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Dmae Roberts talkswith Allen Nause, artistic director of Artists Repertory Theatre and Paul Nicholson, executive director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Both men are theatre icons contributing decades to their theatre companies. Nause is retiring from Artists Rep after the 2013 season and this is Nicholson’s final season at OSF. We’ll hear about this year’s season of plays and talk about their artistic legacies.

Allen Nause is directing Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker, winner of the 2009 Obie award. This sharp, funny and insightful play chronicles five people who take an adult creative drama class at a small-town community center. In six weeks they play theater games and do exercises that lead them to discover truths about themselves.

And then the Tony Award–winning Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s 2012 season is dedicated to Executive Director Paul Nicholson, who is retiring at the end of the season after 33 years at OSF. Nicholson became executive director in November 1995. He joined the Festival in 1980, serving as general manager for 16 years. 

 In the last part of the show, Dmae Roberts talks with Jessica Morrell about The Writing Life. This prolific writer and teacher shares her thoughts on writing through adversity and offers insights into the craft of writing.

Dmae Roberts talks with Bill Foster, executive director of NW Film Center about the 35th annual Portland International Film Festival. This year PIFF showcases 140 films—93 features and 46 short films—from 36 different countries. We’ll get a sneak peek and best picks!

AND in the second half Dmae Roberts talks with Portland filmmaker Lawrence Johnson about his new film Stuff. Johnson tells about Stuff and his experiences covering Native American and Oregon history projects through the years. He shares some clips as well. Later in the show, Poet, author and musician Leanne Grabel in Portland is featured in the eighth segment of the Writers Read series.