backstage pass

Welcome to the Backstage Pass, the exclusive podcast series of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. This 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.

2012

What's so special about this adaptation?
Director Libby Appel talks about her upcoming production of Seagull.
(6/9/2011)

Company Show Introductions
At the beginning of rehearsals for each show, the company gathers to hear from the director and design team about the choices they’ve made for this particular production. Below are excerpts from each show introduction.

The White Snake: Features director, adapter and dramaturg Mary Zimmerman, scenic designer Daniel Ostling and lighting designer T.J. Gerckens.

Seagull: Features director and adapter Libby Appel, scenic designer Christopher Acebo, costume designer Deborah M. Dryden, voice & text director Rebecca Clark Carey, composer and sound designer Todd Barton and dramaturg and literal translator Allison Horsley.

Animal Crackers: Features director and adapter Allison Narver, scenic designer Richard L. Hay, costume designer Shigeru Yaji, music director David O., choreographer Patti Colombo, and dramaturg Lue Morgon Douthit.

Romeo and Juliet: Features director Laird Williamson, scenic designer Michael Ganio, costume designer Susan Tsu, choreographer Alonzo Lee Moore IV, voice & text director David Carey, and dramaturg Lydia Garcia.

2011

The Ophicleide and The Pirates of Penzance:
Musician Mark Jacobs talks about this 19th-century instrument and its role in the orchestra of The Pirates of Penzance.
(9/19/2011)

Social Justice and Measure for Measure:
Artistic director Bill Rauch speaks about his production of Shakespeare’s tragicomedy.
(Recorded April 30 in Carpenter Hall during OSF’s spring lecture series)
(6/9/2011)

"What did you do to that script?":
Dramaturgs Lydia G. Garcia and Lue Morgan Douthit talk about text work, adaptations and interpretations.
(4/15/2011)

Bill Rauch on livewireradio.org (excerpted from the full program):
Artistic Director Bill Rauch is among featured guests. For the full program visit their site and select Episode 145.
(1/25/2011)

Mariachi and Measure for Measure:
Susie Garcia shares her joy of mariachi and how her trio, Las Colibrí, came to OSF.
(1/25/2011)

Measure for Measure: One Amazing Story
Director Bill Rauch talks about his love for the play and directorial choices for the production.
(1/12/2011)

Planning a season: Why these plays now?
Lue Morgan Douthit, director of literary development and dramaturgy, talks about how a season is put together. (part 1 of 2)
(12/23/2010)

Planning a season: It's all new work, isn't it?
Lue Morgan Douthit, director of literary development and dramaturgy, continues the conversation about choosing a season. (part 2 of 2)
(12/23/2010)

Company Show Introductions
At the beginning of rehearsals for each show, the company gathers to hear from the director and design team about the choices they’ve made for this particular production. Below are excerpts from each show introduction.

Measure for Measure: Features director Bill Rauch, costume designer Emilio Sosa, voice & text director Rebecca Clark Carey and dramaturg Desdemona Chang, with music by Las Colibrí.

To Kill a Mockingbird: Features director Marion McClinton, voice & text director Evamarii Johnson, assistant director Patricia McGregor, costume designer Deborah M. Dryden, and dramaturg Martine Kei Greene. (Caution: some profanity and strong language)

The Imaginary Invalid: Features director Tracy Young, set and costume designer Christopher Acebo, composer James Prendergast, voice & text director David Carey and dramaturg Lydia Garcia.

The Language Archive: Features director Laurie Woolery, set designer Christopher Acebo, costume designer Christal Weatherly, composer Todd Barton, voice & text director David Carey and dramaturg Lue Morgan Douthit.

Julius Caesar: Features director Amanda Dehnert, scenic designer Richard L. Hay, and costume designer Linda Roethke.

August: Osage County: Features director Christopher Liam Moore, scenic designer Neil Patel, dramaturg Lydia G. Garcia, and voice & text director Rebecca Clark Carey.

Love's Labor's Lost: Features director Shana Cooper, scenic designer Christopher Acebo, costume designer Christal Weatherly, voice and text director Rebecca Clark Carey, and dramaturg Lue Morgan Douthit.

The Pirates of Penzance: Features director Bill Rauch, scenic designer Michael Ganio, costume designer Deborah M. Dryden, choreographer Randy Duncan, dramaturg Judith Rosen, voice and text director David Carey and associate music director Darcy Danielson.

Henry IV, Part Two: Features director Lisa Peterson, costume designer David Woolard, voice and text director David Carey and dramaturg Alan Armstrong.

Ghost Light: Features dramaturg Alison Carey, director Jonathan Moscone, playwright Tony Taccone and costume designer Meg Neville.

The African Company Presents Richard III: Features director Seret Scott, dramaturg Martine Green, scenic designer Richard L. Hay, voice and text director Rebecca Clark Carey, composer Todd Barton and choreographer Alonzo Lee Moore IV.

2010

Discovering Hamlet
Dan Donohue talks about the play, the production, and finding his way into one of Shakespeare's most challenging roles.
(3/9/2010)

Whose truth is the truth?
Actor Danforth Comins on playing Brick in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
(1/27/2010)

Collaborating with Jane Austen
Co-adapter Joseph Hanreddy on adapting Pride & Prejudice
(1/10/2010)

Mother Knows Best
Actor Dee Maaske on playing the role of Ann Kron in playwright Lisa Kron's Well
(1/7/2010)

2009

Playing the Trickster
Actor Mark Bedard talks about commedia and playing Truffaldino, the most famous character in commedia.
(3/13/2009)

Becoming Mrs. Gottlieb
Catherine E. Coulson shares her excitement as she prepares for her intriguing role in Dead Man's Cell Phone.
(1/6/2009)

Michael J. Hume enters Paradise
The 18-year OSF veteran actor prepares to tackle a leading role in Clifford Odets' classic Paradise Lost.(12/18/2008)

Making Scary Sounds
OSF resident composer Todd Barton on composing the soundscapes for the 2009 production of Macbeth.
(12/3/2008)

2008

Speak the Speech, I Pray You
Guest Voice and Text Director Ursula Meyer talks about her way with words.
(7/11/2008)

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.
(6/24/2008)

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.
(2/28/2008)

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.
(12/21/2007)