The Field Trip: Recent Episodes
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Mitchell talks with Beryl Kay, Board-President of the International non-profit organization ‘Action for Nature’. San Francisco-based ‘Action for Nature’ encourages young people to take personal action to better their environment and to foster love and respect for nature. Their program, ‘International Young Eco-Heroes’ recognizes children and teens who have completed a project to foster respect …
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Mitchell talks with 18 year-old theater writer, director and actor Dezi Gallegos. Gallegos, known in the Bay Area as ‘the performance-prodigy’ has been performing in theater since age seven and at age fourteen co-wrote and co-directed the play ‘Prop. 8 Love-Stories’ which played off-Broadway in New York City.
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Mitchell continues his chat with Marin Shakespeare Company’s Artistic Director Bob Currier. 2014 marks the MSC’s 25th year in business.
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Mitchell chats with Bob Currier, Artistic Director of The Marin Shakespeare Company, which is celebrating it’s 25th Anniversary season at Forest Meadows Amphitheater in San Rafael, California.
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Mitchell talks with San Francisco Playhouse producing-director Susi Damilano about their current offering, Stephen Sondheim’s ‘Into the Woods’… Susi Damilano and Bill English founded the San Francisco Playhouse in 2003. Tix and info : sfplayhouse.org
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The final part of Mitchell’s interview with actor Mark Margolis. Margolis, who has appeared in 80 movies and more than 50 TV shows, reveals that he doesn’t want to be remembered for his portrayal of ‘Tio’ Salamanca, on the award-winning series ‘Breaking Bad’…and talks about his upcoming projects, including the Indie-film ‘Alone’, which features Margolis, …
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Mitchell continues his interview with actor Mark Margolis, who is currently appearing in the role of Gus, in Tony Kushner’s play ‘The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures’ at Berkeley Repertory Theater through June 29 2014. The play is a West-coast premiere, directed by long-time Kushner collaborator Tony …
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Mitchell talks with film, TV and theater actor Mark Margolis. Margolis, who is currently starring in Berkeley Repertory Theater’s West Coast premiere production of Tony Kushner’s ‘The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to The Scriptures’, directed by Tony Taccone, talks about his early days as a theater actor studying with …
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Mitchell talks with theater director Linda Dunn, whose version of ‘South Pacific, the 101st Marin Mountain Play, opened May 18 2014. Dunn is only the second woman to be chosen to direct the Marin Mountain Play, which runs through June 15 2014. For tickets and info go to: mountainplay.org
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Third and final part of Mitchell’s interview with author and historian John A. Martini whose book ‘Sutro’s Glass Palace’, The Story of the Sutro Baths has been published by Hole in the Head Press. For more information on John A. Martini and for his speaking engagements go to: www.johnamartini.com
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Mitchell continues his chat with historian Martini… For more info. on Martini go to:johnamartini.com
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Mitchell talks with Bay Area historical-consultant John A. Martini, about his book ‘Sutro’s Glass Palace’,the story of Sutro Baths… Martini’s book, published by Hole in the Head Press (www.holeintheheadpress.com) is filled with photographs of the now defunct baths and beautifully illustrated by Lawrence Ormsby. More information on John A. Martini available at: www.johnamartini.com
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Mitchell continues his interview with Harvard-trained lawyer and media personality Noah Griffin… Griffin, who currently writes for the Marin Independent Journal, wrote and recorded the official ballad of the Golden Gate bridge and is the founder of The Cole Porter Society, a group dedicated to ensuring that the musical and the cultural heritage of Porter …
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Mitchell chats with Denise Elia-Yen who is currently appearing in the role of Annie Oakley in the Spreckels Theater Company production of Irving Berlin’s ‘Annie get Your Gun’…
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Mitchell talks with Noah Griffin about ‘The Cole Porter Society’ and his upcoming performance ‘Noah Griffin and Friends present An Evening of Cole Porter’ at the Barn Theater in Ross, California, to benefit The Ross Valley Players and The Cole Porter Society. To buy tix: rossvalleyplayers.com brownpapertickets.com To find out more about Noah Griffin: noahgriffin.com
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Mitchell talks with actor, jazz singer and drama teacher W. Allen Taylor. Taylor is the creator and performer of the one-man show ‘In Search of my Father…Walkin’ Talkin’ Bill Hawkins’, which won the Best Solo-Performance Award from The San Francisco Bay-Area Theater Critics Circle. Upcoming W. Allen Taylor events: Sat Feb 15 2014: Solo performance, …
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Mitchell talks with Bay Area actor/sound-designer Stephen Deitz. Deitz is appearing through Feb 16 2014 in ‘Journey’s End’ at the Ross Valley Players Barn Theater in Ross California and designed the sound for the production.
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Mitchell continues his interview with barman Jeff Burkhart, whose new book’Twenty Years Behind Bars’ has just been published. Burkhart also writes the weekly column entitled ‘Barfly’, in the Marin Independent Journal and other Bay Area news publications.
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Mitchell talks with Marin writer and bartender Jeff Burkhart, known as ‘The Barfly’, about his new book ’20 Years Behind Bars’ and about his experiences in the hospitality business
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Mitchell talks with Robin Petravic, Managing-Director of Heath Ceramics, Sausalito’s producer of iconic ceramic tableware and tile. Heath Ceramics is considered to be among the most enduring examples of ‘Mid-Century’ design, a blend of art and industrial design…
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Mitchell chats with theater director, writer and actor Gene Abravaya. Abravaya is the Managing-Director and Artistic-Director for the Spreckels Theater Company in Rohnert Park, California. The Dorothy Rohnert Spreckels Performing Arts Center is a city-owned and operated facility, which since 1990, has provided the finest in performing arts programming, serving Sonoma, Napa, Marin and Mendocino …
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Mitchell talks with Marin fantasy-fiction writer Beth Deitchman about her online publishing company Luminous Creatures Press which she operates with writing partner Emily June Street…
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Mitchell continues his talk with Marin County film producer Ritzenberg (Far Films) about his international film ‘Zaytoun’, the first official UK-Israeli production, directed by Israeli Eran Riklis, with a screenplay from Palestinian-American writer Nader Rizq, co-produced by Brit. Gareth Unwin (Academy Award winner for ‘The King’s Speech‘), edited by Frenchman Herve Schneid (Academy Award winner …
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Mitchell talks with Marin County film producer Ritzenberg (Far Films) about his international film ‘Zaytoun’, the first official UK-Israeli production, directed by Israeli Eran Riklis, with a screenplay from Palestinian-American writer Nader Rizq, co-produced by Brit. Gareth Unwin (Academy Award winner for ‘The King’s Speech‘), edited by Frenchman Herve Schneid (Academy Award winner for ‘A …
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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 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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Mitchell chats with Ann Dickson, executive director of the Sausalito Art Fair, and about the 2012 Fair which celebrates it’s 60th year in Sausalito. Musical acts include America, The Yardbirds, The Grass Roots, The Fixx, Smashmouth, and Herman’s Hermits featuring Peter Noone.
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Mitchell chats with the Marine Mammal Center’s Adam Ratner about the Center, it’s mission, volunteers and outreach program.
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