Episode 26-0320: There’s SOMETHING ROTTON! onstage in Salem

Episode 26-0619: RUMORS at Pentacle Theatre and MEAN GIRLS under the stars at Salem Riverfront Park

(00:00) Intro and the KMUZ Theatre Talk [https://www.facebook.com/TheatreTalk] 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 [https://www.facebook.com/chemeketacommunitycollege] Theater Under the Stars show, MEAN GIRLS The Musical, [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mean-girls-the-musical-tickets-1988525488265?aff=ebdssbdestsearch] coming to the Gerry Frank Amphitheater [https://www.facebook.com/SalemRotaryAmphitheater]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 [https://pentacletheatre.org/], running at Pentacle Theatre [https://www.facebook.com/PentacleTheatre] June 26 – July 18.   (55:35) Wrap-up.   KMUZ Theatre Talk [https://www.facebook.com/TheatreTalk] airs at 9 a.m. the first and third Fridays of the month on ⁠KMUZ 100.7 and 88.5 FM ⁠ [https://www.kmuz.org]in the mid-Willamette Valley, on the KMUZ mobile app and anytime wherever you listen to podcasts.   #MidValleyTheatreNetwork #MVTN #MVTNRepresentatives #theatre #livetheatre #musical #comedy #onstage #KMUZmedia #KMUZtheatretalk #PressPlaySalem #MeanGirlsTheMusical #ChemeketaCommunityCollege #TheatreUnderTheStars #GerryFrankAmphitheater #NeilSimonRumors #Farce #PentacleTheatre #PentacleTheatreCommunity

Episode 26-0605: JQA runs June 12-28 at Keizer Homegrown Theatre

(00:00) Intro and the KMUZ Theatre Talk [https://www.facebook.com/TheatreTalk] Calendar covering shows and auditions coming up at your favorite mid-Willamette Valley theatres.   (11:21) Aaron Posner’s JQA [https://www.keizerhomegrowntheatre.org/project/jqa-john-quincy-adams] 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 [https://www.keizerhomegrowntheatre.org/project/jqa-john-quincy-adams]from Keizer Homegrown Theatre [https://www.facebook.com/khtheatre]director Jay Gipson-King and actors Rick Sanders and Jessica Peterson.      (33:32) Wrap-up.   KMUZ Theatre Talk [https://www.facebook.com/TheatreTalk] airs at 9 a.m. the first and third Fridays of the month on ⁠KMUZ 100.7 and 88.5 FM ⁠ [https://www.kmuz.org]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 #JQA #JohnQuincyAdams #KeizerHomegrownTheatre

Episode 26-0515: Dark comedy GREATER TUNA at Albany Civic Theater

(00:00) Intro and the KMUZ Theatre Talk [https://www.facebook.com/TheatreTalk] Calendar covering shows and auditions coming up at your favorite mid-Willamette Valley theatres.   (12:37) GREATER TUNA [https://www.albanycivic.org/2025-2026/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 [http://www.albanycivic.org]. 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. . (36:03) Wrap-up.   KMUZ Theatre Talk [https://www.facebook.com/TheatreTalk] airs at 9 a.m. the first and third Fridays of the month on ⁠KMUZ 100.7 and 88.5 FM ⁠ [https://www.kmuz.org]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

Episode 26-0501: Four lady friends take a meaningful road trip in THE LOST VIRGINITY TOUR

Episode 26-0501: Four lady friends take ameaningful road trip in THE LOST VIRGINITY TOUR at Pentacle Theatre   (00:00) Intro and the KMUZ Theatre Talk [https://www.facebook.com/TheatreTalk] Calendar covering shows and auditions coming up at your favorite mid-Willamette Valley theatres.   (15:16) The four ladies of the baking club at Happy Trails Senior Resort Living start swapping stories about their“first time” when one bakes up a great idea — to take a road trip revisiting the spots where each lost their virginity. Host Ed Schoaps talks with director Karen McCarty and actors Robin Elliot and Debbie Neel from THE LOST VIRGINITY TOUR [http://www.pentacletheatre.org/], atouching comedy opening March 8 at Salem’s Pentacle Theatre [https://www.facebook.com/PentacleTheatre].   (32:39) Wrap-up.   KMUZ Theatre Talk [https://www.facebook.com/TheatreTalk] airs at 9 a.m. the first and third Fridays ofthe month on ⁠KMUZ 100.7 and 88.5 FM ⁠ [https://www.kmuz.org]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 #PentacleTheatre #TheLostVirginityTour #firsttime #roadtrip

Episode 26-0403: Tom Stoppard gives two minor Shakespeare characters a show of their own at Gallery Theater

(00:00) Intro and the KMUZ Theatre Talk [https://www.facebook.com/TheatreTalk] Calendar covering shows and auditions coming up at your favorite mid-Willamette Valley theatres.   (17:32) Two minor characters from Shakespeare’s Hamlet search for meaning as they navigate a confusing world filled with riddles, mistaken identities and philosophical puzzles in Tom Stoppard’s absurdist tragicomedy, ROSENCRANTZAND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD [https://www.gallerytheater.org/rosencrantz-and-guildenstern], onstage at the Gallery Theater [https://www.facebook.com/gallerytheater] in McMinnville, April 15–May 3. Director John Hamilton and actor Reese Madden join host Ed Schoaps to discuss Stoppard’s existential masterwork.   (36:44) Wrap-up.   KMUZ Theatre Talk [https://www.facebook.com/TheatreTalk] airs at 9 a.m. the first and third Fridays of the month on ⁠KMUZ 100.7 and 88.5 FM ⁠ [https://www.kmuz.org]in the mid-Willamette Valley, on the KMUZ mobile app and anytime wherever you listen to podcasts.   #MidValleyTheatreNetwork #MVTN #MVTNRepresentatives #theatre #livetheatre #stageplay #tragicomedy #onstage #KMUZmedia #KMUZtheatretalk #PressPlaySalem #GalleryTheater #TomStoppard #RosencrantzAndGuildensternAreDead