Sarah Cahill

This week on Open Air, KALW’s radio magazine for the Bay Area performing arts, guest host Sarah Cahill talks with playwrights Shannon Davis and Matt Kizer about An Evening of New Native Plays (Nov 23-26) at SF Playground. Also conversations about the new opera Harriet’s Spirit (Nov 13-14), with composer Marcus Shelby and librettist Roma Olvera; and about the baroque opera Dido and Aeneas (Nov 13-28), with lead singers Nikola Printz (Dido) and Efraín Solís (Aeneas). Plus, Peter Robinson asks dramaturg Philippa Kelly: What was Shakespeare thinking?

This week on Open Air, KALW’s radio magazine for the Bay Area performing arts, guest host Sarah Cahill talks with RAWdance founders and co-artistic directors Ryan T. Smith and Wendy Rein about Take 3, an evening of dynamic digital dance, created for the stage and re-envisioned for film (Oct 29-30). Also, cellist Hannah Addario-Berry about her performance with the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players at their 51st season opening concert, Reactivity and Response (Nov 6); and choreographer Adrianna Thompson, from Soulskin Dance, about the new dance film Closer (Nov 5-6). Plus, Peter Robinson talks with author Richard Greene, about The Unquiet Englishman, a new biography of Graham Greene.

This week on Open Air, KALW’s radio magazine for the Bay Area Performing Arts, guest host Sarah Cahill talks with choreographer Christy Funsch (pictured) about the world premiere of her twelve-hour dance performance EPOCH on October 2. We also talk about the 44th Italian Film Festival of Marin, opening October 2; and about the immersive 80s live-concert experience Bratpack, through November 7 at Feinstein’s at The Nikko. Plus, Peter Robinson discusses the importance of stories in our lives.

This week on Open Air, KALW’s radio magazine for the Bay Area Performing Arts, guest host Sarah Cahill talks with San Francisco Opera General Director Matthew Shilvock, about the Company’s Homecoming Concert and Ballpark Simulcast on September 10. Also, we broadcast episode nine of the San Francisco Mime Troupe’s summer series Tales of the Resistance - Volume 2: Persistence, as part of our Corona Radio Theater Initiative. Plus, Peter Robinson shares poems from listeners, and announces the winner of the Open Air movie review competition.

This week on Open Air, KALW’s radio magazine for the Bay Area Performing Arts, guest host Sarah Cahill talks with independent curator Jenelle Porter about the Kay Sekimachi retrospective at the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA). Also, conversations with composer and bassist Lisa Mezzacappa, about her new podcast opera The Electronic Lover; and with actors Francis Jue and Rotimi Agbabiaka from the San Francisco Mime Troupe, about the Troupe’s new summer podcast and radio series Tales of the Resistance, Volume 2: Persistence.

This week on Open Air, KALW’s radio magazine for the performing arts in Times of Corona, we feature an excerpt from the Central Works audio play…

This week on Open Air, KALW’s radio magazine for the performing arts in Times of Corona, we feature an excerpt from the Central Works audio play…

This week on Open Air, KALW’s radio magazine for the Bay Area performing arts, host David Latulippe talks with Baker Peeples, resident music director of…

This week on Open Air, KALW’s radio magazine for the Bay Area performing arts, host David Latulippe talks with Baker Peeples, resident music director of…

This week on Open Air, KALW’s weekly radio magazine for the Bay Area performing arts, host David Latulippe talks with actor Stephen Stocking (pictured,…