Category: Radio
December 19, 2020
The Mystery of Opal Whiteley
Dmae Roberts opens up the audio vault with Talking With The Wind: The Mystery of Opal Whiteley. This half-hour documentary was first produced in 1986 with playwright Dorothy Velasco and tells the story of a young woman from Cottage Grove… Read the rest
August 22, 2020
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 28-minute docu-play Because of You, I Learned to Love produced by … Read the rest
July 3, 2020
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 docu-play Ni Nica, Ni Gringa produced by Sylvia Mullally. She … Read the rest
February 22, 2020
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. We go behind the scenes to profile actor and poet Ken Yoshikawa … Read the rest
June 17, 2018
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 One. The play focuses on the journey of … Read the rest
April 7, 2018
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 Selena Chau, it has been found! Hear the broadcast … Read the rest