Wednesday May 31, 2017 Host/producer of ARTSPEAK RADIO, Maria Vasquez Boyd delves into the minds of 4 very creative individuals; Jessica Boydston aka Boris Tudeth, Sheri Hall, Mauricio Miranda, and Deborah Jones as they perform a 10-15 minute play, monologue or spoken word specially written for radio. The work is all original and may be provocative, shameless, wacky, political, off the wall, confessional, and unexpected. Please tune Wednesday May 31, noon to 1pm CST only on 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio. Listen online www.kkfi.org #artspeakradio #kkfi901fm

Wednesday May 24, 2017 Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Merrit Benz, Cristina Mũniz, Adam Long, Kevin King,Vicki Vodrey, & Pete Bakely. Kevin King, from Whim Productions and KC playwrights, Vicki Vodrey and Pete Bakely, talk about their upcoming production …

Wednesday May 24, 2017 Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Merrit Benz, Cristina Mũniz, Adam Long, Kevin King,Vicki Vodrey, & Pete Bakely. Kevin King, from Whim Productions and KC playwrights, Vicki Vodrey and Pete Bakely, talk about their upcoming production called "Pastiche." It's one play that was written by 10 playwrights in sections of 7 - 10 pages. "Pastiche" is a one-night only staged reading event on May 26 at 8 pm at the Buffalo Room in Westport." One playwright begins a script. They write ten minutes of a play, then hand it off to another. Like keeping a top spinning, each successive writer will send the script to another writer, then another, then another. The result will be a single play, written with one voice, more or less. This is Pastiche, the latest show by Whim Productions. "Pastiche" is being written by Kansas City playwrights including Emma Carter, Diane Hightower, Alli Jordan, Michelle Tyrene Johnson, Jesse Ray Metcalf, Prisca Jebet Kendagor, James P. McNamara, Vicki Vodrey, plus Whim Productions' Playwright-in-Residence Pete Bakely, and Whim’s Founder Kevin King. Once the play is complete, we'll do a staged reading! The Cast: Lisa Isabella Tate Susan Briana Marxen-McCollom Rocky Davis DeRock Ty…

Wednesday May 10, 2017 Host/producer for ARTSPEAK RADIO, Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with performer/storyteller Becky Ray, musician/poet Surewood, filmaker Monica Espinoza, and artists Anson The Ornery and Cydney Ross. Ghosts a Go-Go with Becky Ray is an evening of live …

Wednesday May 3, 2017 Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with John Fierro & Jenny Mendez with Mattie Rhodes Center, Dave Dalton with Hammerspace, and the Weinberger Fine Arts Gallery. John Fierro President/CEO of Mattie Rhodes Center, serves as a School …

Wednesday April 26, 2017 Host/producer for ARTSPEAK RADIO, Maria Vasquez Boyd invited members of Kansas City’s Riverfront Readings; Eve Ott, Pat Lawson, Silvia Kofler, Randy Ratliff, Rhiannon Ross, and Carl Bettis to write, recite, and discuss poems that reflect their …