Stage and Studio
Host/Producer Dmae Roberts. Aired Live from the KBOO studio.
Each week Dmae Roberts talks with performing, literary and media artists from the Portland Metro area as well as around the Northwest. As a two-time Peabody award-winning radio producer and writer, Roberts brings national quality to regional arts scene. Dmae often features her national radio work on Stage and Studio.If you have an event please send an email to stagenstudio@aol.com two months before your event. The earlier the better!
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SNS83110GreekTheatre
Host Dmae Roberts features Oedipus the King and the It's All Greek To Me festival (September 10-26) in Portland. She's joined by Elizabeth Huffman, artistic director of Classic Creek Theatre of Oregon which is the only professional Greek Theatre festival in the country.
Huffman is directing a new translations of Sophocles' Oedipus the King. Actor Trieu Tran, a Portland native and now based in Los Angeles, leads a cast in an inventive production incorporating Japanese Kabuki, Noh and Butoh elements.The production is performed outdoors at the Reed College's Cerf Ampitheatre.
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- Michael Lopez & Trieu Tran Photo: Darrell Allen Davis
- Title: SNS83110GreekTheatre
- Length: 26:05 minutes (17.91 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 96Kbps (CBR)
NW Writer Ivan Doig & "Work Song"
Host Dmae Roberts features an in-depth and lively interview with Northwest Writer Ivan Doig.
A prolific writer of books set in the American West, Doig talks about his latest novel, Work Song set in the bustling international melting pot of Butte, Montana of 1919. Doig talks about his research on the effects of mining on the land, the workers and the citizens who form a diverse community often at odds with the mining company that rules so many of their lives.
- Ivan Doig
Work Song brings back a much-loved character from Doig's previous book, The Whistling Season. Morris Morgan, or "Morrie" as he’s called, comes to Butte one day and quickly lands a job at the town library run by an imposing rancher with a shady past. Soon Morrie becomes central to the lives of everyone in town as events escalate to a boiling point pitting workers against management. With Work Song, Ivan also includes some romance as well as historic commentary.
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Music provided by Shake That Little Foot from the Free Music archives.
- Artist: Dmae Roberts
- Title: SNSIvanDoig82410final
- Album: Stage and Studio
- Date: 8/24/10
- Genre: spoken word
- Year: 2010
- Producer: Dmae Roberts
- Length: 28:03 minutes (38.52 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 192Kbps (CBR)
Allen Nause of ART's "Long Day's Journey"
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Artists Repertory Theatre got a head start to their season and unveiled their co-production with the Sydney Theatre Company. ART has had a long history of international collaboration, but this new production of Eugene O’Neil’s “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” starring acclaimed actor William Hurt.
Host/Producer Dmae Roberts talks with Allen Nause, Todd Van Voris and Stephanie Mulligan who also traveled to Australia to work on the production. She also presents an Oregon Treasures feature story focused on Artistic Director Allen Nause who most people in the theatre community regard as an enduring and visionary force behind ART.
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Learn more about the history of Artists Repertory Theatre, now in its 28th year and hear about this new production that many regard as a milestone for ART. Oregon Treasures is a series of stories and documentaries that focuses on veteran artists and arts groups that have made an impact on the state.
l-r Allen Nause, Stephanie Mulligan, Todd Van Voris
Made possible with funding by the Regional Arts and Culture Council. 
- Artist: Dmae Roberts
- Title: Allen Nause of ART's "Long Day's Journey Into Night"
- Album: Stage and Studio
- Date: 08/17/10
- Genre: Spoken Word
- Producer: Dmae Roberts
- Length: 27:49 minutes (38.19 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 192Kbps (CBR)
The Sitka Center for Art and Ecology
Dmae Roberts presents a special Oregon Treasures edition of Stage and Studio. Sitka Center for Art and Ecology celebrates its 40th anniversary on August 28th. The picturesque center nestled in beautiful old growth forest of Sitka Spruce has nourished the talents of writers, visual artists and scientists for four decades. Through workshops and residencies, the Sitka Center remains a cherished place of learning for people throughout the Northwest and Northern California.
Dmae Roberts visited with staff, founders, teachers and participants to learn more about this one-of-a-kind Oregon Treasure. This piece is part of the Oregon Treasures series funded by a Regional Arts and Culture Council's individual artist project grant.
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Photos by Richard Jensen and also by Sitka Center. 
