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A Playwrights Festival and a student graduates

Tomorrow on Stage and Studio, I feature JAW, A Playwrights Festival with Portland Center Stage's Associate Artistic Director Rose Riordan and Playwright Andrea Stolowitz. We'll talk about this two-week festival of new plays now in its 11th year! Also Producer Tali Singer ha... Read more

Boundary Crossings: Rose Bond's Animation Institute

Airs at: Wed, 07/08/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
S.W. Conser welcomes back to KBOO Rose Bond and Mack McFarland to offer a preview of Boundary Crossings, a two-week animation institute at the Pacific Northwest College of Art which features screenings, symposia, and gallery exhibitions.  Rose and Mack discuss the emerging ... Read more

Naseem Rakha & debut novel "The Crying Tree"

Airs at: Mon, 07/06/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
Dmae Roberts talks with Oregon Author Naseem Rakha about her debut novel "The Crying Tree" -- the story of a family whose son is murdered. The novel brings to light issues of justice and forgiveness as a mother begins a correspondence with the convicted murderer of her son.... Read more

Anthony Heald, OSF actor

Here's the latest Stage and Studio show online with Actor Anthony Heald (Boston Public/Boston Legal) talking about his roles at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the life of the actor. I really enjoyed meeting him. He was a very accessible, down to earth "call me Tony" ki... Read more

Actor Anthony Heald (Boston Public) plays Shakespeare

Airs at: Mon, 06/29/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
Dmae Roberts talks with Anthony Heald, star of Boston Public and Boston Legal and such films as "The Silence of the Lambs" is now a resident actor at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He says that OSF in Ashland is the best experience he's ever had on the stage and wouldn't ... Read more

Shakespeare's King Lear and Casting Director Lana Veenker

Airs at: Mon, 06/22/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
Dmae Roberts talks with Jeremy Lillie, Curt Hanson and Michael Streeter of the Portland Actors Ensemble's Shakespeare in the Parks series. This summer they'll be performing "King Lear" and "Henry the Fourth, part one" in parks throughout Portland.   And then in the second h... Read more

InterArts' No.Fest

Where: St. Johns Historic Neighborhood (Portland, Oregon) 8600 N. Lombard Ave and the surrounding area When: June 25, 7-10pm. June 26, 10am-Midnight Cost: Free Download the Program Guide Here For more details go to www.nofest.net. 51 performances in 29 hours: 36 music... Read more

From Dancers to Novelist

 I spoke with three dancers at the Portland Project at Performance Works Northwest, an umbrella organization for some of the most skillfull dancers in Portland. Linda Austin started this venue ten years ago. She's joined on today's Stage and Studio with Anne Furfey and Terr... Read more

Novelist Lisa See of "Shanghai Girls"

Airs at: Mon, 06/15/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
 Host Dmae Roberts talks with Novelist Lisa See about her new novel "Shanghai Girls" - an historical novel set in Shanghai, China in 1937 just before the Japanese invasion. Read more

Arnold Pander

Airs at: Wed, 06/10/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
Portland artist Arnold Pander has teamed up with Brother Jacob to create projects as diverse as nightclub murals and erotic short films shot in infrared.  The Pander Brothers' latest releases are the independent film Selfless, an identity theft-themed thriller with an exist... Read more