Stage Talk: Anchorage High School Auditorium

Fri, Jul 3, 2009

With 2,000 seats the Anchorage High School Auditorium was the largest venue in Anchorage in 1954. The Grateful Dead, Three Dog Night, and Garrison Keillor have all graced the stage of what is today the auditorium at West High School. A West High School graduate, David Block now teaches drama at his former high school and he joins Stage Talk host Mark Muro to talk about the most recent refurbish, remodel and renaming of the auditorium.

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HOSTS:

Mark Muro, theater critic

GUESTS:

David Block, drama teacher, West High School

ORIGINAL BROADCAST: Fri, July 3, 2009 at 2:15 p.m.

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Stage Talk: TBA Summer Performing Arts Academy

Fri, Jun 26, 2009

Stage Talk hosts Mark and Jean (left) and guests Erin Dagon-Mitchell and Shane Mitchell (right) in the KSKA studios.

This week on Stage Talk, Erin Dagon and Shane Mitchell from TBA Theatre join hosts Mark and Jean to discuss what’s happening this year at the TBA Summer Performing Arts Academy. Tonight TBA’s Comedy Improvisation Academy culminates in a show case of Anchorage’s youngest comic geniuses.

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Stage Talk: Midnight Soapscum

Fri, Jun 19, 2009

This week on Stage Talk, local directors Christian Heppinstall and John Minton stop-by to chat about Midnight Soapscum, a five part comedic series about taking a stand against California’s Prop 8 banning gay marriage. The first episode of Midnight Soapscum: Goes to Hell! opens Friday evening at Out North in Anchorage.

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Stage Talk: Hullabaloo

Fri, Jun 12, 2009

This week on Stage Talk, Alice Welling from Hullabaloo joins hosts Mark and Jean. A hysterically, historical multimedia musical comedy show about the history of Alaska, Hullabaloo has be touring all over Anchorage and it is now playing at Cyrano’s. Hear more about this educational and entertaining show on KSKA’s Stage Talk.

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Stage Talk: Scarlet Kitty Lee Boudreaux

Fri, Jun 5, 2009

Aside from local actors, directors and playwrights, Scarlet Kitty Boudreaux is the sole staff member at Cyrano’s, one of Anchorage’s most popular local theater companies. This week on Stage Talk, Boudreaux joins hosts Mark and Jean to talk about her newest role as production manager at Cyrano’s Off-Center Playhouse.

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Stage Talk: The Black Cockerel

Fri, May 29, 2009

This week on Stage Talk, director Vivian Melde is joined by Nigerian playwright, Ademola Bello (pictured right). Melde directs a local cast in the world premier his play, The Black Cockerel, opening next week at Out North.

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Stage Talk: Last Frontier Theatre Conference

Fri, May 22, 2009

The annual Last Frontier Theatre Conference in Valdez is coming up on June 13th. Dawson Moore, who coordinates the conference talks about reinventing it each year. Thespians for all over state and country, including Stage Talk hosts Mark and Jean attend the conference each year. They chat about past experiences and ask Dawson about what to expect this year.

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Stage Talk: Anne of Green Gables

Fri, May 15, 2009

Anne Shirley (Rachel Kennedy, left) and Diana Berry (Alora Zulliger, right) are bosom friends in Anne of Green Gables, presented by VPA. Photo courtesy of Kathy Sage.

This week on Stage Talk, two mother daughter duos - Rachel and Janet Kennedy and Alora and Lori Zulliger - from the Valley Performing Arts production of Anne of Green Gables join hosts Mark and Jean. Anne of Green Gables opens at VPA tonight and runs through June 7.

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Stage Talk: Our Town

Fri, May 8, 2009

A story about an average town’s citizens in the early twentieth century as depicted through their everyday lives, Our Town by American playwright Thornton Wilder opens tonight at Cyrano’s in Anchorage. Starring in the play, Kate Williams and Mark Robokoff join hosts Mark and Jean this week on Stage Talk.

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Stage Talk: The Man in the Attic

Fri, May 1, 2009

Australian playwright, Timothy Daly returns to Alaska with the world premiere of The Man in Attic, the true story of a Jew who was hidden by a German couple near the end of WWII. But when the war ended, they decided not to tell the man. Dick Reichman directs his second Timothy Daly play in The Man in Attic. Both Reichman and Daly join hosts Mark and Jean this week on Stage Talk. The Man in Attic is now playing at Out North through May 17.

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