-year absence from the stage. He’s about to debut his most personal work to...

February 2, 2019 by Dmae Roberts

Hazardous Beauty

Dmae features Hazardous Beauty at Passin Art Theatre (running till Feb. 17th at the IFCC). She talks with playwright Bonnie Ratner and director Josie Seid about the play, the production...

January 26, 2019 by Dmae Roberts

Fuse Theatre 10th Anniversary

Dmae highlights Fuse Theatre Ensemble‘s 10th Anniversary original celebration works which are also part of the Fertile Ground Festival. She features Jane Comer and her piece I am an...

January 19, 2019 by Dmae Roberts

Honoring Chinatown

Dmae features two nationally recognized theatre artists, director Desdemona Chiang and scenic designer Carey Wong. Both are currently collaborating together on KING OF THE YEES by Lauren Yee...

December 1, 2018 by Dmae Roberts

Red Door Project’s Cop Out

Dmae presents an in-depth conversation with Kevin Jones, artistic director of The August Wilson Red Door Project about the world premiere of Cop Out: Beyond Black, White & Blue. After...

November 24, 2018 by Dmae Roberts

Othello: The Remix

Dmae talks with Vin Shambry, a nationally recognized actor, director, singer and storyteller. We’ll find out more about his career and about his recent project directing Othello: The Remix at...

November 4, 2018 by Dmae Roberts

We Can Listen

Dmae presents three different stories from Portland theatre artists that was recorded for the We Can Listen series. Presented by the Old Church Concert Hall, the talk was...

October 29, 2018 by Dmae Roberts

Milagro’s 35th Season

Dmae talks with Roy Arauz, producing creative director of Milagro Theatre. We’ll find out about thier world premiere show ¡Alebrijes! a Día de Muerto Tale written and directed by Georgina H.L Escobar ...

October 20, 2018 by Dmae Roberts

__the Wolf + Cop Out

Dmae features two new works. First up we hear from artistic director Samantha Van Der Merwe of Shaking The Tree Theatre who has devised a new original work...

September 21, 2018 by Dmae Roberts

Skeleton Crew + The Color Purple

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...

September 15, 2018 by Dmae Roberts

Photo by Jenny Graham, Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

OSF’s New Works

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...

August 19, 2018 by Dmae Roberts

Margaret Cho is Back

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. 30th at...

August 12, 2018 by Dmae Roberts

Changing Shakespeare

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...

July 29, 2018 by Dmae Roberts

JAW Turns 20!

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...

July 22, 2018 by Dmae Roberts

Chamber Music Northwest

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...

July 14, 2018 by Dmae Roberts

CoHo Summerfest

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

July 7, 2018 by Dmae Roberts

Vera Starbard + Our Voices

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...

June 17, 2018 by Dmae Roberts

Invisible Spectrum + Angel Island

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...

June 9, 2018 by Dmae Roberts

Vanport + Left Hook

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...

May 19, 2018 by Dmae Roberts

Cabaret and OUTwright Festival

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...

May 11, 2018 by Dmae Roberts

Horatio Law

Join Dmae for the final KBOO spring membership drive show featuring two extreme AAPI projects. First up we feature Horatio Law and the unveiling of his multimedia art...

April 27, 2018 by Dmae Roberts

Watsonville at Milagro

Dmae features a Milagro Theatre‘s last play of the season, Watsonville: Some Place Not Here By Cherríe Moraga about women in a 1985 – 1987 Cannery strike in...

April 20, 2018 by Dmae Roberts

Rajneeshpuram: What Price Paradise?

Dmae presents Rajneeshpuram: What Price Paradise? her very first full-length radio documentary produced in 1986 that she thought she had lost forever. Thanks to KBOO‘s archive project and archivist...

April 7, 2018 by Dmae Roberts

3 Indigenous playwrights

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...

April 1, 2018 by Dmae Roberts

PAC + Gambatte

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...

March 24, 2018 by Dmae Roberts

Hedda

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...

March 10, 2018 by Dmae Roberts

Men On Boats

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,...

March 3, 2018 by Dmae Roberts

Cassius + August

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...

February 25, 2018 by Dmae Roberts

Literary Lesbians + Vagina Monologues

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...

February 10, 2018 by Dmae Roberts

Chitra, The Girl Prince

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...

February 3, 2018 by Dmae Roberts

Black History Festival NW

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....

