backstage pass
Welcome to the Backstage Pass, the exclusive podcast series of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. This monthly series will feature interviews with OSF artistic staff, guest artists and actors. You can listen now or download podcasts for future listening. Some helpful hints are listed on the right.
Whose truth is the truth?
Actor Danforth Comins on playing Brick in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Collaborating with Jane Austen
Co-adapter Joseph Hanreddy on adapting Pride & Prejudice
Mother Knows Best
Actor Dee Maaske on playing the role of Ann Kron in playwright Lisa Kron's Well
Playing the Trickster
Actor Mark Bedard talks about commedia and playing Truffaldino, the most famous character in commedia.
Becoming Mrs. Gottlieb
Catherine E. Coulson shares her excitement as she prepares for her intriguing role in Dead Man's Cell Phone.
Michael J. Hume enters Paradise
The 18-year OSF veteran actor prepares to tackle a leading role in Clifford Odets' classic Paradise Lost.
Making Scary Sounds
OSF resident composer Todd Barton on composing the soundscapes for the 2009 production of Macbeth.
Speak the Speech, I Pray You
Guest Voice and Text Director Ursula Meyer talks about her way with words.
Reaching Out in the Valley
OSF actor Juan Rivera LeBron talks about his transatlantic bilingual theatre research, and outreach to the Spanish-speaking youth of the Rogue Valley.
Chronicling America
Alison Carey, director of American Revolutions: The United States History Cycle, shares her hopes, challenges and vision for this 10-year, 37-play project-the largest in OSF's history.
Changing Up the Green Show
Claudia Alick, community producer, provides a glimpse of the kaleidoscope that OSF’s Green Show will be this summer, as she dives into applications from hundreds of performers of every stripe vying for a space on the outdoor deck.