Stage Talk: Alaska Theatre of Youth
Fri, Jun 18, 2010
Jessica Jacob and Paul Schweigert of Alaska Theatre of Youth discuss the Summer Conservatory with hosts Mark Muro and Jean Paal on this week’s Stage Talk.
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Stage Talk: Dawson Moore
Fri, Jun 11, 2010
This week on Stage Talk, hosts Mark Muro and Jean Paal talk with Dawson Moore, a playwright and director educator, about his upcoming workshop at TBA Theatre. The workshop is called the, “Don’t Blink One-Page Play Festival,” and is coproduced by Moore’s group, called ”Three Wise Moose” and TBA Theatre. It consists of approximately 30 short, one-page maximum, plays that are all put together by different directors and different casts. Moore will also host “Overnighters,” where material is written and created in 24 hours.
The workshop will take place on Tuesday, June 15 starting at 7:00 pm and will be around two hours long.
Photo by Mark Muro: Dawson Moore in the KSKA studios.
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Stage Talk: Bark!
Fri, Jun 4, 2010
Join us on Stage Talk this week as hosts Mark Muro and Jean Paal discuss “Bark!, The Musical,” with music director Lynette Harple and actors Justin Birchell and Jonathon Lang. “Bark!” is a musical that follows six dogs in a doggie daycare, and will open next Wednesday at Cyrano’s.
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Stage Talk: Last Frontier Theater Conference
Fri, May 28, 2010
This week on Stage Talk, hosts Mark Muro and Jean Paal, with first-time guest Constance Huff, of KSKA, discuss the experience of her first time attending the Last Frontier Theater Conference in Valdez.
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Stage Talk: TBA Summer Performing Arts Academy
Fri, May 21, 2010
This week on Stage Talk, hosts Mark Muro and Jean Paal, along with guests Erin Dagon and Wayne Mitchell, who are the Associate Artistic Director and Education Director, respectively, at Training Better Artists Theatre, Inc. (TBA), discuss the Summer Performing Arts Academy that TBA holds during the summer.
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Stage Talk: Last Frontier Theatre Conference 2010
Fri, May 14, 2010
Stage Talk hosts Mark Muro and Jean Paal and guests, Doreen Ransom and Bostin Christopher will each take part in this year’s Last Frontier Theatre Conference in Valdez. On this week’s Stage Talk, Mark and Jean discuss the humbling and often frightening experience of having their plays read at the conference, an eye opening critique dependent on participants like Bostin and Doreen who will serve as one of the many guest judges and readers at the conference.
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Stage Talk: Directing
Fri, May 7, 2010
This week on Stage Talk, hosts Mark and Jean discuss directing plays with guests from Caroline, or Change opening at Cyrano’s and The Underpants now playing at Alaska Community Theater.
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Stage Talk: The Secret Garden / Last Frontier Theatre Conference
Fri, Apr 30, 2010

Alora Zulliger (center) and Tyler Smith (right) in The Secret Garden now playing in Wasilla. Photo courtesy Cathy Sage, VPA
Some of the youngest actors now performing in Alaska, Alora Zulliger and Tyler Smith from Valley Performing Arts join host Mark Muro on Stage Talk this week to talk about their upcoming production of The Secret Garden. Like Alora and Tyler many of the attendees to the Last Frontier Theatre Conference got their start in community theater in Alaska. Conference coordinator, Ryan Buen is also on Stage Talk this week to talk about this year’s eighth annual conference coming up on May 16 – 23 in Valdez.
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Stage Talk: Honk! / Arthur & Esther
Fri, Apr 23, 2010
This week on Stage Talk, Krysta DeJesus and Zach Mendez-Skinner from Alaska Fine Arts Academy production of Honk! join hosts Mark and Jean along with Tom Atkinson from Shoestring Theater’s production of Arthur & Esther.
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Stage Talk: Hamlet / Winnie the Pooh
Fri, Apr 16, 2010
Directors of Hamlet and Winnie the Pooh at Alaska Theater of Youth, Christian Heppinstall and Christina Ashby are the guests on this week’s Stage Talk.
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