January 28, 2018 by Dmae Roberts

Milagro’s ‘Bi’ & Prince Gomolvilas

Dmae features the 2018 world premiere 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...

January 7, 2018 by Dmae Roberts

PETE + Parnassus

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...

December 30, 2017 by Dmae Roberts

Soomi Kim – CHANG(E)

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...

December 2, 2017 by Dmae Roberts

PCS + PSP

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...

November 24, 2017 by Dmae Roberts

Hosts Show

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...

November 11, 2017 by Dmae Roberts

Profile’s Rep Shows

Dmae features Profile Theatre’s productions of Water By The Spoonful and The Happiest Song Plays Last by Quiara Alegría Hudes currently running in repertory. We’ll talk with artistic director Josh...

November 3, 2017 by Dmae Roberts

Joe Kye

Dmae welcomes Violinist-looper/composer Joe Kye into her home studio for a personal concert and conversation with this talented musician. Joe Kye releases his new album, Migrants, and kick...

October 13, 2017 by Dmae Roberts

Artists Rep’s 7 Plays

Dmae checks in with Dámaso Rodríguez, artistic director of Artists Repertory Theatre about their 2017/18 season. In the last five years since he took the helm of this Equity...

August 20, 2017 by Dmae Roberts

Jamie Ford’s Love

Dmae talks with bestselling author Jamie Ford about his newest novel Love and Other Consolation Prizes published by Ballantine Books. We’ll find out the inspiration for third installment bringing out...

August 12, 2017 by Dmae Roberts

Clackamas Rep + Off The Rails

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...

August 5, 2017 by Dmae Roberts

Photo: Martin Girard / shootstudio.ca Costumes: Philippe Guillotel © 2014 Cirque du Soleil

Proscenium Live + Kurios

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,....

July 23, 2017 by Dmae Roberts

Hands Up & Kevin Jones

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...

July 15, 2017 by Dmae Roberts

David Ornette Cherry

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...

June 18, 2017 by Dmae Roberts

Profile’s 26 Miles

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...

June 11, 2017 by Dmae Roberts

Crossing East: Relations

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...

June 2, 2017 by Dmae Roberts

Good With People + Relations Preview

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...

May 28, 2017 by Dmae Roberts

Vanport Mosaic + OutWright

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...

May 7, 2017 by Dmae Roberts

AAPI Heritage Month

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...

April 27, 2017 by Dmae Roberts

Tea Girl of Hummmingbird Lane

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...

April 8, 2017 by Dmae Roberts

Two World Premieres

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...

April 1, 2017 by Dmae Roberts

Tomas & The Library Lady

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...

March 18, 2017 by Dmae Roberts

Stories From Rural Oregon

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...

March 11, 2017 by Dmae Roberts

Brontë

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...

February 18, 2017 by Dmae Roberts

Black History Month Women

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...

February 11, 2017 by Dmae Roberts

Literary Lesbians + On The Edge

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,...

February 5, 2017 by Dmae Roberts

Forever Dusty at Triangle

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...

January 23, 2017 by Dmae Roberts

Ignite at NEW + Stories From MacLaren

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...

January 14, 2017 by Dmae Roberts

FG 2017

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...

January 7, 2017 by Dmae Roberts

Goodbye 2016

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...

December 24, 2016 by Dmae Roberts

Nisi Shawl’s Everfair

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...

December 9, 2016 by Dmae Roberts

A Civil War Christmas

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...

November 19, 2016 by Dmae Roberts

Black Nativity

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...

November 13, 2016 by Dmae Roberts

2 Chinese-American Vets

For Veteran’s Day, Dmae presents two stories of Chinese-American vets from different American wars. First up she talks with Eddie Fung, a WWII vet who was forced to...

November 6, 2016 by Dmae Roberts

Reggie Wilson at White Bird

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...

October 29, 2016 by Dmae Roberts

Shaking The Tree + Bing Bingham

Dmae talks with one of the most inventive directors in Portland, Samantha Van Der Merwe, artistic director of Shaking The Tree Theatre. We’ll hear about her original work...

October 8, 2016 by Dmae Roberts

Fall KBOO Special

Dmae presents a fall membership drive one-hour edition of Stage & Studio. First up, we feature with Alexis Tidwell (Crystal) and Johari Nandi Mackey (Chiffon)who make up the dynamic...

