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

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

Episode 26-0403: A farce about a doctor who’s not a doctor

(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.   (17:14) Rob Brewster’s parents are very proud of their son, the doctor. What they don’t know is Rob used all the money they gave him for medical school to support his fledgling writing career. Rob’s day of reckoning comes when his parents arrive at his office for a visit. Quickly, he enlists the help of his secretary to be his nurse and his roommate Jimmy to round up his actor friends to pretend to be patients. What could possibly go wrong? Director Jeremy Clubb joins host Ed Schoaps to talk about the whacky farce PLAYING DOCTOR [https://www.keizerhomegrowntheatre.org/project/playing-doctor] at Keizer Homegrown Theatre [https://www.facebook.com/khtheatre] April 10–26.   (27:29) 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 #farce #onstage #KMUZmedia #KMUZtheatretalk #PressPlaySalem #KeizerHomegrownTheatre #playingdoctor