Frank Galati, director of “Rhinoceros” by Eugene Ionesco, at ACT’s Geary Theatre through June 23, 2019, in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky.
Joanie McBrien directs “Kings,” a play by Sarah Burgess now being presented by Shotgun Players in Berkeley through June 16. She is interviewed by KPFA associate theater critic C.S. Soong. (Photo by Ben Krantz.)
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “The Good Book” by Denis O’Hare and Lisa Peterson, directed by Lisa Peterson, at Berkeley Rep’s Peets Theatre through June 9, 2019.
KPFA theatre critic reviews “Significant Other,” written by Joshua Harmon and directed by Lauren English, at SF Playhouse through June 15, 2019.
Joseph Heller, author of “Catch-22” and its sequel, “Closing Time,” in conversation with Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff, recorded in San Francisco on October 17, 1994. In this interview, not heard in two decades, Heller talks about both books, the film based on “Catch-22” and some of the themes of his works.
Alan Watts on the work of Joseph Campbell, best-known work is his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949), in which he discusses his theory of the journey of the archetypal hero.
Annette O’Toole, one of the stars of “The Good Book,” now at Berkeley Rep’s Peets Theatre, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky. Annette O’Toole has been performing since the mid-1960s. She played Martha Kent for six seasons on “Smallville,” and has been a featured performer on other TV series. Most recently, she played the villain in the current season of “The Punisher” on Netflix.
John Lanchester, whose latest novel is “The Wall,” is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky. John Lanchester is a novelist and essayist who has written for The London Review of Books, the Guardian and other publications.
Kate Kilbane and and Dan Moses, The Kilbanes, discuss their rock opera “Weightless,” at ACT’s Strand Theatre through May 12, 2019 with Richard Wolinsky. Weightless tells the story of Procne and Philomela, two sisters who are betrayed and seek revenge, from Ovid’s Metamorphosis.