Radio Theatre

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Conversations about theatre ... on the radio.

Conversations about theatre ... on the radio.


81 Pieces

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Actor/director Alec Schroeder talks the Underground's rotation of two cult classics over the next two weeks: Hedwig and the Angry Inch and The Rock...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Jody Kujawa in Renegade Theater Company's "The Whale", Credit: CREDIT ANDY MILLER
The story of a 600 pound man wrapping up the loose ends of his life features a powerhouse cast, including an actor known in the Twin Ports for his...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2016
  • Length: 08:02
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Even for professional actors, like those in Ten Thousand Things' production of Pericles, finding the extremes of Shakespeare's characters can be a ...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2016
  • Length: 06:46
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Wise Fool Shakespeare opens their production of "Othello" tonight, another bright light in the constellation of events surrounding the arrival of W...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2016
  • Length: 06:21
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Tom Isbell is a bit of an overachiever. The UMD Theatre professor/director is also a novelist and playwright . So when he heard about the One Ri...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2016
  • Length: 06:55
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Classically trained pianist and performer David Saffert glitters as the titular character in a la Liberace at UWS this week.

  • Added: Nov 22, 2016
  • Length: 09:49
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Faith Helen Rogers of Superior is just one of the people the Douglas County Historical Society will bring back to life this weekend during their Li...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2016
  • Length: 07:09
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Kate Horvath is a tiny little concentration of energy as it is. But even after a summer of theatre camp, she says she's still -- and always -- ki...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2016
  • Length: 05:26
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Amazing how little time off is needed to bring a person back, raring to go and filled with fresh enthusiasm. It's back to school - and the theate...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2016
  • Length: 06:52
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Crystal Pelkey is the Producing Director for The Underground, and she joins us to talk about theater on the radio. The Underground is wrapping up i...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2016
  • Length: 06:58
Caption: The Minnesota Ballet's mice costumes for "The Nutcracker," flattened by storm rubble., Credit: MN Ballet
The Minnesota Ballet's offices and rehearsal/performance space in the historic Board of Trade Building in downtown Duluth were significantly damage...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2016
  • Length: 17:43
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KUMD talks with Tom Isbell, UMD Professor of Theatre, about character-building. There is a broad palette of techniques an actor can use to portray ...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2016
  • Length: 06:40
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Duluth's historic NorShor Theatre is boarded up and barricaded - and the Duluth Playhouse couldn't be happier. After years of changing hands, negl...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2016
  • Length: 06:46
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The Douglas County Historical Society is looking for (living) actors ... the Greenwood Cemetery Walking Tour begins in September. There are parts ...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2016
  • Length: 06:18
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BOLD-choice Theatre's new production of Whodunit? is more than just a ... well, a whodunit. It's a chance to get some conversation going ... some ...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2016
  • Length: 06:15
Caption: Anne Frank Huis, Credit: Robert Young [via Flickr, modified]
Merry Renn Vaughan talks with KUMD host Chris Harwood about historical plays – not those that have made history, but rather those that represent hi...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2016
  • Length: 11:54
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Kate Horvath has been teaching theater for a long time ... but the artistic director of the Duluth Playhouse Children's Theatre says every time a n...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2016
  • Length: 07:29
Caption: Cal Metts, artistic director of LOON, channels his inner Thor to speed up construction of the set. Volunteer Pat Castellano looks ... well, tres' uncomfortable., Credit: ©Ann Gumpper
More than half a quarter-century after its triumphant debut, Colder By the Lake and the Lyric Opera of the North revive Les Uncomfortables, starri...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2016
  • Length: 07:39
Caption: Christine Winkler Johnson, John Pokrzywinski in "Annapurna", Credit: © Todd H Photo
Crystal Pelkey of the Duluth Playhouse on people-watching ... after the show is over.

  • Added: Jun 10, 2016
  • Length: 07:36
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UMD's Tom Isbell takes off his director hat come May ... and usually, he puts on his novelist hat. But this summer, inspired by the "One River, Ma...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2016
  • Length: 07:31