September 17, 2016 by Dmae Roberts

The Fortunes + Everfair

Dmae Roberts talks with two authors beginning their book tours for KBOO’s membership drive show. First up, we’ll hear a short preview from Seattle author Nisi Shawl whose...

September 10, 2016 by Dmae Roberts

Tim Dang + ConFest

Dmae talks with Tim Dang, cialis one of the most influential Asian American/Pacific Islander theatre leaders in the country. After 23 years, Dang recently stepped down as artistic...

August 26, 2016 by Dmae Roberts

Subashini Ganesan + Desdemona Chiang

Dmae features dancer Subashini Ganesan, curator of New Expressive Works (N.E.W.), an important space for independent performing artists. We’ll hear about an open house this weekend to preview all the...

August 21, 2016 by Dmae Roberts

JAW & Mia Chung

Dmae revisits with playwright Mia Chung who is back in Portland for a staged reading of her newest play Catch as Catch Can as part as the 18th annual JAW:...

July 23, 2016 by Dmae Roberts

OSF+Enlightened

Dmae features theatre outside of Portland along the I-5 corridor. First up we feature Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Roe in Ashland, Oregon. We talk with Lavina Jadhwani, a Phil Killian Directing Fellow and the...

July 17, 2016 by Dmae Roberts

Asylum Lab

Dmae focuses on the Asylum lab, a place where professional actors and directors can explore classical theatre in a “gym”-like setting. It’s being developed by director Elizabeth Huffman....

July 3, 2016 by Dmae Roberts

Keeping Safe In Theatre

Dmae presents an in-depth look at safety for women in theatre inspired by a June 8th, Chicago Reader article titled At Profiles Theatre the drama—and abuse—is real that...

June 25, 2016 by Dmae Roberts

Philip Kan Gotanda-Travelling Master

Dmae features veteran playwright Philip Kan Gotanda. She first talked to him three years ago when he came to do a talk at Reed College. Now he’s a...

May 22, 2016 by Dmae Roberts

Vanport Mosaic Festival

Dmae features the Vanport Mosaic Festival that celebrates and remembers an important time and community in Portland history. She’ll talk with festival co-artistic directors S. Renee Mitchell, Damaris...

May 14, 2016 by Dmae Roberts

defunkt’s The Udmurts

Dmae features defunkt Theatre’s world premiere production of The Udmurts by David Zellnik. The Udmurt people are a diminishing ethnic group in the Udmurt Republic in Russia. The lead character...

May 7, 2016 by Dmae Roberts

Membership Drive 2

Dmae Roberts features a talk with Christopher Acebo, associate artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Chris Coleman, artistic director of Portland Center Stage. We’ll find out...

April 30, 2016 by Dmae Roberts

Peter and the Starcather & The Magic Flute

MemberShip Drive Special

Dmae presents a special one-hour edition of Stage & Studio with two joyous musical productions, Portland Playhouse’s Peter and the Starcatcher and Portland Opera’s The Magic Flute. Dmae will offer...

April 24, 2016 by Dmae Roberts

Milagro + Vertigo

Dmae presents Daniel Jáquez, Interim Artistic Director of Milagro Theatre to who’s co-directing Into the Beautiful North by Karen Zacarías. The play is about a young woman, inspired...

April 9, 2016 by Dmae Roberts

The Amish Project

Dmae Roberts features The Amish Project by Jessica Dickey at Portland Actors Conservatory. The play focuses on the 2006 killing of five Amish girls in Lancaster, Pennsylania when a...

April 3, 2016 by Dmae Roberts

The Blue Door

Dmae features Profile Theatre’s production of The Blue Door by Tanya Barfield. We’ll hear from director Bobby Bermea and actor Seth Rue about a highly poetic play steeped with the...

March 25, 2016 by Dmae Roberts

Lauren Weedman

Dmae features actress and author Lauren Weedman was in Portland do a reading of her new book, Miss Fortune: Fresh Perspectives on Having It All From Someone Who is...

March 19, 2016 by Dmae Roberts

OHS + Julia Cho

Dmae features two exhibits focusing on Asian exclusion laws: She’ll talk with Eliza Canty-Jones, Editor of the Oregon Historical Quarterly and director of community engagement at the Oregon Historical Society....

March 5, 2016 by Dmae Roberts

Boom Arts + Judy Yung

Dmae features Boom Arts, a theatre company dedicated to international and contemporary plays. She’ll talk with curator/producer and founde from the upcoming production of Free Outgoing by Chennai, India-based playwright Anupama Chandrasekhar. ...

