(00:00) Intro and the KMUZ Theatre Talk Calendar covering shows and auditions coming up at your favorite mid-Willamette Valley theatres.

(09:41) Host Ed Schoaps talks with director Loriann Schmidt actors Danae Newson and Nathalie Reid-Holbrook of the musical COME FROM AWAY, opening on the 25th anniversary of 9/11 and running through Oct. 3 at Albany Civic Theater.

(30:19) Wrap-up.

KMUZ Theatre Talk airs at 9 a.m. the first and third Fridays of the month on ⁠KMUZ 100.7 and 88.5 FM ⁠in the mid-Willamette Valley, on the KMUZ mobile app and anytime wherever you listen to podcasts.

(00:00) Intro and the KMUZ Theatre Talk Calendar covering shows and auditions coming up at your favorite mid-Willamette Valley theatres.

(08:18) “Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome …” to CABARET at Gallery Theater Sept. 4–27. Director Seth Renne and actors Natishia Fenley and Noah Miller join host Ed Schoaps to talk about how Kander and Ebb’s musical about life in 1929 Berlin at the close of the Jazz Era and the rise of the Nazis tells a cautionary tale that remains relevant today.

(31:33) Wrap-up.

KMUZ Theatre Talk airs at 9 a.m. the first and third Fridays of the month on ⁠KMUZ 100.7 and 88.5 FM ⁠in the mid-Willamette Valley, on the KMUZ mobile app and anytime wherever you listen to podcasts.

(00:00) Intro and the KMUZ Theatre Talk Calendar covering shows and auditions coming up at your favorite mid-Willamette Valley theatres.

(11:34) Director Wendy Boyack, with actors Hunter Moate and Jeff Witt, talk with host Ed Schoaps about CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, a musical about a teenage conman wanted by the FBI, coming to Pentacle Theatre Aug. 14–Sept. 5.

(33:44) Director Shaleen Holbrook talks with Ed about I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE, a musical comedy about chasing perfection in love, relationships and more, running at Keizer Homegrown Theatre Aug. 14–30.

(47:32) Wrap-up.

KMUZ Theatre Talk airs at 9 a.m. the first and third Fridays of the month on ⁠KMUZ 100.7 and 88.5 FM ⁠in the mid-Willamette Valley, on the KMUZ mobile app and anytime wherever you listen to podcasts.

(00:00) Intro and the KMUZ Theatre Talk Calendar covering shows and auditions coming up at your favorite mid- Willamette Valley theatres.

(14:03) Theatre 33 executive director Tom Nabhan and artistic director Susan Coromel join host Ed Schoaps to talk about their 13th Annual Summer New Play Festival celebrating Northwest playwrights. This growing regional attraction happens Aug. 4-16 at Willamette University.

(36:19) Struts & Frets Theatre Company director Hannah Fawcett and actors Bree Trickle and Bryce Hayes talk with Ed about Shakespeare’s romantic comedy TWELFTH NIGHT, or WHAT YOU WILL, playing Aug. 6-9 and 13-15 on the Main Street Park stage in Monmouth.

(51:09) Wrap-up.

(00:00) Intro and the KMUZ Theatre Talk Calendar covering shows and auditions coming up at your favorite mid-Willamette Valley theatres.

(13:45) Three co-directors from Keizer Homegrown Theatrejoin host Ed Schoaps to talk about Shakespeare’s magical favorite, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, playing outdoors at the Keizer Elks Club July 16-18.

(34:45) Ed also talks with director Leslie Inmon and actors Sasha Horning and Toby O’Brien about Southern women whoare delicate as magnolias but tough as steel, from the Gallery Theater production of STEEL MAGNOLIAS, running July 24 – Aug. 16.

(53:59) Wrap-up.

KMUZ Theatre Talk airs at 9 a.m. the first and third Fridays of the month on ⁠KMUZ 100.7 and 88.5 FM⁠in the mid-Willamette Valley, on the KMUZmobile app and anytime wherever you listen to podcasts.

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(00:00) Intro and the KMUZ Theatre Talk Calendar covering shows and auditions coming up at your favorite mid-Willamette Valley theatres.

(12:06) Host Ed Schoaps talks with director Steven Munshaw and actors Lily Walsh and Kieley Jarnagan from the Chemeketa Community College Theater Under the Stars show, MEAN GIRLS The Musical, coming to the Gerry Frank Amphitheater in Salem’s Riverfront Park July 7-12.

(35:59) Have you heard the latest? Director Bob Barnett and actors Scott Ramp and Jennifer Killikelli join host Ed Schoaps to take a deep dive into Neil Simon’s hilarious farce, RUMORS, running at Pentacle Theatre June 26 – July 18.

(55:35) Wrap-up.

KMUZ Theatre Talk airs at 9 a.m. the first and third Fridays of the month on ⁠KMUZ 100.7 and 88.5 FM ⁠in the mid-Willamette Valley, on the KMUZ mobile app and anytime wherever you listen to podcasts.

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(00:00) Intro and the KMUZ Theatre Talk Calendar covering shows and auditions coming up at your favorite mid-Willamette Valley theatres.

(11:21) Aaron Posner’s JQA is a provocative, haunting and often hilarious power play that challenges the way Americans think of our country, our government and ourselves. Complicated, passionate and difficult, John Quincy Adams was a brilliant diplomat, a congressman known for his eloquence, arrogance and integrity and an ineffectual one-term president. Posner’s unique and highly theatrical darkcomedy imagines key confrontations between Adams and some of America’s most dynamic figures. Host Ed Schoaps learns more about JQA from Keizer Homegrown Theatre director Jay Gipson-King and actors Rick Sanders and Jessica Peterson.

(33:32) Wrap-up.

KMUZ Theatre Talk airs at 9 a.m. the first and third Fridays of the month on ⁠KMUZ 100.7 and 88.5 FM ⁠in the mid-Willamette Valley, on the KMUZ mobile app and anytime wherever you listen to podcasts.

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(00:00) Intro and the KMUZ Theatre Talk Calendar covering shows and auditions coming up at your favorite mid-Willamette Valley theatres.

(12:37) GREATER TUNA, a hilarious comedy set in Tuna, Texas, the 3rd smallest town in the Lone Star State, plays June 5-13 at Albany Civic Theater. It’s directed by LanceDuddlesten and stars actors Gary Burris and Chuck Skinner who play 20 different roles in this dark comedy that skewers small-town life in Texas. This talented trio joins host Ed Schoaps to talk about their love of Texas, the show and its score of unforgettable comic characters.

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(36:03) Wrap-up.

KMUZ Theatre Talk airs at 9 a.m. the first and third Fridays of the month on ⁠KMUZ 100.7 and 88.5 FM ⁠in the mid-Willamette Valley, on the KMUZ mobile app and anytime wherever you listen to podcasts.

#MidValleyTheatreNetwork #MVTN #MVTNRepresentatives #theatre #livetheatre #stageplay #comedy #onstage #KMUZmedia #KMUZtheatretalk #PressPlaySalem #AlbanyCivicTheater #GreaterTuna