Category Archive: Field Trip

Mitchell talks with popular Marin actress/chanteuse Susan Z about her musical theater roles and her fund-raising efforts to battle breast cancer… For more information check out these sites: www.tocelebratelife.org www.zerobreastcancer.org www.hpcharitablefoundation.org

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Mitchell talks with director Jim Dunn and lead actor Michael Barr about ‘Scapino’, the summer production of the Marin County-based ‘Porchlight Theater Company’, which is enjoying it’s 12th season at the Marin Art and Garden Center’s Redwood Amphitheater in Ross, California.

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A continuation of my interview with Marin County author Barry Spitz. Spitz has written numerous books about the hiking trails and the history of Marin County, including ‘Tamalpais Trails’ and ‘Dipsea: The Greatest Race’.

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Mitchell talks with Marin County writer and historian Barry Spitz about his books ‘Tamalpais Trails’ and ‘Dipsea: The Greatest Race’. ‘Tamalpais Trails’ is considered by many to be the definitive work on the 160 trails which criss-cross Mt. Tamalpais. Spitz talks about the trails and also about ‘The Dipsea’, America’s oldest cross-country race, for which …

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Part 2 of Mitchell’s interview with Bay Area go-to dialect coach and actor Lynne Soffer. Soffer, who is also an accomplished actor, talks about her background and theater education, language, working with actors and her most recent project as dialect coach for the San Francisco Playhouse production of ‘Abigail’s Party’, written by British playwright Mike Leigh. …

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Mitchell chats with the Bay Area’s ‘go-to’ dialect and voice coach Lynne Soffer… Soffer, who is also an accomplished actor, talks about her background and theater education, language, working with actors and her most recent project as dialect-coach for the San Francisco Playhouse production of ‘Abigail’s Party’, written by British playwright Mike Leigh.

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Mitchell continues his interview with Sausalito ‘Ultrarunner’ David Wronski.

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Mitchell talks with Sausalito-based ‘Ultrarunner’ David Wronski about his experiences with running incredibly long, non-stop distances… Wronski was the youngest-ever finisher in the Brazil 135 mile run, and finished the 168-mile Lake Tahoe Rim Trail run…in 68 hours!

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Mitchell continues his interview with veteran Bay Area actor Michael Ray Wisely, who is currently appearing in ‘The Arsonists’ at the Aurora Theater in Berkeley, California…

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Mitchell talks with veteran Bay Area actor Michael Ray Wisely about the play ‘The Arsonists’, currently at the Aurora Theater in Berkeley, California, through May 12 2013.

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Mitchell chats with Mill Valley photographer Robert ‘Skip’ Sandberg about his book ‘Steps, Lanes and Paths of Mill Valley, California.    

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Mitchell talks with Bay Area actress Tamar Cohn, who is currently appearing as ‘The Old Lady’ in Eugene Ionesco’s 1952 absurdist play ‘The Chairs’ at The Cutting Ball Theater in San Francisco, California. Directed by Annie Elias, ‘The Chairs’ also features David Sinaiko and Derek Fischer.

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Mitchell chats with the San Francisco Bay Area’s last door-to-door salesman, Norman Hall…

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Mitchell talks with husband and wife theater veterans Norman Hall and Shirley Nilsen Hall, whom many consider to be the ‘first-couple’ of North Bay theater… Norman directs and Shirley stars in the Novato Theater Company’s current production of ‘Steel Magnolias’…  

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Mitchell chats with actor Rudy Guerrero, who is currently appearing at the San Francisco Playhouse in San Francisco, California, in the West Coast premiere of Stephen Adley Guirgis’ Tony nominated play, The MoFo with the Hat, directed by Bill English.

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Mitchell talks with Mary Ann Rodgers, one of the stars of the play ‘Pack of Lies’ currently playing at the Ross Valley Players ‘Barn Theater’ in Ross, California, through Feb. 17, 2013.  

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Mitchell talks with Bay Area actors Tim Kniffin and Steven Abbott about their current roles in the Cinnabar Theater production of  A Couple of Blaguards,  by Frank and Malachie McCourt, directed by Sheri Lee Miller, which runs through January 27, 2013. Kniffin and Abbott portray a variety of Irish characters and sing Irish songs accompanied …

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Part 2 of Mitchell’s interview with Phil DeBar, Music-Director of the Marin and Santa Rosa Barbershop Harmony Societies. The Marin Chapter is also known as the Marin Golden Gate Chorus… DeBar talks more about the chorus and we listen to some more beautiful ‘Barbershop’ music.  

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Part 1 of Mitchell’s interview with Phil DeBar, Music-Director of the Marin and Santa Rosa Barbershop Harmony Societies, the former known as The Marin Golden Gate Chorus. DeBar talks about the origins of ‘Barbershop’ singing and plays some examples of the music.  

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Part 2 of Mitchell’s interview with Bay Area actor Stacy Ross…  

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Mitchell talks with bay Area actor Stacy Ross about her career on stage and her current role in ‘Wilder Times’ at the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley California

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Part 2 of Mitchell’s interview with Susi Damilano, Co-Founder of the San Francisco Playhouse…  

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Part One of Mitchell’s interview with Susi Damilano, actor, director and Founding-partner of The San Francisco Playhouse.  

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Mitchell talks with Elly Lichenstein, Executive/Artistic director of the Cinnabar Theater in Petaluma, Calif., about the company’s 40th anniversary-year shows, including We Won’t Pay! We Won’t Pay! and their world-premiere commissioned piece So Nice To Come Home To: A World War Two Musical.  

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Mitchell talks with world-renowned impressionist painter and yacht-racer Jim DeWitt, who was named Artist-in-Residence by the Golden Gate Yacht Club, which will host the America’s Cup in 2013.  

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