February 27, 2016 by Dmae Roberts

Post5 + Corrib

Dmae features Post 5 Theatre’s new season starting off with King Lear and immediately following, Othello. We’ll talk with director and co-artistic director Rusty Newton Tennant, veteran actor...

February 21, 2016 by Dmae Roberts

Who Am I Celebrating Me + James Canfield

Dmae talks with Shalanda Sims about the Who I Am Celebrating Me performance highlighting African American history through theatre and dance. She’ll be joined by two high school...

February 13, 2016 by Dmae Roberts

Breaking Rank + The Set-Up

Dmae features two different shows, Breaking Rank at Well Arts and The Set-Up at Cygnet Productions. First up we talk with Jessica Dart, Facilitator/Director of Breaking Rank, Belle Landau,...

February 7, 2016 by Dmae Roberts

Mia Chung

Dmae Roberts talks with playwright Mia Chung whose play You for Me for You opens February 3–28 at Portland Playhouse directed by Gretchen Corbett. Chung is in residence at the theatre and...

January 31, 2016 by Dmae Roberts

Ophelia+Deception+Hazardous Beauty

Dmae features three staged readings starring African American actresses. First we hear about S. Renee Mitchell’s new play Ophelia in Oblivion, her personal tale of surviving family trauma....

January 15, 2016 by Dmae Roberts

Fertile Ground 2016

Dmae features the Fertile Ground Festival, Portland’s largest performing arts festival returning for its 8th year for 11-days. We’ll hear from festival director Nicole Lane about the new...

January 10, 2016 by Dmae Roberts

Broken Promises + Rejoice!

Dmae Roberts features the world premiere play Broken Promises written by Olga Sanchez. We’ll talk with Danel Malan, founder and artistic director of Teatro Milagro and actor Giovanni Alva...

January 2, 2016 by Dmae Roberts

Migrations End of the Year Special

For the last show of 2015, Dmae brings back profiles of West African guitarist and singer Parfait Bassale, Bhutanese poet Dilip Sunar with interpreter Suprina Koirala and the...

December 27, 2015 by Dmae Roberts

Imago’s ZooZoo

Dmae presents the final production and tour of Imago Theatre’s ZooZoo. For more than 30 years, this family treat full imaginary animals and whimsical dance has delighted audiences...

December 5, 2015 by Dmae Roberts

Blended

More than 42% of American families have at least one step-relative. That’s according to a 2011 Pew Research Center survey. Dmae Roberts talks with Portland writer and anthology...

November 14, 2015 by Dmae Roberts

Orlando + Junie B.

A Tale of Two Title Roles. Dmae talks with two actresses at different times in their careers. We’ll meet actress Beth Thompson featured as Orlando at Profile Theatre...

November 7, 2015 by Dmae Roberts

Macbeth + Women of Troy

Dmae Roberts features two contemporary shows that are adapted from classical works. She talks with Kate Belden of Polymath Art Theatre and their adaption of Macbeth, a Dark...

October 31, 2015 by Dmae Roberts

Passin’ Art + Remme’s Run

Dmae Roberts talks with Passin’ Art Theatre about their explosive show on race dialogue in Tommy J & Sally by acclaimed playwright Mark Medoff with director Andrea White...

October 23, 2015 by Dmae Roberts

Rope + DHH

Dmae talks with director Rusty Newton Tennant about ROPE, an early play that Alfred Hitchcock turned into one of his most experimental films. The original play is about...

October 4, 2015 by Dmae Roberts

How We Got On

Dmae features Idris Goodwin’s HOW WE GOT ON, the season opener for Portland Playhouse. We’ll hear from director Jen Rowe, music director Mic Crenshaw and actress Ithica Tell...

September 26, 2015 by Dmae Roberts

Unit Souzou-1 year later!

More than a year ago, Dmae talked with Michelle Fujii and Toru Watanabe, co-directors of UNIT SOUZOU about the new company they created. Now they’re getting ready to premiere...

September 19, 2015 by Dmae Roberts

Fall Shows

The fall theatre season is heating up and several shows are helping out KBOO’s Fall membership drive. Dmae presents a special one-hour edition with Nikki Massoud and Sathya...

