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PROGRAM NO.
008

POSTED
5/7/2008

LENGTH
0:53:23

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                        HOST: DALE MORRIS
                        CO-HOSTS: KELLY LAPCZYNSKI
                                          MICHAEL THOMAS TOWER

1. 0:00:00 - 0:01:56
Welcome by the hosts.

2. 0:01:56 - 0:17:34
• Rob Appel
tips his hat to summer musicals: 101 Years of Broadway (Cal-Ctr for Arts), A Little Night Music (Cygnet), All Night Strut (Welk). And a glimpse of what's coming: Broadway Diva Betty Buckley (Balboa Theatre), The Big Band (NCoast Rep), The Wedding Singer (Cal-Ctr for Arts), Cats (SD Civic), The King & I (Welk), Forever Plaid (CCT), Bye Bye Birdie (SD Musical Theatre).

3. 0:17:34 - 0:35:51
• John Whitley from the cast of Diversionary Theatre's Corpus Christi discusses the mounting of the controversial play.

4. 0:35:51 - 0:53:23
• On Stage Playhouse's cast members and the director of Groucho: A Life in Revue relive many Marxist moments and share a few laughs on their way to production.

5. 0:53:23 - 0:59:48
• The hosting gang concludes with discussions about Welk Resorts Theatre and Scripps Ranch Theatre.

 

PROGRAM NO.
007

POSTED
5/3/2008

LENGTH
1:23:28

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                        CO-HOSTS: KELLY LAPCZYNSKI
                                          MICHAEL THOMAS TOWER

1. 0:00:00 - 0:20:43
Welcome & Introduction including a critique of Pat Launer's criticism of Hysterical Blindness and acknowledging the travails of a critic in general.

2. 0:20:43 - 0:32:15
• Rob Appel
discusses the latest news concerning the problems and possibilities of the San Diego Performing Arts League before paying tribute to recent programs of the classics: San Diego Symphony, Ben Vereen, La Jolla Music Society, Seattle Symphony, California Center for the Arts, Hershey Felder.

3. 0:32:15 - 0:36:55
• Rob Appel wraps up with mention of future performances: Westwood Brass Ensemble, Hershey Felder, Young Artists Symphony, San Diego Symphony.

4. 0:36:55 - 0:57:40
• Delicia Turner-Sonnenberg shares the experience of directing Prelude to a Kiss at New Village Arts and tells of plans for Moxie Theatre.

5. 0:57:40 - 1:15:32
• Debbie David discusses the production of Barefoot in the Park at Powpac.

6. 1:15:32 - 1:23:28
• The Follow Spot team concludes by paying tribute to North Park Vaudeville and Candy Shoppe.

 

PROGRAM NO.
006

POSTED
4/25/2008

LENGTH
1:00:47

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                        CO-HOSTS: KELLY LAPCZYNSKI
                                          MICHAEL THOMAS TOWER

1. 0:00:00 - 0:08:55
Welcome & Introduction

2. 0:08:55 - 0:28:28
• Jenni Prisk
reviews Hysterical Blindness (Backyard Productions at Cygnet), La Gaviota (Ion Theatre) and Prelude to a Kiss (New Village Arts).

3. 0:28:28 - 1:00:47
• David Wiener, along with the Follow Spot team, discuss David's work and the work of the playwright in general: the process of writing, the necessities of marketing and the curse of submission fees.

 

PROGRAM NO.
005

POSTED
4/16/2008

LENGTH
0:52:08

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                                          MICHAEL THOMAS TOWER

1. 0:00:00 - 0:06:39
Welcome & Introduction

2. 0:06:39 - 0:24:28
• Rob Appel
reports on the San Diego dance performance scene.

3. 0:24:28 - 0:39:10
• Claudio Raygoza discusses his writing process and why he took The Seagull and transformed it into La Gaviota.

4. 0:39:10 - 0:52:08
• Jessica John & Amanda Sitton peform a scene from Backyard Productions' Hysterical Blindness, and blindly perform a few hysterics of their own.

 

PROGRAM NO.
004

POSTED
4/10/2008

LENGTH
0:52:22

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                                          MICHAEL THOMAS TOWER

1. 0:00:00 - 0:04:24
Welcome & Introduction

2. 0:04:24 - 0:27:42
• J. D. Boucharde
discusses his new one-man show, Happy Songs about the War.

3. 0:27:42 - 0:42:50
• Jessica John tells about Backyard Productions' new staging of Hysterical Blindness.

4. 0:42:50 - 0:52:22
• Closing includes J. D. Boucharde's "Wakeup Call" from Happy Songs about the War.

 

PROGRAM NO.
003

POSTED
4/3/2008

LENGTH
1:16

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                        CO-HOSTS: KELLY LAPCZYNSKI
                                          MICHAEL THOMAS TOWER

1. 0:00:00 - 0:19:41
Intro • Glenn Paris discusses (1) his view on the condition of San Diego Performing Arts League; and (2) Ion Theatre's upcoming staging  of Chekhov's La Gaviota (The Seagull).

2. 0:19:40 - 0:38:14
• Marybeth Bielawski-DeLeo
discusses the new staging of Terra Nova by Inukshuk Productions.

3. 0:38:14 - 0:49:26
• Rob Appel gives his perspective on the state of San Diego Performing Arts League.

4. 0:49:26 - 1:04:44
• Rob Appel reviews Cynget Theatre's A Little Night Music and California Ballet.

5. 1:04:44 - 1:16:00
• Morris, Tower and Lapczynksi talk about 6th at Penn Theatre's Challenge Theatre program and its April-May production.

 

PROGRAM NO.
002

POSTED
3/27/2008

LENGTH
1:34

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0:00:40
Jennie Prisk, chairperson of Actors Alliance of San Diego, discusses in detail the big changes AASD is experiencing and many of the rumors and questions that abound.
0:28:57
• Kelly Lapczynski, president of New Perspective, talks about that new organization's upcoming theatre festival.
0:45:13
• Scott Feldsher, founding artistic director of Sledgehammer, tells about their new production of Strindberg's Miss Julie, as well as lots of news about the company along with a good many memories.
1:21:52
• Jenni Prisk reviews some of the exciting new productions in the area as well as enticements for others about to open.

 

PROGRAM NO.
001

POSTED
3/8/2008

LENGTH
1:06

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Anne Marie Welsh, former theatre and dance critic with the San Diego Union-Tribune for 24 years, discusses people, organizations, performances, and theatre generally and specifically. PART 1

Rob Appel reports news, comments and reviews with a focus on music and dance events.

Hitch gives news, comments and reviews relating to San Diego's community theatre scene.

Anne Marie Welsh and Dale Morris continue their conversation. PART 2

 

 
 

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Lapczynski, Morris and (almost) Appel podcast from the elegant Green Room at Compass Theatre
 


John Whitley discusses Corpus Christi going up at Diversionary

 


Michael Dean Grulli and Charley Miller from On Stage Playhouse's cast of Groucho: A Life in Revue lay out a scene from the show