- Artist: Dmae Roberts
- Title: Sitka Center for Art and Ecology
- Album: Stage & Studio
- Date: 08/10/10
- Genre: Spoken Word
- Producer: Dmae Roberts
- Length: 26:58 minutes (37.04 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 192Kbps (CBR)
Jessica Wallenfels: "Find Me Beside You"
Host Dmae Roberts features Jessica Wallenfels' world premiere of her original rock ballet "Find Me Beside You." The show is a Many Hats Collaboration that tells the story of a group of teens in 1968 Belfast who have formed their own family. With a 10-piece ensemble of actors, singers and musicians, this new summer production blends rock opera and physical theatre. Guests are: Jessica Wallenfels, director/choregrapher, Eric Nordin, musical director, and Dave Cole, lead actor. The show runs August 4th through 14th.
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- Artist: Dmae Roberts
- Title: Find Me Beside You
- Album: Stage & Studio
- Date: 08/03/10
- Genre: Spoken Word
- Producer: Dmae Roberts
- Length: 25:03 minutes (34.4 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 192Kbps (CBR)
The Flute Fandango
Dmae Roberts focuses on the importance of music education with The Flute Alliance. They're staging the Flute Fandango on Aug. 6th at Oaks Amusement Park in Portland. The international gathering of flutists will attempt to break the Guinness Book of World Records. Denise Westby, founder of Flute Alliance and John Gibson, president of The Music Education Assistance Program join Dmae to talk about kids and music. Also joining them is Jeffrey Chapman, a flutist and a student at Fowler Middle school. The three of them also share cuts from the recent Flute Alliance Boot camp.
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Above, students at the Flute Alliance Boot Camp. Below, Denise Westby, Jeffrey Chapman, and John Gibson.
- Artist: Dmae Roberts
- Title: SNS072710-Flute Fandango
- Album: Stage & Studio
- Date: 7/27/10
- Genre: Spoken Word
- Producer: Dmae Roberts
- Length: 26:18 minutes (36.11 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 192Kbps (CBR)
Myrlin A. Hermes, "The Lunatic, the Love & the Poet"
Dmae Roberts features Portland Novelist Myrlin A. Hermes and her book The Lunatic, the Lover and the Poet. Hermes turns Shakespeare "topsy-turvy" bringing a fresh look and "prequel" to Hamlet.
In her book, Horatio and Hamlet are in a bisexual love triangle with Lady Adriane who is based on the Dark Lady of Shakespeare's sonnets. Hermes talks about how she based the book on the storyline behind the Sonnets and worked to bring us the lusty, bawdy world of Elizabethan England. Listen to this special show with music and readings.
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Photo: Myrlin A. Hermes (Credit: Serena Davidson)
Music by Singer/Harpist Molly Bauckman, Early Music guitar by John Sayles and Tango music by Kevin Macleod.
- Artist: Dmae Roberts
- Title: SNS72010-MerlinHermes-KBOOfinal-02
- Album: Stage and Studio
- Date: 7/20/10
- Genre: Spoken Word
- Year: 2010
- Length: 29:00 minutes (26.55 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
JAW: A Playwrights' Festival 2010
Host Dmae Roberts features JAW: A Playwrights' Festival 2010. She talks with Associate Artistic Director Rose Riordan and the "Made In Oregon" playwrights: William S. Gregory, Sara Jean Accuardi and Ebbe Roe Smith.
Their plays range in topics from the first African American officer in the U.S. military to a portrait of an elderly widow to the nightmares of a middle-aged man. All the staged reading events of JAW are free to the public and run July 17 - 25, 2010 at Portland Center Stage's Armory building.
Featured below are: William S. Gregory, Sara Jean Accuardi, Rose Riordan and Ebbe Roe Smith.
- Artist: Dmae Roberts
- Title: RevisedSNS071310
- Album: Stage and Studio
- Genre: Spoken Word
- Year: 2010
- Producer: Dmae Roberts
- Length: 25:22 minutes (14.52 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 80Kbps (CBR)
Filmusik
Dmae Roberts talks with Galen Huckins of Filmusik, a group that performs original soundtracks with voice actors and sound effects foley live for classic films. Their productions this summer are "Gulliver's Travels" July 16-23 at the Hollywood Theatre in Portland and on August 21st , Filmusik takes on Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Lost World.
- Artist: Dmae Roberts
- Title: Stage and Studio
- Length: 8:48 minutes (12.08 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 192Kbps (CBR)
Portland Actors Conservatory
Dmae Roberts talked with Beth Harper, Artistic Director of the Portland Actors Conservatory.
Harper started the training school 25 years ago and it's now the only nationally accredited conservatory in the Northwest. PAC has adults applying for training nationally and all over the world.
Two students, Fernanda Stier and Stacy Downs reflect on their upcoming graduation showcase, which happens July 14-17.
- Title: SNS070610-PAC
- Length: 13:29 minutes (18.52 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 192Kbps (CBR)