3:00 PM Pacific Time: Mondays
Interviews devoted to the arts, focusing on theatre and literature, with side-trips to film and non-fiction narratives. Also on tap: archive interviews from Probabilities and Bookwaves. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Matthew McCoy, Artistic Director of a new San Francisco based theater company, Bay Area Musicals, discusses the origins of the group, and their first season of shows. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky. Also: Mark Jackson, director and playwright of Little Erik, now at Aurora Theater Company in Berkeley.
James Salter (1925-2015) was what’s known as a writer’s writer. Author of several novels, screenplays (including the Robert Redford film Downhill Racer) collections of essays and short fiction and travel works, he came on tour to Berkeley for his memoir, Burning the Days, and was interviewed at KPFA on October 7, 1997 by Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff.
Ubuntu Theater Project is a diverse theater company located in Oakland, producing its first season in 2016. Michael Socrates Moran, artistic co-director of the company, and Colin Blattel, managing director of Ubuntu, talk about the company and its goals and its upcoming season with host Richard Wolinsky.
Ann Rule (1931-2015) was one of America’s leading true crime authors, with over thirty books to her name. She died on July 26, 2015. In 1995, Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff sat down to speak with Ann Rule about her latest book, Dead by Sunset, which dealt with an urbane charming murderer named Brad Cunningham, and about the O.J. Simpson trial, occurring while the interview was taking place.
Margo Hall is a Bay Area actor, currently playing the role of Aunt Ester, a 285 year old former slave, in Marin Theatre Company’s production of August Wilson’s play, Gem of the Ocean. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Brian Katz is the Artistic Director of Custom Made Theater in San Francisco, talks about the history of the theater and the current and past productions. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Jonathan Moscone is currently the Chief of Civic Engagement for Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, California. A theater director and playwright, he spent the past fifteen years as Artistic Director for California Shakespeare Theater (Cal Shakes). He talks about his new position, and about working on Shakespeare and other plays with host Richard Wolinsky.
Lisa Rothman stars in a one-woman show, “Date Night at Pet Emergency,” at the Marsh in Berkeley through January 23, 2016, Saturdays at 5 pm. She discusses her work at career with host Richard Wolinsky.
Michael Crichton (1942-2008). This interview was recorded in 1990 while on tour for his novel “Jurassic Park.” He was interviewed by Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff and discusses his novel, as well as his entire career.
Kate Jessica Raphael is the author of Murder Under the Bridge: A Palestine Mystery, based on her experience as a Jewish-American anti-Israel activist in Palestine during 2002-2003. Her main characters are a female Palestinian detective and an American activist, and the action takes place both in the West Bank and in Israel. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
