Bay Area Theater Archives By Date

An archive of Bay Area Theater interviews heard on Arts-Waves and Bookwaves. Interviews as heard on KPFA are 24/28 minutes; extended versions are heard as Radio Wolinsky or Bay Area Theater podcasts in the Area 941 section of kpfa.org.

Bookwaves
A Radio Program About Books

August 29, 2024
Magic Theatre. Naomi Iizuka, translator, Shakespeare's Richard II through September 15, 2024. Part One: Aug. 29: Part Two: Sept. 5. Complete Interview

August 29, 2024
Aurora Theatre Company, Josh Costello, Artistic Director
Part One: Aug. 29; Part Two: Oct. 3. Complete interview

June 27, 2024
A.C.T. Pam MacKinnon, Artistic Director, American Conservatory Theatre.
Hour Program. Complete Interview

June 13, 2024
BAM House, Oakland. Ayodele Nzinga, director of the play Pac and Biggie Are Dead by Biko Eisen-Martin through June 30. Hour ProgramComplete interview.

September 7, 2023
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. Giovanna Sardelli, Artistic Director, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. Hour programComplete interview

June 1, 2023
San Francisco Playhouse. Bill English, Artistic Director, San Francisco Playhouse. Hour programComplete interview

April 13, 2023
Feinsteins at the Nikko. Jason Graae, performer, "Faith Prince & Jason Graae," 
April 14-15, 2023. Hour programComplete interview

March 16, 2023
Berkeley Rep. Joe Ngo, performer, Cambodian Rock Band at Berkeley Rep's Roda Theatre through April 2, 2023. Hour program.  Complete Interview.

February 16, 2023
Magic Theatre. Luis Alfaro, playwright, The Travelers, at the Magic through March 5, 2023. Hour programComplete interview.

December 1, 2022
Berkeley Rep. Derek Goldman, co-playwright/director, Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski, at Berkeley Rep's Peets Theatre, through December 18, 2022. 
Hour programComplete interview.

November 17, 2022
Berkeley Rep. Emma Rice, playwright/director, Wuthering Heights, at Berkeley Rep's Roda Theatre, November 18, 2022 - January 1, 2023.
Hour programComplete interview.

November 3, 2022
Oakland Theatre Project. Lisa Ramirez, playwright, The Book of Sand, at Oakland Theatre Project thru December 4, 2022. Hour program. Complete Interview. 
(Part Two aired November 10, 2022)

August 18, 2022
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley: Hershey Felder, creator/performer, Chopin in Paris, at TheatreWorks Mountain View through September 11, 2022. Hour program
Complete Interview.

June 9, 2022
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley: Christine Dwyer, actress, Ragtime, at TheatreWorks Mountain View through June 26, 2022, Hour program.  Complete interview.

June 2, 2022
Marin Theatre Company: Jasson Minadakis, Artistic Director, director, The Sound Inside at Marin Theatre Company through June 19, 2022.
Hour programComplete interview. (Part Two aired August 25, 2022.)

June 2, 2022
California Shakespeare Theatre: KJ Sanchez, director, Romeo y Juliet, at the Bruns Theatre through June 19, 2022. Hour program. Complete interview

March 31, 2022
Lorraine Hansberry Theatre: Jan Hunter, director, Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage, at LHT at the Magic through April 16, 2022. Hour programComplete interview.

