Orlando Theatre Hour

Kaitlin Bellamy and Cody Stone of Random Encounter Productions, a tabletop and RPG channel on Twitch, visit the show to share their experience with and love for RPGs, tabletop gaming, improv, and storytelling. We talk about the importance of interactive storytelling, how improv assists in creating a fully developed character and world, and more.

Lady Jaimz of Corsets and Cuties visits the show to talk about the burlesque troupe’s upcoming show at The Venue on Virginia and their ongoing monthly burlesque series at Theater West End in Sanford. We discuss the burlesque scene in Orlando and how burlesque promotes body positivity and confidence while entertaining the masses.

Nicole Dupre, Artistic Director of Opera del Sol and Central Florida Vocal Arts, joins the show to talk with Bruce Ryan Costella about Opera Del Sol’s upcoming production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado, reimagined for today’s audiences.

Professional opera singer and local vocal coach Kenneithia M. Mitchell joins us at the station to discuss her extensive vocal career, from singing in a Baptist church and attending Juilliard to owning her own vocal performance business and coaching international performing artists.

Orlando intimacy director, burlesque performer, and Playwrights’ Round Table producer Kate Murray joins us in the studio to talk about the importance of intimacy direction in theatre, the art of burlesque, and what we can expect from this year’s Playwrights’ Round Table shorts.

Local actor and improv professional Jason Blackwater joins the show to talk about his journey from Great Britain to the United States, how setbacks can mean opportunity, and his love for the art of improvisation.

Local experimental theatre director and performer Jeremy Seghers visits the show to talk about the upcoming Three Stories project at the Timucua Arts Foundation. Three seemingly disparate plays on three stories of a house are combined with a fourth play. We talk directing, story creation, and more.

Director and dance choreographer, Eric Yow, visits the show to talk about CFCArts’ upcoming production of Bye Bye Birdie, which he directed and choreographed. We also talk about not scary dance is and how people from all ages can learn multiple techniques in a way that fits their learning styles.

Local actor, dancer, and Orlando Rep Marketing Director visits the show to discuss Theatre for Young Audiences, Orlando Rep’s 2019 – 2020 season, and how theatre positively affects youth, their families, and their community.

Actors Deena Ronayne and John Reid Adams from the poetically revised and action-packed Fringe show, Shakespeare’s Terminator the Second, joins us on the air to talk about the show, reworkings of old classics, and what their favorite moments in the show are.