September 12, 2015 by Dmae Roberts

La Luna Nueva

Host/Producer Dmae Roberts talks with Olga Sanchez, artistic director of Milagro Theatre about La Luna Nueva that kicks off Milagro’s 35th season. This is maybe Olga’s last interview with...

August 30, 2015 by Dmae Roberts

Prince Gomolvilas

What do a Filipina American TSA agent, a Chinese American brother and sister, and a Thai-American wedding chapel owner married to a Japanese man have in common? They...

August 15, 2015 by Dmae Roberts

PHAME + Claire Willett

Dmae Roberts presents two new world premiere stage plays in August. First up we feature PHAME and their first commissioned play by Debbie Lamedman with music by Laura...

August 1, 2015 by Dmae Roberts

Jacklyn Maddux & her Acting Challenge

Almost two months ago, actress Jacklyn Maddux met a challenge to write for five days about her acting career. She posted five segments on her Facebook starting with her early...

July 25, 2015 by Dmae Roberts

Vanport + Citizen Min

Dmae presents two different pivotal times of Oregon WWII history. First we’ll find out about a new musical play called Vanport by Shalanda R. Sims featuring the Vanport community during...

July 19, 2015 by Dmae Roberts

Conduit-Risk/Reward

Dmae Roberts features two performing arts minifestivals with artistic directors Tere Mathern of Conduit’s DANCE+ Festival and Jerry Tischleder of The Risk/Reward Festival. Find out about both summer offerings and get...

July 4, 2015 by Dmae Roberts

Jen Raynak’s Sounds

Dmae takes a moment to celebrate theatre sound design with veteran Portland sound designer and composer Jen Raynak. She recently spoke at Dmae’s radio documentary class at Mt....

June 27, 2015 by Dmae Roberts

Wonderheads at Coho

Dmae Roberts features Kate Braidwood and Andrew Phoenix of the acclaimed physical theatre company and mask imagineers, WONDERHEADS on June 25-28. Their show LOON is performed in full masks...

June 20, 2015 by Dmae Roberts

Outwright Festival

Dmae Roberts features the OUTwright Theatre Festival with artistic director Rusty Tennant who’s directing the world premiere of the musical Under the Influence. We’ll also be talking with Under The...

June 5, 2015 by Dmae Roberts

The Liar + In The Next Room

Dmae Roberts goes on location to Artists Repertory Theatre and Profile Theatre, which is one of the companies in resident there. First she talks to artistic director Damaso...

May 31, 2015 by Dmae Roberts

Stan Lai at OSF

Dmae Roberts talks with American-born, Taiwanese playwright and director Stan Lai who is considered the most produced Chinese language playwright and director in Asia. His 30 plays dealing...

May 22, 2015 by Dmae Roberts

Olga Sanchez News

Dmae Roberts talks with Olga Sanchez, artistic director of Milagro Theatre in Portland. After 12 years of strengthening the Spanish language shows, creating world premieres and raising Milagro’s...

May 10, 2015 by Dmae Roberts

Theatre Diaspora

For Asian Pacific American Heritage month, Host Sarika Mehta introduces Theatre Diaspora, the first Asian American/Pacific Islander theatre company in Portland. Ensemble members Samson Syharath, Wynee Hu and...

May 3, 2015 by Dmae Roberts

Jane Vogel of AGE

Dmae Roberts talks about age and gender equity in Portland theatre with guest Jane Vogel. Shes the founder and board president of AGE, Age and Gender Equity in the...

April 24, 2015 by Dmae Roberts

Beginnings & Remembrance

Dmae features Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night about to open at Post 5 Theatre in their new space. Dmae talked with artistic director Ty Boice and director Cassandra Boice about...

April 12, 2015 by Dmae Roberts

Shaking The Tree’s New Home

Dmae takes a tour of the new Shaking The Tree Theatre space with artistic director Samantha Van de Merwe. We’ll go on location to find about about her...

April 3, 2015 by Dmae Roberts

Richard Blanco

Guest host and producer Sarika Mehta chats with inaugural poet laureate, Richard Blanco, author of the memoir, “The Prince of Los Cocuyos.” They chat about his memories of...

March 31, 2015 by Dmae Roberts

Conduit Eviction + Indian Classical Dance

After 20 years as a veteran contemporary dance group in Portland, Conduit Dance has been evicted from their home. For two decades the nonprofit arts group has provided...

