Adventures In Artslandia With Susannah Mars

Teaching in the West Bank of Israeli-occupied Palestine and growing up in Canada and Los Angeles as the child of Guatemalan civil war refugees changed Sayda Trujillo’s concept of resistance and of herself. A story of loss and waiting in line, Win the War or Tell Me a Story is a one-woman physical theatre piece that spans generations, wars, cultures and continents to explore the far reaching effects of forced immigration on those who seek refuge in unfamiliar places.

Jessica Wallenfels, Philip Cuomo and Susan Banyas illuminate the work of CoHo Summerfest, bringing together multidisciplinary artists both local and national for a month filled with non-traditional, innovative, experimental work. Coho Summerfest, 4 weeks, 4 show, no boundaries. War, Unicorns, Constellations and Leisure Suits

#////# is a one-person multimedia piece of devised theatre that examines the condition of a trapped virtual identity through the lens of a cyber celebrity stuck within the regulating algorithms of a social media platform, inside a broadcasting room floating somewhere in the inter-webs of cyber space and time.

Statera Foundation takes positive action to bring women into full and equal participation in the theatre.I talk to Sarah Greenman, Creative Director of Statera Foundation. They are in their final week of fundraising, don't miss the change to UPLIFT. AMPLIFY. ADVANCE.   

Susannah sat down with Portland Center Stage Managing Director, Cynthia Fuhrman to chat about the selection process for Portland Center Stage's new artistic director.

The Drammy Committee weighs in on The Drammys, and what the committee is hoping to achieve. They're on Monday June 25th at Portland Center Stage. Are they a celebration of Portland Theatre?

Oregon Shakespeare Festival; what does equity, diversity and inclusion mean to Romeo and Juliet, and might the discussion include a royal wedding?

Chief Operating Officer & Director of Events and Communications, Marilyn Clint, reveals all there is to know about The Portland Rose Festival.

This week, Susannah sat down with Kevin Newbury, the innovative director of Faust for Portland Opera to talk about art, hope, opera, and everything in between!

An intimate chat with Portland artist Tim Stapleton.

Hear the women of From The Ground Up.

This week meet Kisha Jarret of Artists Rep and Ifanyi Bell, an Emmy nominated digital producer at Open Signal Labs.

This week Susannah chats with Rusty Tennant, director of Fuse Theatre Ensemble's Cabaret, opening at Funhouse Lounge, May 17! Tickets available here!

Meet award winning playwright Larissa Fasthorse; most recently of The Thanksgiving Play at Artists Repertory Theatre.

Susannah sits down with BodyVox's Jamey Hampton and Ashley Roland to talk about thier upcoming show Rain & Roses and so much more!

This week, Susannah sits down with Katrina Galka and George Manahan to chat about the Portland Opera's upcoming production of Rigoletto. 

Meet Sergio Carreno assistant principal timpanist of Oregon Symphony TEDx Talk April 21st at The Keller Auditorium.

An archived Adventure with some of the myriad artists of Fertile Ground. Are you stuck on a holiday gift for someone? How about a See-all-you-can-fit-in Festival Pass for the Fertile Ground Festival of New Works? $50 gets you over 75 events! Theatre, dance, circus, music, animation and every possible combination at 39 venues across Portland for 11 days. Spend time with someone you love in celebration of the holidays! Find out more at http://fertilegroundpdx.org   What's Fertile Ground? Find out from Robert Guitron, Artistic Director Polaris Dance Theatre, Jessica Wallenfels, Artistic Director Many Hats Collaboration, Nicole Lane, Fertile GroundFestival Director, and Roy Antonio Arauz, Producing Creative Director Milagro Theatre.

This week, Susanna talks to Leah Kohlenberg of Portland Open Studios; this year the Portland Open Studios curators are Arvie Smith, Victor Maldonado and Donna Guardino.We discuss the roadblocks of visual arts and how to overcome - in order to create.