Dmae Roberts

  Dmae talks with Michelle Fujii of Unit Souzou via Skype. It's been a weekend for arts organizations after Gov. Browns announcement about closing gatherings of 250 or more because of Covid-19. Many smaller arts groups have debated if their show could go own even with s... Read more

  Dmae talks with Connie Carley, co-founder and managing director of Passin' Art: A Theatre Company about the company's growth and 38-year history. She's joined by director William Earl Ray who is currently directing August Wilson's "7 Guitars" which opens March 20-Apri... Read more

  Secret Asian Woman, a half-hour personal exploration of identity and mixed race  produced by Dmae Roberts. Throughout her life especially living in Oregon, Dmae has had to bring up her ethnicity especially when it comes to the question: "What Are You?"  This piece was... Read more

  Dmae features two Japanese-American artists whose work includes activism in Portland. They are currently in the upcoming production of  The Journal of Ben Uchida at Oregon Children's Theatre. We go behind the scenes to profile actor and poet Ken Yoshikawa  and actress... Read more

  Dmae features La’ Tevin Alexander, actor, director and artistic director of Confrontation Theatre, a  company he founded which is co-producing Pipeline by Dominique Morisseau with Portland Playhouse. The show, directed by Vanport Mosaic's Damaris Webb, runs February 1... Read more

Dmae presents a Black History Month documentary, Our Fathers Who Aren’t In Heaven, produced by Michael Johnson. This half-hour piece originally aired in 1994 as part of Legacies: Tales From America, a 13-part series of multicultural personal stories produced by Dmae Robe... Read more

  Dmae spotlights the 14th annual Black History Festival NW 2020. It’s a celebration of culture and heritage created by Shalanda Sims running throughout February. She’s also the creator of Who I am  Celebrating me –a Black history play that’s part of the festival. We’ll... Read more

  Dmae features the Fertile Ground City-Wide Festival of New Works with festival director Nicole Lane and actress, director and writer S. Renee Mitchell in Three By Ten or More, a presentation of PassinArt Theatre  and Resiliency in Rhythm, a youth project with a three-... Read more

  Dmae starts the new year off with the first of three shows featuring original works during the Fertile Ground Festival. Debuting before the festival is BLIND, the world premiere of Bonnie Ratner's new play produced by the Chapel Theatre Collective. We'll talk with Bon... Read more