March 21, 2015 by Dmae Roberts

Mary Stuart

Dmae talks with three powerhouses of Portland theatre, Elizabeth Huffman, Luisa Sermol (pictured left) and Lorraine Bahr. They’re collaborating on favorably reviewed production of Mary Stuart a Portland premiere...

March 6, 2015 by Dmae Roberts

Box Marked Black + Futility of Nicknames

Dmae spotlights two different writers: Damaris Webb who’s performing her autobiographical play The Box Marked Black about growing up mixed race and Matt Kolbet, a writer in Newberg...

February 21, 2015 by Dmae Roberts

Tribes

Join guest host Sarika Mehta for a focus on Tribes a play about a young man who is the only deaf member of his family that refuses to let him...

February 15, 2015 by Dmae Roberts

Threesome + Dr. Ruth

Love. Sex. Therapy. Dmae presents a one-hour membership drive show for KBOO radio on the theme of love, sex and yes therapy. In the first half, Dmae talks with the...

February 7, 2015 by Dmae Roberts

Actual Women

In her acceptance speech at the Golden Globes, Maggie Gyllenhaal commented not the wealth of roles for “powerful” women but for “actual” women. Theatre as well as film...

February 1, 2015 by Dmae Roberts

Parfait Bassale & Migrations

Dmae profiles guitarist and singer Parfait Bassale who is about to debut his new EP of original songs. Originally from West Africa, Bassale weaves joyous guitar melodies with...

January 24, 2015 by Dmae Roberts

How To End Poverty

Dmae catches up with Michael Rohd, founder and artistic director of Sojourn Theatre. It’s been since 2010 when Sojourn produced an original interactive theatre piece in Portland. This time...

January 17, 2015 by Dmae Roberts

Profile Theatre + Margaret Cho Speaks

Dmae talks with Margaret Cho about her recent Golden Globes controversy. Then we focus on Adriana Baer (featured left0, artistic director of Profile Theatre about their new season...

January 10, 2015 by Dmae Roberts

FG Fest 2015

For the first show of 2015, Dmae Roberts spotlights the Fertile Ground, perhaps the largest city-wide Festival of New Works in Portland. We’ll get an overview from festival...

January 3, 2015 by Dmae Roberts

Faux Museum Closes + Best of Highlights

Dmae talks with Tom Richards the curator of the Faux Museum, a conceptual art museum that boasts the world’s last living Woolly Ant. The Faux Museum won’t be...

December 20, 2014 by Dmae Roberts

3 Authors & Indy Publishing

Dmae Roberts talks with three Portland authors about self and small press publishing. Martha Hull, Sandra de Helen and Patti Duncan represent three different genres of books: an...

December 13, 2014 by Dmae Roberts

OBT Dancers & Diversity

Guest Host Sarika Mehta talks to members of Oregon Ballet Theatre! They will be performing George Balachine’s The Nutcracker, which runs Dec. 13-27th at the Keller Auditorium. What is unique about...

December 2, 2014 by Dmae Roberts

Arthur Dong – Forbidden City, USA

Dmae talks with Arthur Dong, a Peabody-winning filmmaker who has written a book based on his research and film: Forbidden City, USA. Dong’s 1989 film aired on PBS’...

November 1, 2014 by Dmae Roberts

Shaking The Tree + Organic Listening Club

Host Dmae Roberts talks features two original shows in different disciplines. First up, artistic director Samantha Van Der Merwe of Shaking The Tree Theatre talks about creating an...

October 25, 2014 by Dmae Roberts

O Romeo & New Now Wow

What would October be without a Day of the Dead celebration? Dmae Roberts checks in Olga Sanchez, artistic director of Miracle Theatre who has put together a new...

October 11, 2014 by Dmae Roberts

PCS + White Bird Dance

A special one-hour Stage & Studio with Dmae Roberts. First up, we feature the Tony-award-winning broadway musical and Oscar-winning “Dreamgirls” at Portland Center Stage. We’ll talk with two...

October 5, 2014 by Dmae Roberts

The New Artists Rep

Dmae Roberts checks in with Dámaso Rodriguez, artistic director of Artists Repertory Theatre. After a season of plays that didn’t differ too much from the Artists Rep’s past seasons, Rodriguez...

September 28, 2014 by Dmae Roberts

From Tonga to Tonkin

Dmae Roberts presents a two-part Stage & Studio focusing on the songs and stories of Tongan sewing circle in Portland as well as a play celebrating the heroic stand...

