Stage and Studio

29/10/2025

New Stage and Studio podcast on ArtsWatch. It's been a long time since I sat down with veteran playwright Sue Mach and veteran director Gemma Whelan. They're about to open the world premiere of Sue's play "Madonna of the Cat" at 21Ten Theatre. Check it out!—https://www.orartswatch.org/stage-studio-madonna-of-the-cat/

26/06/2025

Latest Stage and Studio on ArtsWatch podcast with Olga Kravstova, a Russian-born performer about her immigrant experience and her new show at CoHo Productions about "women’s unseen labor, endurance, and survival.”

Dmae Lo Roberts talks in her podcast with the Russian-born performer about her immigrant experience and her show about "women’s unseen labor, endurance, and survival.”

05/06/2025

A new podcast on ArtsWatch featuring Don Horn of triangle productions! with actor Kevin Loomis who portrays the legendary Darcelle (Walter Cole) in "That's No Lady" opening June 5. A musical celebrating the life of Walter Cole with music by Storm Large, Marv & Rindy Ross and Tom Grant.

Stage & Studio: Dmae Lo Roberts talks in her new podcast with writer/director Don Horn and actor Kevin Loomis about Triangle's revival of the show celebrating Cole/Darcelle.

27/05/2025

New Podcast episode with Actor/Comedian Chris Grace in "Chris Grace as Scarlett Johansson" in a co-pro with Portland Center Stage and Boom Arts running till June 22nd... https://www.orartswatch.org/stage-studio-chris-and-scarlett-together-again/

12/05/2025

New episode on ArtsWatch. Delighted to catch up with co-directors Laura Lo Forti and Damaris Webb of Vanport Mosaic which turns 10 this year! Together through mutual respect and friendship have created a truly multidisciplinary organization that celebrates art, activism and history year-round and in their two-week festival. This year it runs May 17th-June 1st. Damaris' new solo work PRECIPICE kicks off the festival at Third Rail Repertory Theatre and closes June 1st with Chisao Hata's collaboration with Resonance Ensemble.

The "memory activism" festival, established to tell stories of the lasting cultural effects of the 1948 Vanport Flood, continues with a rich tapestry of music and theater. Dmae Lo Roberts talks with the Mosaic's leaders and co-founders.

25/04/2025

Delve into the craft of playwriting with on this latest episode with Sara Jean Accardi. Her play The Storyteller gets its world premiere soon at Artists Repertory Theatre. https://www.orartswatch.org/stage-studio-sara-jean-accuardi-on-launching-the-storyteller/

28/03/2025

We're talking the legacy of cultural diasporas in their theater work with Samson Syharath and Jane Mantiri. Now on ArtsWatch.

Dmae Lo Roberts talks in this podcast with Laotian-American theatermaker Samson Syharath and Indo-American writer/actor Jane Vogel Mantiri about their bicultural roots and their solo shows in Fertile Ground.

18/02/2025

On-location at Portland Playhouse with this new episode on ArtsWatch featuring "Notes From The Field." A fun convo about the heaviness we're going through and bringing light to the school-to -prison pipeline." "In Anna Deavere Smith's solo play opening at Portland Playhouse, there are "heavy issues" but also "moments of light and hope. And joy.”

In Anna Deavere Smith's solo play opening at Portland Playhouse, there are "heavy issues" but also "moments of light and hope. And joy.”

01/02/2025

Such an honor to catch up with Simon Tam of The Slants about his Supreme Court fight, how Taiwan's food rocks and about the Portland Chinatown Museum's exhibit featuring the band. "Worth The Fight" runs until May 11th but some band members will kick off Chinese New Year festivities next Sat. Feb 8th at the museum. Have a listen to this fun convo! https://www.orartswatch.org/simon-tam-the-slants-worth-the-fight/

24/01/2025

Latest podcast on ArtsWatch featuring innovative dance artist and educator Linda K. Johnson and her Mycelium Dreams Project conversations she's conducting with veteran dance artists and dance-adjacent writers and artists. https://www.orartswatch.org/stage-studio-the-mycelium-dreams-threads-of-linda-k-johnson/?fsp_sid=1467&fbclid=IwY2xjawIA0lxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHTyoygLlCdVbhuRLEzmSA9-kEUAE4uBc7IMuuyKWRffMUUV6GGbSv3eiRg_aem_djsWHcb49o_Oh29rzB1hpw

In her new podcast, Dmae Lo Roberts talks with the veteran dancer, teacher, and activist about her project to "map" the voices and experiences of important figures in Portland's dance and performance scene.

04/12/2024

Been a while since I talked with Sarah Jane Hardy, artistic director of Northwest Children's Theater and School. We covered a lot of ground in the latest podcast episode on ArtsWatch--about building an artistic hub, philosophies in working with/for youth theater and what keeps her going! And why interractive shows like "Rudolph" works with young people! https://www.orartswatch.org/stage-studio-sarah-jane-hardy-on-northwest-childrens-theater/

12/11/2024

On the lastest episode on ArtsWatch, conversation with Paul Susi, actor, writer, social service professional and activist, about his odyssey with "An Iliad" to prisons, churches and community groups. How to make the world a little better through art? Give a listen!

On her new podcast, Dmae Lo Roberts talks with actor and social justice activist Susi about touring a version of Homer's epic tale to prisons, church groups, community centers and more.