Adventures in Artslandia With Susannah Mars

Shake It Up: Persian Origins of Shakespeare

Susannah chats with Scott Palmer and Melory Mirashrafi about Bag&Baggage's upcoming adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet which includes text from the Persian Muslim Poet Nizami’s Layla and Majnun. 

We Talk All Things Irving Berlin with Cast of The Melody Lingers On

Susannah chats Irving Berlin with the cast of Clackamas Rep's The Melody Lingers On!  

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Passion, Oregon & Guns: How to Hold Space

Susannah chats with Vin Shambry, E.M. Lewis & Nate Cohen about the upcoming U.S. Tour and Edinburgh Theatre Festival of The Gun Show.

Arts Exchange with Multi-Talented Pakistani Performers

You are listening to Razia Abrar (vocalist), Irfan Masih (tabla), Wajih Ull Hussnain Hamid (Sitar) participants in On Common Ground with Theatre Wallay.
Artists Rep – June 26 & 28 @ 7:30pm and ASHLAND: Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Greenshow – June 30, July 2 & 4 at 6:45pm Also, special music events with Mic Crenshaw
LaRhonda and Mark Steele, Subashini Ganesan, Tom Grant, Doug Detrick, Stephanie Schneiderman, Tony Furtado, and David Saffert.
www.artistsrep.org https://www.osfashland.org/greenshow

Wonderland: An All-New Sketch Comedy Show by Jason Rouse

Jason Rouse who talks about his newest Wonderland, the all-new sketch comedy show starring some of Portland's best and brightest, Katie Behrens (Curious Comedy), Lori Ferraro (Wonderland, The 3rd Floor, Lone Wolves), Stacey Hallal (Curious Comedy Theater, Ruby Rocket, Joyride), Laura Sams (Curious Comedy Theater, Hood, Sweathogs) and Janet Scanlon (Shirts and Skins, Lone Wolves, Road House: The Play!, Portlandia). Tickets at http://wonderlandportland.com

Newfound Stories of Womanhood from the Young Women's Residency

Katherine Lewis Part 2 Young Women's Residency June 16 and 17th. THIS IS YOUR STORY TOO; residency performance. This evening is an unraveling of passion, confusion and hope; the experince of newfound womanhood. It is comprised of seven original pieces, each written by the central performer. Their stories reveal their humanity and the universal experince of being.

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TCG Conference: Honoring Commitment to Inclusion & Diversity

Up first, Susannah chats with Emilya Cachapero & Kevin Bitterman from Theatre Communications Group who will be talking about upcoming TCG Global pre conference, happening here in Portland on June 7th, prior to the TCG conference June 8-10. 

Young Professionals Program Provides Experience for Aspiring Theatre Artists

Susannah sat down with Val Landrum, Stan Foote, Emma Stewart and Justin Mark to chat about OCT's Young Professionals Program, Don't miss the New Works Festival June 2nd & 3! Also check out Justin's latest role will be in Lauren Yee's In a Word presented by Lesser America  at The Cherry Lane Theatre. A special shout out to Tag Team Audio who made our phone patch with Justin Mark possible!

Affordable Creative Spaces & Cross-Cultural Dialogue Through N.E.W

Susannah chats with Subashini Ganesan, founder of N.E.W., a unique artistic endeavor founded in 2012. Ganesan has created a vibrant space that fosters cross-cultural dialogue and exchange. Listen here for more info! 

Coming up:
N.E.W. New Expressive Works December 2016 - May 2017 Residents Michael Galen, Dora Gaskill, Jessica Kelley, Stephanie W. Schaaf Friday May 26th, Saturday May 27th, and Sunday May 28th; 7:30pm at New Expressive Works, 810 SE Belmont, Ste 2. 

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Empowering Audience Intuition Through Performance Art

Meet Samantha Shay and learn about Vasalisa, an original devised performance co-created by internationally recognised artist collective Source Material, co-created with Gerri Ravyn Stanfield. Vasalisa will be at Headwaters Theatre on Sunday May 14th @ 2pm and 7pm. Find tickets here http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2905955