Stage Talk

Theater aficionado Steven Hunt takes listeners backstage to chat with actors, directors, playwrights and technical artists about the theater scene in Anchorage and the Mat-Su Valley. When multiple events allow, a calendar of the best live performances and stage events in Southcentral Alaska is also provided.

Stage Talk: Faith County / The Diary of Ann Frank

Host Mark Muro chats with actors and directors from the Valley Performing Arts, Faith County and The Diary of Ann Frank presented the Alaska...

Stage Talk: Jabali African Acrobats / Guys and Dolls Jr.

The Jabali African Acrobats will entertain over eleven thousand students in Anchorage and give one public performance. Hear more about the explosive acrobatics and...

Stage Talk: Mousetrap

The longest running show in the history of theater comes to Anchorage. Agatha Christie's Mousetrap opens tonight, February 15th. Stage Talk host, Mark Muro...

Stage Talk: Othello / American Tales – Songs & Stories of the USA

This week on Stage Talk, David Edgecombe stops by to talk about his adaption of Shakespeare's Othello with choreographer, Ethan Petticrew. Othello opens tonight,...

Stage Talk: Sway Me Moon

This week on Stage Talk, host Mark Muro chats with Schatzie Schaefers, Linda Benson and Arlitia Jones from Sway Me Moon, a play about...

Stage Talk: Il Trovatore and Bridgman/Packer Dance

Image and reality collide in Bridgman/Packer Dance. This week General Manager of the Anchorage Opera, Torrie Allen returns to Stage Talk with actor/singer, Roland...

Stage Talk: Return of the One-Acts

This week Mark Muro chats with three guests from Return of the One-Acts, opening tonight, January 18th at the Valley Performing Arts. Each one...

Stage Talk: The Boycott

This week, host Mark Muro talks to Kathryn Blume, playwright, writer and performer of "The Boycott", a comedy about global...

Stage Talk: Mentor Artists Playright Project (MAPP)

An archive edition of Stage Talk recorded at KSKA in June 2007. Host Kristina Church talks to guests Myra Donnelley, Program Coordinator...

Stage Talk: The Overnighters

The Overnighters is theatre fully realized within twenty-four hours. Four playwrights get a topic at 8:00 PM, then stay up all night writing...

Stage Talk: Under 30

This week on Stage Talk, host Mark Muro chats with Under 30 director, Linda Benson and actor, Brian Hutton. Under 30 showcases individual and...

Stage Talk: Christmas 2007

Artistic director, Michaelangelo Canale and dancer, Michelle Katcher join host Mark Muro to discuss Christmas 2007, an exciting holiday showcase presented by the Anchorage...

Stage Talk: Cheaper by the Dozen and That Christmassy Feeling

This week on Stage Talk, three actors from the Valley Performing Arts discuss Cheaper by the Dozen. Plus, Shane Mitchell and Erin Dagon promote...

Stage Talk: Cyrano and The Elephant's Child

This week on Stage Talk, host Mark Muro chats with Mark Lutwak, director of Cyrano at Cyrano's Off-Center Playhouse and Yngvil Vaten Guttu and...

Stage Talk: Perfect Wedding and The Snow Dragon

A combination of riotous farce and touching love story, the Alaska Community Theatre presents Perfect Wedding. Director, Don Love and actor, Oliver Siemens...

Stage Talk: Scared Scriptless and We Bombed in New Haven

Members of the Scared Scriptless improvisation troop, Jason Martin and Warren Weinstein are this week's guests on Stage Talk with Mark Muro. From...

Stage Talk: My Heart Runs in Two Directions at Once and Refugee Nation

This week on Stage Talk, host Mark Muro is joined by Alaska Native Storyteller, Jack Dalton from My Heart Runs in Two Directions at...

Stage Talk: Mozart's Abduction from the Seraglio

This week on Stage Talk, host Mark Muro is joined by Tom Getty, Amanda Pabyan and Torrie Allen from the Anchorage Opera's presentation of...

Stage Talk: Sherlock Holmes and Spontaneous Combustion

Host Mark Muro chats with Garry Forester from Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles and conductor of the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra, Randy...

Stage Talk: Doubt and Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

Brothers Wayne and Shane Mitchell play Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Jamie Newsom joins Mark Muro to discuss Doubt with veteran director Dick Reichman...