(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

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

(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

(00:00) Intro and the KMUZ Theatre Talk 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 at Keizer Homegrown Theatre April 10–26.

(27:29) 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 #farce #onstage #KMUZmedia #KMUZtheatretalk #PressPlaySalem #KeizerHomegrownTheatre #playingdoctor

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

(17:09) It’s the 1590s, and what if . . . the only clear path to theatrical fame at Shakespeare’s height of Elizabethan popularity is to invent a new kind of play—the first musical. Director Robert Salberg talks with host Ed Schoaps about what the Bottom brothers and their troupe are up to in the zany musical comedy SOMETHING ROTTEN! opening March 20 and running through April 11 at Pentacle Theatre in Salem.

(38:42) 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.

#MidValleyTheatreNetwork #MVTN #MVTNRepresentatives #theatre #livetheatre #stageplay #musical #musicalcomedy #onstage #auditions #KMUZmedia #KMUZtheatretalk #PressPlaySalem #PentacleTheatre #SomethingRotten #ShakespeareNotShakespeare

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

(17:59) BYE BYE BIRDIE at Gallery Theater is more than a sweet ode to the roots of rock ‘n’ roll at the start of a changingera — it’s director Emily Matsuda’s lifelong dream of a musical.

(25:24) 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 #musical #onstage #auditions #KMUZmedia #KMUZtheatretalk #PressPlaySalem #GalleryTheater #ByeByeBirdie

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

(16:06) Lex Bolsinger is the driving force behind Effin Artist Productions, a new theatre company based in Salem. Lex talks with Ed about what it means to be an Effin Artist working to create what they describe as “a diverse community committed to the power of storytelling to transform self and society through stage and film performances.” It’s an energetic and engaging interview about a very different kind of theatre company, right here in the mid-valley.

(44:53) 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 #musical #onstage #auditions #KMUZmedia #KMUZtheatretalk PressPlaySalem #EffinArtistProductions #theatreproduction

In this final episode of 2025, Ed dives into the KMUZ Theatre Talk Calendar to cover the list of holiday shows and auditions coming up in December, and what’s ahead in the new year at your favorite mid-Willamette Valley theatres.

Join Ed on Jan. 2 for a brand-new season of KMUZ Theatre Talk podcasts for 2026.