September 20, 2014 by Dmae Roberts

The Piano Lesson

Dmae Roberts talks with director Kevin Jones and actress Chantal DeGroat about August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson about to open at Portland Playhouse. Tune in for an insightful...

September 14, 2014 by Dmae Roberts

Sans Merci & Murder on The Ganges

In business, the word “diversify” means to become more diverse or enlarge a field of operation. Portland’s performance scene still has a ways to go in representing diverse...

September 1, 2014 by Dmae Roberts

New Beginnings With Unit Souzou

Artists have their fair share of doors closing on them. But it’s how you open new doors that helps define your strength as an artist. Michelle Fujii was artistic director...

August 23, 2014 by Dmae Roberts

Stories From Home

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...

August 10, 2014 by Dmae Roberts

Moh Alileche – Algerian Berber Music

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...

August 2, 2014 by Dmae Roberts

JAW 2014

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...

July 13, 2014 by Dmae Roberts

Tale of 2 Shakespeare Plays

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...

July 6, 2014 by Dmae Roberts

PAE Turns 45!

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...

June 22, 2014 by Dmae Roberts

PHAME Turns 30 + Three Sisters Nixtamal

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...

June 15, 2014 by Dmae Roberts

Lisa See’s China Dolls

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...

June 1, 2014 by Dmae Roberts

Breaking The Silence

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...

May 24, 2014 by Dmae Roberts

Shake It – A Modern Polaroid Love Story

Stage & Studio presents a documentary special about our cultural love of Polaroid pictures, the pre-digital era Instagram! Tune in for Shake It – A Modern Polaroid Love...

May 16, 2014 by Dmae Roberts

The Jim Pepper Project

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...

May 3, 2014 by Dmae Roberts

Olga Sanchez: On Location At Milagro

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,...

April 18, 2014 by Dmae Roberts

Anna Sheehan’s “A Long, Long Sleep”

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...

April 4, 2014 by Dmae Roberts

POW Fest!

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...

February 21, 2014 by Dmae Roberts

Fertile Ground 2014

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’...

January 18, 2014 by Dmae Roberts

Chinglish at PCS

Join Dmae for a special look David Henry Hwang’s Chinglish at Portland Center Stage with director May Adrales and actors Tina Chilip and Peter O’Connor. We’ll hear about...

January 11, 2014 by Dmae Roberts

David Henry Hwang, Master Playwright

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...

January 5, 2014 by Dmae Roberts

Raising Cane: Hawaii’s Labor & Resistance

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...

December 29, 2013 by Dmae Roberts

A Circus Carol

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...

December 14, 2013 by Dmae Roberts

Rethinking Holiday Shows

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...

December 7, 2013 by Dmae Roberts

Portland Revels 2013 + OSF on Broadway

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...

December 1, 2013 by Dmae Roberts

Singlehandedly + Our Town

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...

November 17, 2013 by Dmae Roberts

GRIMM Actor Tales

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...

November 9, 2013 by Dmae Roberts

Jamie Ford: Songs of Willow Frost

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...

November 2, 2013 by Dmae Roberts

Margaret Cho: Comedienne, Actress & Singer

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...

October 27, 2013 by Dmae Roberts

Wilde Tales + The Submission

The fairy tales of Oscar Wilde at Shaking The Tree Theatre and a racial pride and prejudice story at defunkt Theatre. Artistic director Samantha Van der Merwe joins...

September 21, 2013 by Dmae Roberts

Julie Wu – The Third Son

What immediately drew me to Julie Wu’s debut novel The Third Son were the similarities of her setting and time to my mom’s story and history. Set in...

September 18, 2013 by Dmae Roberts

White Bird Dance + NWCTS

New season openings abound in September. Dmae talks international and national dance with White Bird’s Walter Jaffe and Paul King and then she checks in with Sarah Jane...

September 15, 2013 by Dmae Roberts

In the Mix

In The Mix: Conversations with Artists…Between Races by Dmae Roberts is a radio exploration of mixed-race artists. Through the voices of artists who have dedicated their lives to building...

September 2, 2013 by Dmae Roberts

David Walker & The Color of Film

Join Dmae Roberts and guest speaker David F. Walker, a filmmaker, writer and culture critic and a leading expert in 70s blaxploitation films. Walker talked with students at...

