New and recent interviews focused primarily on local Bay Area theatre venues, with playwrights, actors, directors and artistic directors, hosted by KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky. Podcasts also feature theatre reviews by Richard Wolinsky along with interviews conducted by KPFA associate theatre critic C.S. Soong. Dates of theatre reviews can be found at http://bookwaves.homestead.com/Theatre_Reviews.html
Theatre During Covid: a series of interviews about how Bay Area theatres are coping with the shutdown. Part One: Pam MacKinnon, Artistic Director of A.C.T. in San Francisco talks with host Richard Wolinsky about how A.C.T. has pivoted from live theatre to streaming, and the ways in which the company has had to trim itself in order to survive.
Shakespearean scholar Stephen Greenblatt discusses his book, “Will of the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare, with host Richard Wolinsky. An abridged version of this interview aired in January, 2005.
Bill Irwin, creator and performer of “On Beckett,” which was performed at A.C.T.’s Strand Theatre through January 22, 2017, is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky.
Bill Irwin won the Tony Award for his portrayal of George opposite Kathleen Turner’s Martha in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf.” on Broadway. He has played in Beckett’s Waiting for Godot and Endgame. Most recently, since 2017, he was a featured player in the TV series “Legion,” and appears regularly on “Law & Order: SVU.”
Gamal Abdel Chasten, the artistic director of “The Breath Project,” in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky. The Breath Project consists of twenty-four films of 8 minutes, 46 seconds in duration (the time it took George Flloyd to die) focusing on social issues and produced by people of color.
Playwright and actress Jeanne Sakata in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky.
Jeanne Sakata is the author of the play “Hold These Truths” which played at TheatreWorks Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto, July 11 – August 5, 2018, and was recorded during its run and is now available streaming through November 3, 2020. For more information on how to watch, go to the TheatreWorks website
Kathleen Turner, star of “Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins,” discusses her work in this 2014 interview with host Richard Wolinsky.
Actor/director Delroy Lindo discusses the work of August Wilson, and his own work as director of “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.” Recorded in November 2008. He is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky.
Playwright Laurel Ollstein, whose latest work, “Pandora,” will be streaming on the theatreworks.org website Sept 24-38, 2020 (postponed from June), is interviewed by host Richard Wolinsky.
Playwright Terry Baum, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky, recorded in December 2014, just prior to her solo show, HICK: A Love Story, The Romance of Lorena Hickok and Eleanor Roosevelt, co writtten by Pat Bond, played at the Berkeley City Club the following month
Hershey Felder has made a career of portraying different composers in his one-man shows. His first show, “George Gershwin Alone,” will be presented live from Florence on September 13, 2020 at 5 pm through the auspices of Berkeley Rep and TheatreWorks. He discusses his career and this particular show with Richard Wolinsky in an interview recorded in April, 2013 during the Berkeley Rep run.
