Curtain Call host Charles Sepos chats first with violinist Frederik Øland. They’ll talk about The Danish String Quartet and its participation in this summer’s Music@Menlo.

Next, pianist/composers Allaudin Mathieu and Noam Lemish preview Mathieu’s “New Works for Piano,” July 26th at Occidental Center for the Arts.

Finally, playwright/actor David Templeton talks about the Saturday evening ‘sneak peek’ reading of his new play “Polar Bears: A Story of Fatherhood, Death and Santa Claus” at Main Stage West, as well as the July 25th and 26th previews of his completely rewritten, revamped, redirected, stripped-down one-man play ‘Wretch Like Me’ at Cinnabar Theater, before taking his team to Scotland for a 14-performance run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.