March 31, 2022
Lorraine Hansberry Theatre: Margo Hall, Artistic Director of Lorraine Hansberry.
Hour program. Complete interview

March 17, 2022
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley: Paul Gordon, composer/lyricist, Jane Austen's Sense & Sensibility: A New Musical at Lucie Stern Theater through April 3, 2022.
Hour program. Complete interview

February 17, 2022
San Francisco Playhouse: Bill English, artistic director, director, Heroes of the Fourth Turning. Hour programComplete interview

January 13, 2022
BroadwaySF: Itamar Moses, librettist, The Band's Visit, at the Golden Gate Theater. Hour ProgramComplete Interview

December 2, 2021
BroadwaySF: Nancy Opel, performer, A Christmas Carol, at the Golden Gate Theater. Hour programComplete interview

October 28, 2021
San Francisco Playhouse: Michael Gene Sullivan, playwright, The Great Kahn, through November 13, 2021. Hour programComplete 31-minute interview

October 21, 2021
TheaterWorks Silicon Valley: Tim Bond, Artistic Director, TheaterWorks Silicon Valley. Hour programComplete 30-minute interview.

September 9, 2021
Cal Shakes: Eric Ting, Artistic Director of California Shakespeare Theater
Hour programComplete 44-minute interview

August 5, 2021
Magic Theatre: Sean San Jose, Artistic Director of the Magic.
Hour program. Complete 44-minute interview

April 29, 2021
Berkeley Rep: Johanna Pfaelzer, Artistic Director of Berkeley Rep, 
Hour programComplete 48-minute interview

April 22, 2021
42nd Street Moon: Jason Graae, performer, Perfect Hermany, streaming on the 42nd Street Moon website April 10- May 2, 2021.
Hour program. Complete 50-minute interview

March 18, 2021
Marin Theatre Company: Lauren Gunderson, playwright, The Catastrophist,
playing on the MTC website through July 24, 2021.
Hour programComplete 42-minute interview

December 31, 2020
San Francisco Playhouse. Bill English, Artistic Director discussing how the Covid shutdown affected his company, and steps taken to move to streaming.
Hour program. Complete 32-minute interview

December 3, 2020
Oregon Shakespeare Festival: Evren Odcikin, Associate Artistic Director, discussing how the Covid shutdown and local fires affected his company. 
Hour program. Complete 34-minute interview.

November 26,2020
Theatre Rhino: John Fisher, Artistic Director, discussing the company's work during the Covid pandemic. Hour programComplete 33-minute interview.

November 12, 2020
A.C.T.: Pam MacKinnon, Artistic Director, discussing the company's survival during the Covid pandemic. Hour programComplete 46-minute interview.

September 17, 2020
Theaterworks Silicon Valley: Laurel Ollstein, playwright, Pandora, streaming September 24-28 on the TheatreWorks website.  Hour programComplete 36-minute interview.

September 3, 2020
A.C.T. Streaming: Madhuri Shekar, playwright, In Love and Warfare, streaming live Sept. 4-5, 11-12, 2020 and on demand Sept. 18-25, 2020 on the ACT website. 
Hour program. Complete 34-minute interview.

July 23, 2020
TheaterWorks Silicon Valley: Suzanne Bradbeer, playwright, Shakespeare in Vegas, streaming July 23-27, 2020 on the TheatreWorks website. Hour program. Complete 32-minute interview.

March 14, 2020
Magic Theatre: Ricardo Perez Conzalez, playwright, Don't Eat the Mangoes, at the Magic through March 13, 2020. Hour program.  Complete 40-minute interview

March 2, 2020
ACT Strand: Eric Ting, director, Gloria, at ACT Strand Theater through March 11, 2020. Podcast.

March 2, 2020
SF Broadway/Golden Gate: Sting, performer, The Last Ship, at Golden Gate Theater through March 14, 2020. Podcast.

February 6, 2020
ACT Geary: Will Eno, playwright, Wakey Wakey, at ACT Geary Theater through February 16, 2020
Program as heard on KPFA
Extended 38-minute Bay Area Theater podcast

January 13, 2020
TheaterWorks: Mona Golabek, performer, The Pianist of Willesden Lane, at TheatreWorks Mountain View through Feb. 16, 2020.
Program as heard on KPFA
Extended 38-minute Bay Area Theater podcast.

