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Alaska Theatre of Youth is not only bringing acting to the stage and the classroom, but singing, the circus and a little bit o' fightin' (safely, of course!). Jessica Jacob and Krystal DeJesus come by Stage Talk to give a glimpse of what's in store for training young performers during ATY's 30th anniversary this summer.KSKA: Friday 5/31 at 2:45Listen Now

Stage Talk takes a trip to Valdez and reports back on the goings on at this year's Last Frontier Theatre Conference. Award winning screenwriter and playwright Arthur M. Jolly (The Gulag Mouse, A Very Modern Marriage) is their special guest and talks about his experiences, his plays and the value of the conference to all playwrights.KSKA: Friday 5/24 at 2:45pmDownload Audio

You may not be "seeing red", but you'll certainly be "hearing Red" if you tune into Stage Talk this week as Director ElizabethWare and Actor Mark Robokoff join Jean and Steve to talk about Red, John Logan's exciting Tony Award winning play about the artist Mark Rothko performing at Cyrano's Theatre Company May 30th through June 16th.KSKA: Friday 5/17 at 2:45pmListen Now

"Come and listen to a story about man named Jed" or better yet, come and listen to a story about Valley Performing Arts's stage production of the classic TV sit-com, The Beverly Hillbillies opening May 10th and running through the 26th in Wasilla. Director Larry Burton and VPA's PR Director Tammy Parker come "set a spell" with Jean and Steve this week on Stage Talk.KSKA: Friday 5/10 at 2:45pm

E. B. White's beloved tale of love and hope filled with the magic of imagination comes to life as Alaska Fine Arts Academy of Eagle River presents a musical version of Charlotte's Web adapted by Joseph Robinette with music and lyrics by Charles Strouse. Director Renee Crumley and Angela Harris, who plays Charlotte, visit Stage Talk this week to let us know how it all comes together.KSKA: Friday 4/26 at 2:45pmListen Now

There's a crisis at the convent and Mother Superior Sister Mary Regina and Sister Mary Hubert from the Little Sisters of Hoboken come to Stage Talk to ask for help. Join actors Jane Baird and Paige Langit from Anchorage Community Theatre's production of Dan Goggin's hilarious musical Nunsense this week as they plead their case.KSKA: Friday 4/19 at 2:45 pm

Our stop this week is a rundown, out of the way New Mexico diner where the patrons are thrown into a searing conflict between generations and classes and must face their own pasts and inadequacies. UAA Theatreactors Aspen Murray and Caleb Bourgeois drop by to talk about this intense Obie Award winning play When You Comin' Back Red Ryder by Mark Medoff.KSKA: Friday 4/5 at 2:45pm

You've all heard the ubiquitous "please turn off your cell phones" before performances, but this time it takes on a new meaning as Cyrano's Theatre Companypresents Sarah Ruhl's Dead Man's Cell Phone. Director Codie Costello and Actor Josh Lowman join Stage Talk this week to talk "face-to-face" (no texting, please) with Jean and Steve about this wildly imaginative new comedy opening March 29th and running through April 21st.KSKA: Friday March 29 at 2:45 pm

There's a new theatre in town called TossPot Productions and they're starting off their premier season with a powerful offering--A Gulag Mouse by Arthur M. Jolly. Actor/Producer Jill Sowerwine and Actor/Scenic Artist Morgan Mitchell drop by Stage Talk to give an insider's look at this new company and this exciting play opening at Out North Theatre and running March 22nd through April 7th.KSKA: Friday 3/22 at 2:45pm

Gilbert and Sullivan come to the stage as Anchorage Opera produces Pirates of Penzance. Stage Director Bill Fabris and Executive Director Kevin Patterson join Jean this week to talk about this very popular comic opera closing out the company's season performing at the Discovery Theatre April 5, 6 and 7th.KSKA: Friday 3/15 at 2:45pm