Radiostar: the Studio Interviews

Diana Brown goes to the source and interviews the Bay Area's "most produced playwright", Peter Sinn Nachtieb. He talks about the meaningless of politcal language, motivations for marriage, His newest play, The Totalitarians, is currently (at the time of this recording) in performances at San Francisco's Z Space.

After years of failing to convince Radiostar producer Dan Wilson to be interviewed, Diana Brown gets the playwright/actor/director/improvisor behind the microphone to talk about his plays: 411, Vagina Dentata, Sweetie Tanya, Harvesting the Lost, Just One More Game, and his upcoming play Silent City.

The Studio Interviews return with San Francisco "Pop Up Theatre" producer Andre Esterlis. Diana talks with Mr. Esterlis about his work and inspiration both here in America and in his home, Odessa.

Rob Ready and Dan Williams return for another interview. The boys get serious as we talk about the dangers of the non-profit mindset, the shifting definition of being "for profit", whether or not "Free Night of Theatre" serves the small theatre community, the value of services like Yelp and Goldstar, and the success of ShortLived and Forking.

We talk with Playwright Trevor Allen about writing for different voices, fugue writing, Zoo Logic, Tenders in the Fog, dealing with current events and the danger of "too soon", and podcasting The Creature.

We talk with Playwright Trevor Allen about "Working for the Mouse", Chain Reactions and his explorations into "Fugue" writing, and "49 Miles".

We talk with Christy Crowley, Stefanie Goldstein and Jeremy Mascia while producers Rob Ready and Dan Williams drink and comment from the back of the studio. We talk about doing Short Lived, working with sock puppets, popping the "stage kiss" cherry, voting recounts, multiple playwrights and acting as an endurance sport.

We talk with Randall Miller about his show "Inappropriate Diversions", the history of "blue", and working in the burlesque world as well as being a stunt coordinator for the History channel. He also sings a few of his favorite blue tunes on his ukulele.

Honey Lawless and Dottie Lux are at the forefront of the current San Francisco Burlesque scene. We talk with them about the recent surge in burlesque, its intersection with feminism, punk, and bullwhips.

Erik Flatmo has done stage design for A.C.T., the San Jose Opera, the California Shakespeare Festival and Killing My Lobster. We talk with him about the influence of film on stage design, teaching at Stanford, trends in scenic design, research, groundplans, models, and what it's like to work for everything from small dance companies to shoestring budget independent theatre to large scale productions.

We talk to Rob Ready and Dan Williams, better known to San Francisco audiences as PianoFight productions. They talk about making it up as they go along, how they made their first film, and the truth behind "Rockstar Theatre".

The continuation of our interview with Director and performer Dylan Russell, in which we talk about the state of theatre, adapting Roald Dahl, and directing improv.

Kimberly Richards, local actor, dancer, and director has been touring the nation in Late Night Catechism for the last several years. In part two of this interview, she talks about touring the country as a pseudo-nun, live in vegas as a young dancer, the state of theatre, the writer's strike, and teaching the next generation of actors.

Kimberly Richards, local actor, dancer, and director has been touring the nation in Late Night Catechism for the last several years. In part one of this interview, she talks about the show, growing up Catholic, and dancing with Don Rickles in Vegas.

Erin Merritt is the fonder of Women's Will, an all female Shakespeare company in the San Francisco Bay Area. We talk with Erin about what brought her to Shakespeare, how Women's Will came to be, the historical problems facing women in theatre, staging the classics, and Women's Will's current season.

Marty Nemko is the author of "Careers for Dummies", NPR host, and Bay Area actor and director. We talk with Marty about careers, training how to be a director, profit versus nonprofit models of theatre, his production of "Same Time, Next Year" in Castro Valley, and the value ratio of small theatre versus large theatre.

Matt Quinn is the founder of Combined Art Form Entertainment and the Off Market Theatre. We talk with Matt about the San Francisco-Los Angeles "railroad", the "Asylum" theatre, "Eavesdropping", "C.A.F.E.", "Solofest", "Tilted Frame" and mixing digital media with live performance.

Noah Kelly is a playwright, performer, and co-founder of RIPE Theatre. We talk with Noah about directing 'Hardly Breathing', founding RIPE, life in Humboldt, performance art, and working with his mom.

Michael Rice is an actor, director, and host of the "Cool as Hell Theatre" podcast, which was recently picked up by KQED. We talk with the premiere Bay Area Theatre podcaster about how it all happened, getting snubbed by Kathleen Turner, "Soul Star", marketing, and all things that are cool as hell.

San Francisco based improv comedian Sam Shaw more about improv, Crisis Hopkins, the Twilight Zone, Ubu Roi and doing scripted and improvised theatre.

San Francisco based improv comedian Sam Shaw talks about getting started in improv, the "Sam Shaw Show", "Yellow Man Group", "Simply Pathetic" and talks about the questionable history of the improv duo "The Babcocks".

Playwright Jonathan Luskin talks about working with "Playground" and the Magic Theatre, his process as a writer, his time at Pixar, California versus New York, and the plays featured on Radiostar: Off the Page.

Playwright and performer Deborah Wade talks about working with actors, her current play at the Exit Theatre, working with Radiostar performers, casting, and her one-person show.