Stage & Studio

A two-time Peabody award-winning radio producer and writer, Dmae Lo Roberts brings national quality to the local arts scene with Stage & Studio. Roberts volunteered with radio station KBOO in 1997 on a show called Theatre Scene when she stepped in for then host Sharon Whitney. Shortly thereafter, Dmae revamped the show into Stage & Studio to focus on performing, media and literary arts in the Northwest, and often, nationally. In 2009, Roberts was one of the first to podcast locally with Stage & Studio. Through the last 23 years, Roberts has interviewed more than 1,000 people on Stage & Studio. As a writer, media and theatre artist, she brings her multi-disciplinary expertise and experience into the studio to ask in-depth questions about the artistic process and more personal inquiry into the artists she interviews.

Dmae is proud to have ArtsWatch as the new home for Stage & Studio!

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Stage & Studio is is made possible by grants from the Regional Arts & Culture Council, the Multnomah County Cultural Coalition, and the Oregon Cultural Trust. We are tremendously grateful for their support.

Simon Tam & The Slants: Worth the Fight

In her new podcast, Stage & Studio's Dmae Lo Roberts talks with The Slants' cofounder about the band's battle to trademark its name, the Portland Chinatown Museum's exhibit on the band's history, and more.

Stage & Studio: The Mycelium Dreams threads of Linda K. Johnson

In her new podcast, Dmae Lo Roberts talks with the veteran dancer, teacher, and activist about her project to "map" the voices and experiences of important figures in Portland's dance and performance scene.

Stage & Studio: Sarah Jane Hardy on Northwest Children’s Theater

In her newest podcast, Dmae Lo Roberts talks with the youth company's longtime leader about its bold move downtown, solving puzzles, and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer."

Stage & Studio: Paul Susi’s odyssey with ‘An Iliad’

On her new podcast, Dmae Lo Roberts talks with actor and social justice activist Susi about touring a version of Homer's epic tale to prisons, church groups, community centers and more.

Stage & Studio: ‘Coming Home’ to Portland’s Old Town

Dmae Lo Roberts talks in her new podcast with artists Chisao Hata and Roberta Wong about "memory activism" and Old Town's deep Chinese, Japanese, and other cultural and ethnic roots.

William Earl Ray & ‘God’s Favorite’

The veteran actor and director talks with Dmae Lo Roberts on her newest Stage & Studio podcast about race in the theater, his fondness for Neil Simon, and the Simon comedy he's directing for PassinArt.

Jessica Wallenfels: Hatching new works

Stage & Studio: In her new podcast, Dmae Lo Roberts talks with director & choreographer Wallenfels about The Hatchery, a project to develop storytelling based in movement and music.

Stage & Studio: Meet The Kashiwabaras

In her new podcast Dmae Lo Roberts talks with four members of a busy Portland "theater family" about juggling schedules, "Matilda the Musical" and more.

Stage & Studio: Andrew Sianez-De La O and ‘Borderline’

Dmae Lo Roberts talks in her new podcast with the author of Milagro Theatre's world-premiere "Borderline" about ghost stories, living on the border, cultural trauma and more.

Stage & Studio: Master playwright Philip Kan Gotanda

The veteran playwright, screenwriter, and opera librettist, whose play "Yohen" is about to open in Portland, talks on a new podcast about his career and the rise of Asian-American theater.

Stage & Studio: A Memory of Gerardo Calderon

The vibrant musician, born in Mexico and bringing its sounds and traditions to the Northwest, has died. Dmae Lo Roberts brings back this podcast conversation with him.

Stage & Studio: The moon, a thief, and telling tales for kids

As Oregon Children's Theatre prepares a dual opening of "Goodnight Moon" and "The Lightning Thief," Dmae Lo Roberts talks in her newest podcast with company Artistic Director Jenn Hartman Luck.

Stage & Studio: A look back on 2023

In her newest podcast, Dmae Lo Roberts talks with ArtsWatch's Bob Hicks about the cultural highs and lows of 2023, and the lingering effects of the pandemic on the arts.

Stage & Studio: ‘Black Nativity’ and Jerry Foster

Dmae Lo Roberts talks in her new podcast with Jerry Foster, leader of the Black theater company PassinArt, about staging Langston Hughes' gospel musical version of the Nativity story.

‘Speaking Our Truths’: IYF docu-series concludes

In the fifth and final edition of the –Ism Youth Files podcasts, host Mila Kashiwabara and other young artists conclude a two-year journey by talking about the meanings of mental health.

Surviving Trauma: IYF series, Part 4

In the newest edition of the –Ism Youth Files podcasts, host Danica Leung and other young artists talk about the challenges of overcoming traumatic circumstances in their lives.

Added Challenges: Speaking Our Truths: IYF series, Part 3

In the newest edition of the –Ism Youth Files podcasts, host Jenell Theobald talks with young artists about the challenges of disability during and after the pandemic.

World On Fire – Speaking Our Truths: IYF series, Part 2

The series of five podcasts by young artists and writers continues as Cara Chen hosts "World On Fire."

Speaking Our Truths: The –Ism Youth Files podcast, Part 1

A special, five-episode series from Stage & Studio of interviews by and with 20 young artists and writers begins with the podcast "And That Happened."

Stage & Studio: Renegades of the Opera

Renegade Opera's artistic director, Danielle Jagelski, talks about the company's beginnings, its approach to opera, and its upcoming production, "Adam's Run."

Stage & Studio: Regina Taylor at PassinArt

Dmae Lo Roberts talks with the celebrated actress and playwright, who will be in Portland for PassinArt Theatre's Pacific NW Multicultural Festival Aug. 17-20.

Stage & Studio: Hanako Wakatsuki-Chong – preserving history at JAMO

The Japanese American Museum of Oregon's new Executive Director, Hanako Wakatsuki-Chong, talks about the museum's purpose and its future.

Stage & Studio: Vanport Mosaic with Chisao Hata and Aaron Spriggs

In a new podcast, Dmae Lo Roberts talks with two key figures in the festival remembering the Vanport Flood of 1948 and its continuing cultural effect.

Stage & Studio: Author Grace Lin makes a literary space for Asian Americans

The Newbery-winning author and illustrator of "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" talks in a podcast about creating tales for kids who don't see themselves in most books.

Stage & Studio: Priti Gandhi & ‘Thumbprint’

Portland Opera's artistic leader talks with Dmae Lo Roberts in this podcast about assembling a 21st century Pakistani tale of justice and courage with an all-South Asian cast.

Stage & Studio: William Hurt on acting and life

A year after the Oscar-winning actor's death at his Portland home, Stage & Studio brings back Dave Paull's in-depth radio interview with Hurt from 2011.

Stage & Studio: The story of No No Girl

Dmae Lo Roberts talks in her new podcast with director Paul Daisuke Goodman and actor Chris Tashima about their film on the fraught legacy of FDR's Executive Order 9066.

Illuminating Time with Horatio Law and Alex Chiu

Stage & Studio: In her new podcast, Dmae Lo Roberts talks with Law and Chiu about their new show with fellow artists Shu-Ju Wang and Sam Roxas-Chua at the Portland Chinatown Museum.

Stage & Studio: Remembering David Ornette Cherry

Dmae Lo Roberts reprises a 2017 podcast interview with the jazz composer, her friend and collaborator, who has died at 64.

Stage & Studio: Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord

In her newest podcast, Dmae Lo Roberts talks with the Pulitzer-nominated Wong about making masks, the Auntie Sewing Squad, and the solo show Wong is bringing to Portland.