December 30, 2019
The Curran: John Skelley, Yanna McIntosh, David Abeles, from the cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, at the Curran in San Francisco.
Program as heard on KPFA
Extended 39-minute Bay Area Theater podcast.

December 19, 2019
Berkeley Rep: Sarah Ruhl, playwright, Becky Nurse of Salem, at Berkeley Rep's Peets Theater through January 26, 2020.
Program as heard on KPFA
Complete 29-minute Bay Area Theater podcast

December 2, 2019
42nd Street Moon: Jason Graae, lead actor, Scrooge in Love, at the Gateway Theatre through December 22, 2019.
Program as heard on KPFA
Extended 37-minute Bay Area Theater podcast

November 25, 2019
Berkeley Rep: Marc Bruni, co-director with Pig Pen Theatre Company, The Tale of Desperaux, at Berkeley Rep thru Jan. 5, 2020.
Program as heard on KPFA
Complete 29-minute Bay Area Theater podcast

November 18, 2019
A.C.T: Pam MacKinnon, Artistic Director of A.C.T. American Conservatory Theatre.
Program as heard on KPFA
Complete 38-minute Bay Area Theater podcast

October 28, 2019
TheatereWorks Silicon Valley: Robert Kelley, artistic director of TheatreWorks Silicon Valley.
Program as heard on KPFA
Complete 35-minute Bay Area Theatre podcast

October 21, 2019
ACT Strand: Kate Attwell, playwright whose latest work is Test Match having its World Premiere at ACT’s Strand Theatre through December 8, 2019
Program as heard on KPFA
Complete 28-minute Bay Area Theatre podcast

September 30, 2019
TheaterWorks Silicon Valley: Randal Myler & Dan Wheetman, creators of the play Mark Twain’s River of Song at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, through October 27, 2019,
Program as heard on KPFA
Extended 35-minute Bay Area Theatre podcast

September 16, 2019
ACT Geary: Tamilla Woodard, director of Top Girls by Caryl Churchill, at ACT Geary through Oct. 13, 2019.
Program as heard on KPFA
Extended 30-minute Bay Area Theatre podcast

September 9, 2019
42nd Street Moon: Daniel Thomas, co-Executive Director of 42nd Street Moon
Program as heard on KPFA
Extended 36-minute Bay Area Theater podcast

June 10, 2019
TheaterWorks: Giovanna Sardelli, director of Archduke at TheatreWorks Mountain View Center for the Arts thru June 30, 2019.
Program as heard on KPFA
Extended 36-minute Bay Area Theater podcast.

June 3, 2019
ACT Geary: Frank Galati, director, Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco, at ACT's Geary Theatre through June 23, 2019.
Program as heard on KPFA
Extended 41-minute Bay Area Theater podcast.

May 6, 2019
Berkeley Rep: Annette O'Toole, lead actor in the play The Good Book, at Berkeley Rep's Peet's Theatre through June 9, 2019.
Program as heard on KPFA
Complete 30-minute Bay Area Theater podcast

April 29, 2019
ACT Strand: Kate Kilbane & Dan Moses, "The Kilbanes," creators and performers of Weightless, at ACT Strand through May 12, 2019.
Program as heard on KPFA
Extended 34-minute Bay Area Theater podcast

April 1, 2019
Curran: The Jungle. Co-director Justin Martin and actor Amman Haj Ahmad discuss the play, The Jungle, at the Curran through May 18, 2019.
Program as heard on KPFA
Extended 42-minute Bay Area Theatre podcast.

