5 Useless Degrees & A Bottle of Scotch

5 Useless Degrees & A Bottle of Scotch


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Episode 94: Experiments
January 22, 2015

Download This Week No review of Portland Center Stage’s production of Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike A discussion with Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble founding member Rebecca Lingafelter Have you placed your bets? This

Episode 93: Wonders Never Cease
January 15, 2015

Download This Week Lakewood Theatre’s production of C.S. Whitcomb’s The Seven Wonders of Ballyknock Whisky can be an expensive habit. In part, that’s because good whisky costs good money. But it’s also because you never quite know what you’re go

Episode 92: New Religion
January 08, 2015

Download This Week An interview with Post5 Theatre’s Artistic Director Ty Boice It may seem ironic to some people when they visit a theatre company for the first time and discover themselves sitting on church pews. But the truth is that worship and stag

2014 Highlights
January 01, 2015

Download This Week It’s the annual 5UDBS Highlight Reel What would the New Year be without a look back at the very best of 5 Useless Degrees & A Bottle of Scotch? Here it is. We’ve packed all the important moments of the past 52 weeks into

Episode 91: Frogsz and Kidsz
December 18, 2014

Download This Week Imago Theate’s Frogz You expect to see blue hair at Lakewood and Broadway Rose. You expect to sit amongst Lind-say and her budding, leading philanthropist friends at Portland Center Stage and Artists Repertory Theatre (listen to Episo

Episode 90: More Christmas!!
December 11, 2014

Download This Week Liminal Performance Group’s production of e.e.cummings’s Santa An interview with Portland actor Chantal DeGroat Sometime back in November (or even maybe October?) Eric and James proclaimed that one Christmas-themed show would be ple

Episode 89: Spirited Away
December 04, 2014

Download This Week Artist Repertory Theatre’s production of Noël Coward’s Blithe Spirit Triangle Time…with Nathan: 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche by Evan Linder and Andrew Hobgood In the program for Blithe Spirit is a step-by-step DIY guide for hol

Episode 88: Whose-landia is it?
November 27, 2014

Download This Week Portland Center Stage’s production of Second City’s Twist Your Dickens “Artslandia Magazine’s mission is to connect and expose our readers to all music, dance and theatre our city has to offer and in doing so inspire readers

Episode 87: Welcome to Hungary!
November 20, 2014

Download This Week Lakewood Theatre Company’s production of She Loves Me Hungary has been a landlocked country in Central Europe’s Carpathian Basin since 895. But don’t think that having nowhere to swim means there’s nothing to do in this ancient

Episode 86: 3:20
November 13, 2014

Download This Week Monkey With a Hat On’s Sci-Fi Ten Minute Play Festival Nope! 3:20 isn’t the identification number of an adventuring starcraft. No, it isn’t a measure of warp speed or an indicator of the crystal-fueled drive behind it. Nor is it c