Local playwright, actor, cabaret performer, and solo artist Bruce Ryan Costella talks about his new play, Unhappy Accident, premiering at the Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival in May. We talk about the playwriting process, David Lyn

TJ Washburn (2/24/2020)

Mar 1st, 2020 47m 51s

Local actor, singer-songwriter, and improviser, TJ Washburn visits the station for a chat about Ben Hur, creating your own music, and the magic of standing on a dark, quiet stage. He is currently playing Daniel Veil in Ben Hur at The Garden The

Kate Murray (2/17/2020)

Mar 1st, 2020 52m 42s

Director, actor, burlesque performer, and activist Kate Murray visits the station once more to discuss ethics and sexuality in our theatre communities. We talk about gender-, color-, and body-blind casting; how to deal with sexual harassment in

Nadia Garzón (2/10/2020)

Mar 1st, 2020 45m 24s

This week, Nadia Garzón from Decolonizarte Teatro visits the station to talk about her favorite Latin American playwrights, what it means to produce Latin American people, and why it’s vital to listen to people of color in our arts communities.

Marco DiGeorge (2/3/2020)

Feb 15th, 2020 41m 54s

Marco DiGeorge visited the studio to discuss the ins and outs, unders and overs of Talk Radio by Eric Bogosian, currently playing at Theater on the Edge. TALK RADIO by Eric BogosianWHERE: Theater on the EdgeWHEN: Until February 16th, 2020TICKET

Danielle Ziss & Charlie Griffin (1/27/2020)

Jan 29th, 2020 43m 49s

Danielle Ziss and Charlie Griffin visit the station to talk about the upcoming Orlando Story Club project, Joyland. In this collaborative event on January 29th at the Abbey, storytellers and composers pair up to create six uniquely beautiful pe

Jack Graham, Tisse Mallon, and Megan Raitano (1/6/2020)

Jan 6th, 2020 42m 22s

The cast and creators of Orlando’s own Living Room Theater join the show to talk about their up-close-and-personal theatre project that plays in select private homes in Central Florida. The premise? Three actors perform a collection of scenes i

Rachel Whittington (11/25/2019)

Nov 25th, 2019 43m 46s

Rachel Whittington, performer, multi-instrumentalist, and Arts Administrator for The Studio Theatre Tierra Del Sol, comes on the show to talk about Neighbors: A Fair Trade Agreement, her duties as an arts admin, her love of performance, and wha

Steve Schneider (11/18/2019)

Nov 18th, 2019 45m 19s

Steve Schneider (author/director/playwright/musician) joins the show to talk about his upcoming project, Steve Schneider’s PTSD, writing, music composition, and more.

Matt Zenon, Jeremy Seghers, and Jade Jones (11/11/2019)

Nov 11th, 2019 46m 5s

Jeremy Seghers, Jade Jones, and Matt Zenon joined the show to talk about the upcoming production of A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas at the Garden Theatre in Winter Garden. Seghers is the director of the piece, and Jones and Zenon

Joe Llorens (11/4/2019)

Nov 5th, 2019 42m 46s

Joe Llorens, local performer, comedian, and host/producer of Let’s Get Real comedy, visits the station to talk about the upcoming LGR show at Theater West End in Sanford on November 10th at 7pm. He also can be seen in the upcoming Garden Theatr

Banks Helfrich (10/28/2019)

Oct 28th, 2019 46m 10s

Banks Helfrich, the local experimental theatre artist known for his project Black Cow Jumps, Life Screenings International Short Film Festival, and no assumptions (the experiment in civil political discourse) comes on the show to talk about the

Brian Sikorski (10/21/2019)

Oct 21st, 2019 47m 45s

Brian Sikorski, the Marketing Director for Orlando Fringe and the Vice President of Central Florida Vocal Arts and Opera del Sol, visits the show to talk about The Animatronicans Double Feature, currently playing at the Orlando Museum of Art un

Kevin Becker (10/14/2019)

Oct 18th, 2019 47m 53s

Kevin Becker – director, performer, and experimental theatre artist – joins Orlando Theatre Hour to talk about his upcoming project, The Dreamland Maze, at this year’s Immerse, presented by Creative City Project, and Phantasmagoria’s 10th anniv

Donald Rupe (10/7/2019)

Oct 18th, 2019 42m 47s

Local playwright, composer, director, and CFCArts‘ Director of Theatre Donald Rupe joins the show to talk about Sweeney Todd, CFCArts’ spooky, grimy, and deliciously creepy October offering. We talk Sondheim, the community, and artistic inspira

Ashleigh Ann Gardner, Jason Blackwater, and Charlie Stevens (9/30/2019)

Oct 18th, 2019 45m 5s

A very special episode of Orlando Theatre Hour hosted by Nick Georgoudiou of To A Certain Degree, OTH’s sister show (airing from 7 A.M. to 9 A.M. on Mondays on WPRK). Regular OTH host, Ashleigh Ann Gardner, discusses her new play Qualia, presen

Samanthia DiGeorge (9/23/2019)

Oct 18th, 2019 40m 31s

Incredibly talented and skilled set designer Samantha DiGeorge of Theater on the Edge visits the show to talk about TOTE’s upcoming production of Talk Radio by Eric Bogosian, her love of set design, and her appreication of hyper-realism on thea

Jeffrey Narciso (9/16/2019)

Oct 18th, 2019 50m 36s

Jeffrey Narciso, host of The Campbell Show, visits Orlando Theatre Hour to talk about the monthly improv show at COAL Space on Thornton, improv, how storytelling is about throwing out the rules, and how listening in a scene can guide you toward

Michael Knight (9/9/2019)

Oct 18th, 2019 46m 42s

Michigan-born and Orlando local playwright and director, Michael Knight, joins the show to talk about performance, playwriting, and producing one’s own work. He also shares details about New Generation Theatrical’s Be Original Theater Festival,

Kaitlin Bellamy and Cody Stone (8/26/2019)

Oct 17th, 2019 45m 57s

Kaitlin Bellamy and Cody Stone of Random Encounter Productions, a tabletop and RPG channel on Twitch, visit the show to share their experience with and love for RPGs, tabletop gaming, improv, and storytelling. We talk about the importance of in

Lady Jaimz (8/12/2019)

Oct 17th, 2019 41m 45s

Lady Jaimz of Corsets and Cuties visits the show to talk about the burlesque troupe’s upcoming show at The Venue on Virginia and their ongoing monthly burlesque series at Theater West End in Sanford. We discuss the burlesque scene in Orlando an

Nicole Dupre (8/5/2019)

Oct 17th, 2019 43m 1s

Nicole Dupre, Artistic Director of Opera del Sol and Central Florida Vocal Arts, joins the show to talk with Bruce Ryan Costella about Opera Del Sol’s upcoming production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado, reimagined for today’s audiences.

Kenneithia M. Mitchell (7/15/2019)

Oct 17th, 2019 51m 8s

Professional opera singer and local vocal coach Kenneithia M. Mitchell joins us at the station to discuss her extensive vocal career, from singing in a Baptist church and attending Juilliard to owning her own vocal performance business and coac

Kate Murray (7/8/2019)

Oct 17th, 2019 47m 11s

Orlando intimacy director, burlesque performer, and Playwrights’ Round Table producer Kate Murray joins us in the studio to talk about the importance of intimacy direction in theatre, the art of burlesque, and what we can expect from this year’