Jeffrey Carpenter is artistic director of Bricolage, one of Pittsburgh's fine small professional theater companies, which is staging Jennifer Haley's creepy/funny "Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom" every Friday-Saturday through November. It's all about a webgame that duplicates and perhaps subsumes reality. he talks with senior critic Chris Rawson. Because of technical problems, the quality of the audio is not up to the usual standards of post-gazette.com

Here, senior theater critic Chris Rawson puts on a different hat as producer of "Off the Record," the annual one-night-only musical spoof of Pittsburgh culture, news and newsmakers. He talks with writer/co-producer Gary Rotstein about "Off the Record IX: High School Confidential!," which plays Oct. 1 at the Byham Theater and benefits the Food Bank.

As dean and artistic director, Ronald Allan-Lindblom has had a major role in the growth of Point Park University's performing arts programs, which feed the busy schedule at the Pittsburgh Playhouse. He talks with senior PG theater critic Chris Rawson about Playhouse REP's professional production of "That Championship Season," which Lindblom directed. It continues just through Sept. 20, its run curtailed by the following week's G-20 hurdles.

Christine Laitta has been staging her giddy, participatory "TV Tunes" for several years, and it just keeps getting better. Her trip down memory lane via the theme songs of classic, '60s-'80s sit-coms returns Thursday and Saturday, Sept. 10 and 12, to the CLO Cabaret in the Cultural District. She talks with senior theater critic Chris Rawson.

Deana Muro is a keyboardist, conductor and music director, and she even tunes pianos. Best known here as music director of the CLO Cabaret, she recently conducted "The Full Monty" at the Papermill Playhouse in New Jersey. just outside NYC -- which meant working with notoriously eccentric Elaine Stritch, one of the stars. She talks with senior theater critic Chris Rawson about that experience, this summer's work for the CLO and what the world looks like from the orchestra pit [14:29].

Sam Redford hails originally from London (check out his accent) and now from New York, but he's just finished a run of three shows in Pittsburgh: "The Seafarer" at City, "Rock 'n' Roll" at PICT and now, still at PICT, "The History Boys" (through this weekend). He plays the slick young teacher brought in to teach the boys how to ace the Oxbridge entrance exams. He talks about this and more with senior theater critic Chris Rawson [15:05].

Actress Kimberly Richards is better known around here as Sister, the role she's played in "Late Nite Catechism" for some 100 weeks over the past four-plus years. "Late Nite Catechism 3 - 'Till Death Do Us Part" continues through Aug. 16. Here, Kim talks with senior theater critic Chris Rawson about growing up in Pittsburgh, performing in Las Vegas and putting on the habit about eight years ago, and she reminisces about some of the highs and lows of her long run as Sister.

Beth Leavel is a Broadway veteran, a Tony winner for "Drowsy Chaperone" and a very funny lady, and she brings it all to the role of the Witch in "Into the Woods." The witty Stephen Sondheim version of Grimm's fairy tales plays at Pittsburgh CLO through Aug. 9. Leavel talks with senior theater critic Chris Rawson [17:11].

The Sister who has starred in "Late Night Catechism" for more than four off-and-on years at City Theatre talks with senior theater critic Chris Rawson. She has a no-nonsense way about her, just like those school-teaching nuns of yore, but she has a twinkle and a quick wit, and the show's great fun, whether you grew up Catholic or not. This fourth version of "Catechism" here (through Aug. 16), this focuses humorously on marriage and other of life's adventures.

Actor Robert Cuccioli starred on Broadway in "Jekyll & Hyde" and "Les Mis," and at Pittsburgh CLO as a half-dozen lovers, from "Guys and Dolls" to "Pajama Game." This CLO summer he's turned to villains, doing Javert in "Les Mis" and Rico in "Copacabana" (through Aug. 2). Senior theater critic Chris Rawson talks with him about all this, as well as "A Moon to Dance By," in which he starred here with Jane Alexander.

David Whalen, one of the busiest actors in Pittsburgh, also acts regularly around the country. Starring now as Father Flynn in "Doubt" at Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre (through Aug. 1), he talks with PG senior theater critic Chris Rawson.

Matthew Scott, who plays the romantic student, Marius, in Pittsburgh CLO's "Les Miserables" at the Benedum Center (July 7-19), is a recent CMU graduate and already a Broadway veteran ("Jersey Boys" and "A Catered Affair"). He talks with PG senior theater critic Chris Rawson [18:46].

Post-Gazette senior theater critic Christopher Rawson talks to actor/director/playwright Martin Giles, who's currently appearing as the obsessive Dr. Rance in Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theater's production of Joe Orton's irreverent farce, "What the Butler Saw," running through June 27 [13:29].

Rob Zellers is best known as the long-time director of education at the Pittsburgh Public Theater and as co-author of "The Chief." Now the Public is staging the world premiere of his solo play, "Harry's Friendly Service" (through June 28). In a conversation with senior theater critic Chris Rawson, Rob says it owes a lot to his hometown of Youngstown, Ohio, and to August Wilson.

David Conrad is, in no particular order, a Pittsburgher, stage actor and TV star ("Ghost Whisperer"). Now he's producing, directing and starring in "Burn This" (through June 28) at the New Hazlett Theater (the Old Public Theater) on the North Side. Senior theater critic Chris Rawson talks with him about his bi-city life (L.A. and Pittsburgh) and following John Malkovich and others in this role.