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Episodes

Monday Feb 27, 2017
Monday Feb 27, 2017
A HUGE thank-you to KBOO 90.7FM and Dmae Roberts of Stage and Studio who made it possible for me to use a studio there in order that I could have a terrific phone hookup for this interview with Minita Gandhi.
Ms. Gandhi wrote Muthaland which will be presented as a part of Age and Gender Equity in the Art's Unconscious Bias: Achieving Gender Equity Symposium being held March 3-5th at Portland State University.
Don't miss one minute of this incredible symposium. Find more information here.
Watch Using Theatre to Heal From Sexual Assault here.
Find out what NBC News has to say here.

Monday Feb 13, 2017
Ryan Meagher, Jake Babb, Tara Johnson-Medinger & Anya Pearson
Monday Feb 13, 2017
Monday Feb 13, 2017
Hope, hope, give me hope! Meet Ryan Meagher and Jake Babb from Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble Grasshoppers which takes accomplished musicians and matches them with young composers for a concert featuring compositions by both.
Meet Tara Johnson-Medinger, from Powfest, Portland Oregon Women's Film Festival. They're celebrating their Women in Film and 10 year anniversary March 2-5th at The Hollywood Theatre.
Finally, meet Anya Pearson who will be workshopping and performing her choreopoem, Made to Dance in Burning Buildings at Portland Playhouse.

Tuesday Feb 07, 2017
Celebrating PDX Artist Couples for Valentine’s Day
Tuesday Feb 07, 2017
Tuesday Feb 07, 2017
David Rottenberg, the excellent and dear high tea server at The Hotel Deluxe, and Susannah Mars welcomed Nikki and Brian Weaver and Jacklyn Maddux and Arthur Pierson, celebrating artist couples for Valentines Day!

Monday Jan 30, 2017
Swimming While Drowning: Two-Person Show at Milagro
Monday Jan 30, 2017
Monday Jan 30, 2017
Meet Blake Stone, Michel Castillo, and Francisco Garcia. They are the two actors and director of the play Swimming While Drowning opening at Milagro Theatre. Learn about the craft and life of theatre makers, and let it inspire you.
Here are links to some of the things we talked about:
http://milagro.org/event/swimming-while-drowning
https://newplayexchange.org/plays/27186/swimming-while-drowning
http://www.oregonlive.com/tv/2016/05/the_movie_version_of_willy_vla.html

Friday Jan 20, 2017
Upcoming Young Women’s Residency Program with From the Ground Up in Portland
Friday Jan 20, 2017
Friday Jan 20, 2017
Meet Katherine Murphy Lewis, she's From The Ground Up and they have a wonderful young women's residency program coming up.

Wednesday Jan 18, 2017
Director of Pen/Man/Ship comes to Portland Playhouse
Wednesday Jan 18, 2017
Wednesday Jan 18, 2017
I was about to type Happy Martin Luther King Day, but that's not quite right. Look for peace in your day and for your better angels. Portland Playhouse starts rehearsal this week for pen/man/ship. Here is an interview with Lucie Tiberghien, the director of the play by Christina Anderson. 1896. On the open sea, a ship sails to Africa. On board an ambitious father, his troubled son, a rebellious young woman, and the uneasy crew. Tensions rise as an unexpected detour resurrects family secrets and reveals true intentions. It is a journey that will change their lives forever.
Visit http://www.portlandplayhouse.org/penmanship for more info.

Monday Jan 09, 2017
Discussion: What it Means to be an Artist in the New Year?
Monday Jan 09, 2017
Monday Jan 09, 2017
Susannah is at the Hotel Deluxe for tea and a chat about what it means to be an artist in the new year. Guests include: Doug Detrick, Samson Syharath, Dmae Roberts, and Veronica Nunez. Thank you Hotel Deluxe and David, our waiter extraordinaire! Included is an embarrassment of art event riches to mine, exciting, passion filled events. Take a leap and see the work of a company that you haven’t seen before.
Here are some of the companies and show sites referenced in the podcast:

Monday Jan 02, 2017
Chat with Tom Hewitt on Play Tour: Finding Neverland
Monday Jan 02, 2017
Monday Jan 02, 2017
Susannah chats with Tony Award nominee and currently starring in the National Tour ofFinding Neverland, opening tomorrow at the Keller Auditorium, Tom Hewitt.

Monday Jan 02, 2017
Monday Jan 02, 2017
Susannah sits down with the 2016 winner of the Oregon Play Prize, Steve Rathje.

Monday Dec 19, 2016
Neil Goldberg
Monday Dec 19, 2016
Monday Dec 19, 2016
In CIRQUE DREAMS HOLIDAZE, Broadway director Neil Goldberg re-imagines the holiday season with more than 300 costumes, 20 acts and 30 performers from 12 countries showcasing an endless variety of imaginative, heart-pounding and gravity- defying feats you have to see to believe. Experience gingerbread men flipping mid air, toy soldiers marching on thin wires along with snowmen, icemen and penguins, balancing, jumping and spinning in disbelief. The show celebrates the most wonderful time of the year with singers, choreography and exciting production numbers. Performers and costumed ornament characters twirl, bounce and soar through the air to original music and seasonal favorites brought to life within a stage setting of gigantic gifts, colossal candy canes and 30-foot towering trees & soldiers creating a larger than life wonderland of amazement.