Episodes

Friday Jun 23, 2023
Special guest Gail Golden
Friday Jun 23, 2023
Friday Jun 23, 2023
The owner of one of the most distinctive voices in the world of radio and television commercials, Gail Golden is no one trick pony. She is a significant and valued member of the Buffalo theater community, both on stage and behind the scenes. In addition to being a consummate performer, she is a producer, director, writer, and employer of other actors. And…she has a lot to say about both Buffalo’s theater past and the pressures of being Mrs. Santa Claus!

Tuesday May 30, 2023
Special guest Brian Milbrand
Tuesday May 30, 2023
Tuesday May 30, 2023
Brian Milbrand is a multidisciplinary artist whose work incorporates video, film, live performance, audio, and painting, often in combination with each other. But he has become even more well-known during the past several years as the man who adds brilliant often crucial video support to theatrical productions all over Buffalo. How did this Artie-nominated artist rise to such heights, and where does he go from here?

Tuesday May 16, 2023
Special guest Kevin Di Lucente
Tuesday May 16, 2023
Tuesday May 16, 2023
To get up in front of an audience with memorized words is a skill, for sure. But to do it with nothing but your mind and the trust you have in your partner is like walking a tightrope without a net while wearing roller skates! Kevin DiLucente and his company of skilled improvisers experience this exhilarating thrill every time they walk onto a stage with a strange set and nothing but a suggested title for a one hour show that is about to happen. And it happens brilliantly and hilariously! Peter talks to Kevin about his upcoming “Hour Town” show at RLTP and the art of comedy improv on today’s episode.

Tuesday May 02, 2023
Special guest Anne Gayley
Tuesday May 02, 2023
Tuesday May 02, 2023
When Anne Gayley first arrived in Buffalo as a young housewife, she looked around for something to do with herself so she wouldn’t be home all the time! She worked up her nerve…and ended up on stage. All these years later, she is known as one of the most loved, most prolific actor/directors from Buffalo’s theatrical history. Now in semi-retirement from the boards, Anne recollects how it all began and some favorite stories from her past.

Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
Special guest Davida Evette Tolbert
Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
One of the stars of Sweat, the great new production at Road Less Traveled, is Davida Evette Tolbert, and she stopped by the theater to sit down and have a fun and effervescent conversation with Peter about her start in Buffalo theater and her more-than-promising future!

Monday Mar 27, 2023
featuring Karen Andolina Scott, CEO of Journey’s End Refugee Services
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Journey’s End Refugee Services has found its charitable works more and more necessary with each passing day. As its clients flee repression and persecution in their home country, they desperately need the help of this network of volunteers and donors to help make their transition to a new life in the USA possible. And all of WNY benefits as a result.

Monday Mar 06, 2023
Special guest John Rickus
Monday Mar 06, 2023
Monday Mar 06, 2023
RLTP’s resident lighting designer, ensemble member John Rickus, takes us on a whirlwind tour of his life behind the scenes both at RLTP and at UB’s Center for the Arts. Learn how the pros use a variety of cables, pipes, lighting instruments, and computers to make every show a work of art.

Monday Feb 20, 2023
Special guest Lucas Hnath
Monday Feb 20, 2023
Monday Feb 20, 2023
One of the most unique and fascinating voices in modern theater is Lucas Hnath. In anticipation of the opening of his latest RLTP Buffalo premier of The Thin Place, Lucas was generous enough to talk to Peter about his life, his inspirations, and things that go bump in the night.

Monday Feb 06, 2023
Special guest Barbara Link LaRou
Monday Feb 06, 2023
Monday Feb 06, 2023
One of the most luminous ladies to ever grace the Buffalo boards is the talented Barbara Link LaRou. Arguably a “first lady” of theater in our area, Barbara sat down with Peter to reminisce and recall some of the great moments in her life and varied career.

Monday Jan 23, 2023
Featuring The Story of WEDi, featuring Erin Kelly
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
As one of the most influential programs in the city, WEDi has been instrumental in offering critical assistance to small businesses and young students who would otherwise be lost in a foreign city, unable to even understand the language. In this episode of OFF ROAD, Erin Kelly, its Director of Internal Relations, explains WEDi's mission and its undeniable importance.