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The best of the greatest hits of the Wobo Show: physical theater meets child's play.

AZPM | By Mark McLemore

Published November 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM MST

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The best of the greatest hits of the Wobo Show: physical theater meets child's play.

Featured on the November 20th, 2025 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:

A new book called “The Gales of November” looks back fifty years, to the wreck of the freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior. Author John Bacon tells guest interviewer and fellow Michigander Michael Dauphinais what it was like to write about this uniquely remembered tragedy.

John Bacon Gales of November

“The WoBo Show” is a surreal but family-friendly stage event, incorporating physical theater, magic and whimsy. I’ll talk with the two artists who make it look easy, physical theater performer Wolfe Bowart and his apprentice, Xochitl Martinez.

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Spotlight's Storyteller for November is Curt Beall. Find out why he thought he was coming to Tucson to die, only to find a new life. He is actively engaged in helping many residents in the community, including people involved with SAAF - Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation, TIHAN - Tucson Interfaith HIV/AIDS Network, and PCOA - Pima Council on Aging.

Curt Beall Tucson — Tucson resident Curt Beall has survived HIV/AIDS and cancer. He's grateful for second chances and has committed to helping other individuals or organizations as much as possible.

Curt Beall Tucson 3 — Tucson resident Curt Beall has survived HIV/AIDS and cancer. He's grateful for second chances and has committed to helping other individuals or organizations as much as possible. He is also a huge fan of the outdoors and exercise.

And, Katya Mendoza talks with a few of the voices from participants in the 36th annual All Souls Procession.

All Souls 6 — People walk past St. Mary’s Road in the All Souls Procession on Sunday, Nov. 9. The event is held by the artists’ collective Many Mouths One Stomach.

All Souls 9 — A woman walks with a lamp decorated with photos in the All Souls Procession. She wears Day of the Dead-inspired makeup, which is a Mexican holiday often associated with the All Souls Procession despite not being directly related.

All Souls 7 — A friend of a University of Arizona student who recently died walks in the All Souls Procession with a sign honoring her. Sophia Troetel and two other students were killed in a pedestrian crash on Oct. 30 near campus.

All Souls 1 — A man adorning Day of the Dead-inspired articles holds a sign for his deceased loved one at the All Souls Procession on Sunday, Nov. 9. The parade began near the intersection of Speedway Boulevard and Grande Avenue, and culminated at the Mercado San Agustín Annex.

All Souls 3 — A man with decorative face paint holds a sign honoring former Rep. Raúl Grijalva at the All Souls Procession. Grijalva died in March from complications following cancer treatment. He is succeeded in Congress by his daughter, representative-elect Adelita Grijalva.

All Souls 5 — A girl wearing a giant candle-rimmed hat walks in the All Souls Procession down Grande Avenue. Participants walked toward MSA Annex where a performance and urn-burning convened.

All Souls 14 — Colors light the stage at the All Souls Finale Ceremony at MSA Annex. Nadia Hagen is the creative director of the All Souls Procession and Flam Chen and she writes, of this year’s theme: “We will walk and we will sing and we must protect each other from the slings and arrows that will come.”

All Souls 13 — A performer with Flam Chen dances at the All Souls Finale Ceremony at MSA Annex. Flam Chen is a Tucson-based group that specializes in circus and fire theater.

All Souls 16 — A Flam Chen performer in a white raven costume lights the urn on fire at the All Souls Finale Ceremony. The urn holds messages that procession participants wrote to their deceased loved ones.

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The best of the greatest hits of the Wobo Show: physical theater meets child's play.

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Mark McLemore

Mark McLemore is the host of Arizona Spotlight on NPR 89.1, a weekly radio show with a very wide beat.

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