March 25, 2019
SHN Golden Gate:  Falsettos. Interviews with James Lapine, director; William Finn, composer/lyricist; Spencer Liff, choreographer; and Jordan Roth, producer of the musical Falsettos, at SHN Golden Gate through April 14, 2019
Program as heard on KPFA
Complete James Lapine/William Finn interview
Complete Spencer Liff/Jordan Roth interview

March 18, 2019
A.C.T./Magic Theatre: Mfoniso Udofia, playwright, The Ufot Cycle. Her Portmanteau at ACT through 3/31/19. In Old Age at the Magic starting 3/27/19.
Program as heard on KPFA
26-minute Bay Area Theatre podcast

March 11, 2019
The Marsh: Don Reed, comedian, writer/performer That Don Reed Show at the Marsh, Berkeley through April 28, 2019; performer, Bartlett, Amazon Prime.
Program as heard on KPFA
Extended 50-minute Bay Area Theatre podcast

February 18, 2019
Aurora Theatre Company: Josh Costello, Artistic Director of Aurora Theatre Company starting July 2019.
Program as heard on KPFA
Extended 41-minute Bay Area Theatre podcast

January 21, 2019
A.C.T. American Conservatory TheatrePam McKinnon, Artistic Director of American Conservatory Theatre (ACT), first season.
Program as heard on KPFA
Extended 28-minute Bay Area Theatre podcast

January 7, 2019
Berkeley Rep: Larry Kirwan, creator of the musical Paradise Square, at Berkeley Rep through Feb. 24, 2019. Co-founder of the Irish American band Black 47 and author of five books.
Program as heard on KPFA
Extended 42-minute Radio Wolinsky podcast

December 3, 2018
Theatreworks Palo Alto: Nathan Tysen, lyricist for the musicals Tuck Everlasting, at TheatreWorks Palo Alto through Dec. 30, 2018,  Amelie and the forthcoming Paradise Square, at Berkeley Rep with previews starting on Dec. 30, 2018.
Program as Heard on KPFA
Extended 33-minute Bay Area Theater podcast.

November 26, 2018
Curran: Taylor Mac & Niegel Smith, writer, performer, and co-director, and co-director, Taylor Mac’s Holiday Sauce at the Curran in San Francisco through December 1, 2018.
Program as heard on KPFA
Taylor Mac interview Radio Wolinsky podcast
Niegel Smith interview Radio Wolinsky podcast

November 18, 2018
Cirque du Soleil: Dancer Joey Arrigo, acrobat Bradley Henderson and publicist Steven Ross from Cirque du Soleil "Volta."
Program as heard on KPFA
Complete 28-minute Radio Wolinsky podcast

November 5, 2018
Theatre Rhino: John Fisher, Artistic Director, Theatre Rhino. Writer/Performer, "A History of World War II" at The Marsh San Francisco through Feb. 2, 2019.
Program as heard on KPFA
Extended 47-minute Bay Area Theatre podcast

October 22, 2018
TheatreWorks Mountain View: Jeanine Tesori, composer, and Alison Bechdel, author of the graphic novel, Fun Home, at TheatreWorks Mountain View through
October 28, 2018.
Program as heard on KPFA
Extended 40-minute Radio Wolinsky podcast

Magic Theatre; A.C.T.Loretta Greco, Artistic Director of Magic Theatre, director of Sweat at ACT Geary, through Oct. 21, 2018
Program as heard on KPFA
Complete 30-minute Bay Area Theater podcast 

September 17, 2018
Berkeley Rep: Johanna Pfaelzer, the new Artistic Director of Berkeley Rep, starting in the 2019-2020 season. (plus excerpts from Loretta Greco, see above)
Program as heard on KPFA
Johanna Pfaelzer interview podcast

September 13, 2018
New Conservatory TheatreCharles Busch, playwright, Red Scare on Sunset, at New Conservatory Theatre, Sept 21-Oct 21, 2018
Program as heard on KPFA
Extended 40-minute Radio Wolinsky podcast

September 10, 2018
TheatreWorks: Robert Kelley, Artistic Director, Theatreworks Silicon Valley.
Program as heard on KPFA
Extended 40-minute Bay Area Theater podcast

August 13, 2018
San Francisco Playhouse: Bill English Artistic Director, San Francisco Playhouse.
Program as heard on KPFA
Extended 48-minute Bay Area Theater podcast

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