August 24, 2013 by Dmae Roberts

True West/OSAR

Nothing binds you together nor tears you apart like family, especially if it’s a Sam Shepard family. Our Shoes Are Red/The Performance Lab brings us True West, Shepard’s...

July 20, 2013 by Dmae Roberts

Flat Track Around The World

Filmmakers Cynthia Lopez and Juvie Hall want to talk to women roller derby players around the world. Join Dmae for a look at the their new work-in-progress documentary...

July 13, 2013 by Dmae Roberts

Grit & Grace: Brian Lindstrom

Portland filmmaker Brian Lindstrom recently came to talk to Dmae Roberts’ nonfiction filmmaking class at Mt. Hood Community College’s Integrated Media Program. He talked about his career of making...

June 2, 2013 by Dmae Roberts

Refugee Dreams Revisited

Dmae Roberts and MediaRites present Refugee Dreams Revisted as part of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. This special is hosted by Margaret Cho and focuses on the experiences...

May 20, 2013 by Dmae Roberts

Herstory/History Plays

A new look at two classic Lesbian and Gay plays: The Children’s Hour by Lillian Hellman and The Boys In the Band by Mart Crowley. defunkt Theatre with...

May 11, 2013 by Dmae Roberts

Left Hand Of Darkness Onstage

Ursula K. Le Guin’s gender defying groundbreaking novel “The Left Hand of Darkness” gets a new original stage adaptation by two of Portland’s more innovative theatres. Portland Playhouse...

April 27, 2013 by Dmae Roberts

Artists Rep & New Directions

The debut of Ten Chimneys by Jeffrey Hatcher, marks Artists Rep’s first change into a new direction with soon to be artistic director Dámaso Rodriguez. Join Dmae Roberts in...

April 13, 2013 by Dmae Roberts

Cheryl Strayed: On Writing, Family & Success

Tune into Stage & Studio for an in-depth and intimate talk with author Cheryl Strayed. The last year and a half has been a whirlwind of success for...

April 6, 2013 by Dmae Roberts

Guapa At Milagro+Arts Tax Update

An inspiring tale of a young women dream to be an international soccer star. That’s the focus of Guapa by Caridad Svich a world premiere play at Milagro Theatre....

March 16, 2013 by Dmae Roberts

Insatiable + Black Grace

Portland Taiko's Insatiable is a new compositions exploring as they say "the possibilities of the art form of taiko through contemporary reflections on Japanese folk dance."

March 9, 2013 by Dmae Roberts

Sowelu’s Hard Times

Stage & Studio takes a look at Sowelu Theatre’s Hard Times Come Again No More, by Martha Boesing which is based on four stories by activist/writer Meridel Le Sueur. Dmae...

March 2, 2013 by Dmae Roberts

Remembering Octavia Butler

As part of Black History Month, I thought I would call attention to a writer I’ve “discovered” in the last two years. I’ve long been a fan of...

February 24, 2013 by Dmae Roberts

Philip Kan Gotanda: Timeless Playwright

A conversation with Philip Kan Gotanda, one of the most prolific and successful playwrights in the country. He was at Portand’s Reed College to speak for their Aloud...

February 23, 2013 by Dmae Roberts

Scott Carrier, Writer & Radio Veteran

Hear about the work of Peabody-winning radio producer and writer, Scott Carrier. Based in Salt Lake City, Utah, Carrier has produced documentaries that have been heard on nearly...

January 28, 2013 by Dmae Roberts

Susan Mach’s Two Plays

Dmae Roberts talks with Playwright Susan Mach about her two new world premieres. Playwrights can labor for years (and do!) without the fortune of a professional production. This fall...

January 21, 2013 by Dmae Roberts

Ing ‘Doc’ Hay-Frontier Herbalist

Dmae Roberts and MediaRites presents Ing ‘Doc’ Hay-Frontier Herbalist as part of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. In the dry sagebrush hills of Eastern Oregon, a thriving Chinatown emerged,...

May 5, 2013 by Dmae Roberts

The Storytellers

For Indigenous Heritage Month in November, Dmae presents selections from The Storyteller series, a collection of Alaska Native folktales revived from the audio archives at KNBA radio station...

November 24, 2020 by Dmae Roberts

Chip Miller, director, associate artistic director

Dmae features continues conversations about anti-racism in the arts with an in-depth talk with Chip Miller, the newly appointed associate artistic director of Portland Center Stage at the...

August 30, 2020 by Dmae Roberts

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