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KMUZ Theatre Talk

KMUZ Theatre Talk

Written by: Ed Schoaps
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KMUZ Theatre Talk brings you news and interviews about live theatre performing throughout the mid-Willamette Valley. Host Ed Schoaps covers shows that are opening, playing and auditioning in the area, and interviews playwrights, directors, actors, production designers and more.Ed Schoaps Art Entertainment & Performing Arts
Episodes
  • Episode 26-0515: Dark comedy GREATER TUNA at Albany Civic Theater
    May 15 2026

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

    (00:00) 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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    (00:00) 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

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    37 mins
  • Episode 26-0501: Four lady friends take a meaningful road trip in THE LOST VIRGINITY TOUR
    May 1 2026

    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 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, atouching comedy opening March 8 at Salem’s Pentacle Theatre.

    (32:39) Wrap-up.

    KMUZ Theatre Talk airs at 9 a.m. the first and third Fridays ofthe 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 #PentacleTheatre #TheLostVirginityTour #firsttime #roadtrip

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    34 mins
  • Episode 26-0403: Tom Stoppard gives two minor Shakespeare characters a show of their own at Gallery Theater
    Apr 17 2026

    (00:00) Intro and the KMUZ Theatre Talk 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, onstage at the Gallery Theater 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 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 #tragicomedy #onstage #KMUZmedia #KMUZtheatretalk #PressPlaySalem #GalleryTheater #TomStoppard #RosencrantzAndGuildensternAreDead

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    38 mins
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