Radiostar: the Studio Interviews

Diana Brown goes to the source and interviews the Bay Area's "most produced playwright", Peter Sinn Nachtieb. He talks about the meaningless of politcal language, motivations for marriage, His newest play, The Totalitarians, is currently (at the time of this recording) in performances at San Francisco's Z Space.

After years of failing to convince Radiostar producer Dan Wilson to be interviewed, Diana Brown gets the playwright/actor/director/improvisor behind the microphone to talk about his plays: 411, Vagina Dentata, Sweetie Tanya, Harvesting the Lost, Just One More Game, and his upcoming play Silent City.

The Studio Interviews return with San Francisco "Pop Up Theatre" producer Andre Esterlis. Diana talks with Mr. Esterlis about his work and inspiration both here in America and in his home, Odessa.

Rob Ready and Dan Williams return for another interview. The boys get serious as we talk about the dangers of the non-profit mindset, the shifting definition of being "for profit", whether or not "Free Night of Theatre" serves the small theatre community, the value of services like Yelp and Goldstar, and the success of ShortLived and Forking.

We talk with Playwright Trevor Allen about writing for different voices, fugue writing, Zoo Logic, Tenders in the Fog, dealing with current events and the danger of "too soon", and podcasting The Creature.

We talk with Playwright Trevor Allen about "Working for the Mouse", Chain Reactions and his explorations into "Fugue" writing, and "49 Miles".

We talk with Christie Crowley, Stefanie Goldstein and Jeremey Mescha while producers Rob Ready and Dan Williams drink and comment from the back of the studio. We talk about doing Short Lived, working with sock puppets, popping the "stage kiss" cherry, voting recounts, multiple playwrights and acting as an endurance sport.

We talk with Randall Miller about his show "Inappropriate Diversions", the history of "blue", and working in the burlesque world as well as being a stunt coordinator for the History channel. He also sings a few of his favorite blue tunes on his ukulele.

Honey Lawless and Dottie Lux are at the forefront of the current San Francisco Burlesque scene. We talk with them about the recent surge in burlesque, its intersection with feminism, punk, and bullwhips.

Erik Flatmo has done stage design for A.C.T., the San Jose Opera, the California Shakespeare Festival and Killing My Lobster. We talk with him about the influence of film on stage design, teaching at Stanford, trends in scenic design, research, groundplans, models, and what it's like to work for everything from small dance companies to shoestring budget independent theatre to large scale productions.