WAMC's the Roundtable Broadcasts Live from Vogelstein Center for Drama & Film

ALBANY, NY (07/12/2012)(readMedia)-- WAMC's The Roundtable will broadcast live from Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film at Vassar College Campus in Poughkeepsie, NY from 9 AM to noon on Friday, July 13th. The Roundtable will be discussing the New York Stage and Film and Vassar College's 28th Powerhouse Theatre season.

Roundtable host, Joe Donahue, and WAMC's President and CEO, Dr. Alan Chartock, will speak with Artistic Director of New York Stage and Film, Johanna Pfaelzer, Producing Director of Powerhouse Theater at Vassar College, Ed Cheetham, Education Director for the Powerhouse Apprentice Company, Tom Pacio, The Philip and Lynn Straus Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Patricia Phagan, Apprentices, Angela Dumlao and Max Friedlich, Playwrights, Stephen Belber, Marcus Gardley, Julia Jordan, Writer/Director, Zach Helm, Directors, Tripp Cullman, Peter DuBois, Emily Mendelsohn, Actors, Michael Chernus, Griffin Dunne, Harriett Foy, Greg Kinnear, Dennis Parlato, Jennifer Westfeldt, Executive Editor of The Poughkeepsie Journal, Stu Shinske and more.

"We love visiting our friends at Vassar, especially when such exciting things are happening on campus. We look forward to sharing all their events with our Roundtable audience," says Donahue.

The broadcast can be heard live on all WAMC Northeast Public Radio frequencies and will stream live at WAMC.org or on the WAMC app.

Pictures from the broadcast will be uploaded at twitter.com/WAMCRoundtable and will be posted to facebook.com/wamcradio.

The Roundtable blends news, arts, culture, and live music. Whether reporting the day's news, interviewing local and national authors, or chatting with fascinating people from around the corner and around the world, The Roundtable has something for everyone as it covers issues ranging from politics, arts, culture, history, the environment and everything in between. For more information about The Roundtable go to: wamc.org/programs/roundtable

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