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KMUZ Theatre Talk — 83 episodes
Episode 26-0501: Four lady friends take a meaningful road trip in THE LOST VIRGINITY TOUR
Episode 26-0403: Tom Stoppard gives two minor Shakespeare characters a show of their own at Gallery Theater
Episode 26-0403: A farce about a doctor who’s not a doctor
Episode 26-0320: There’s SOMETHING ROTTON! onstage in Salem
Episode 26-0306: BYE BYE BIRDIE at Gallery Theater is a director’s dream
Episode 26-0220: Effin Artist Productions is a new theatre company with a bold vision
Episode 25-1205 Plays for the holidays and coming in 2026
Episode 25-1121: Two theatrical love letters from the 60s
Episode 25-1107: A four-score circumnavigation and a full house for the Holidays
Episode 25-1017: Medieval royal family battle and The Necronomicon returns
Episode 25-1003: Comedy or Drama or Farce? You can’t go wrong.
Episode 25-0919: THE GREAT GATSBY at The Majestic Theatre
Episode 25-0905: Two summer theatre events not to miss this weekend!
Episode 25-0815: XANADU at Gallery Theater
Episode 25-0801: HAIRSPRAY at Pentacle Theatre
Episode 25-0718: MARY POPPINS is “practically perfect in every way” at Salem’s Riverfront Park
Episode 25-0704: THE CURIOUS SAVAGE and WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? both open in mid-July
Episode 25-0620: BLACK COMEDY lights up Pentacle Theatre & T33 New Play Festival goes regional
Episode 25-0606: WAITING FOR WAITING FOR GODOT and DIAL “M” FOR MURDER
Episode 25-0516: XANADU auditions & Pentacle’s summer acting class
Episode 25-0502: THE GLASS MENAGERIE & AND THEN THERE WERE NONE
Episode 25-0418: WILLY WONKA and THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Episode 25-0404: May the farce be with you: DRINKING HABITS at Keizer Homegrown
Episode 25-0321: Large cast lands BIG FISH at Pentacle Theatre
Episode 25-0307: AMADEUS at Majestic Theatre & the Center Stage Theatrics summer camp fundraiser gala
Episode 25-0221: Louisa May Alcott’s GOOD WIVES at Corban University Theater
Episode 25-0207: WOU Theatre stages NORA: A DOLL’S HOUSE, a reframing of Ibsen’s classic to modern times. ACT offers a strange/zany/funny musical, RIDE THE CYCLONE.
Episode 25-0117: 2025 season openers at Gallery Theater and Pentacle Theater lean on audience-favori
Episode 25-0103: SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD at Keizer Homegrown Theatre and CHARLIE’S AUNT at Albany Civic Theater
Episode 24-1220: Host Ed Schoaps looks ahead to the 2025 theatre season in the mid-Willamette Valley
Episode 24-1206: Co-host Ann Peck McBride says goodbye to KMUZ Theatre Talk; holiday live radio plays at Theatre 33 in Salem and Mid-Valley Productions in Albany
Episode 24-1115: CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG, MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLY and IRVING BERLIN’S WHITE CHRISTMAS lead the holiday parade
Episode 24-1101: Auditions for ARSENIC AND OLD LACE at Pentacle Theatre, and URINETOWN: THE MUSICAL opens at Willamette University.
Episode 24-1018: FOOLS at Corban U tackles the curse of stupidity, and THE THANKSGIVING PLAY at Keizer Homegrown skewers politically correct theatre
Episode 24-1004: FOOTLOOSE at Pentacle Theatre. and EVIL DEAD THE MUSICAL at Chemeketa Theatre
Episode 24-0920: ALLS WELL THAT ENDS WELL comes to Struts & Frets Theatre Co. and Bridgetown Conservatory brings triple-threat classes to Salem
Episode 24-0906: EVIL DEAD THE MUSICAL comes to Albany Civic Theatre and Charlie's Aunt at Spotlight Community Theatre
Episode 24-0816: GREASE comes to Gallery Theater; Pentacle Theatre reveals 2025 season
Episode 24-0802: Clue: Onstage and Oliver! open this month and Evil Dead the Musical auditions are Aug. 17
Episode 24-0719: A pair of one-acts open July 26 at Gallery Theater and the Theatre 33 11th Summer Festival of new plays winds up Aug. 4.
Episode 24-0705: Join Ann and Ed for the inside track on auditions at Keizer Homegrown Theatre and McMinnville’s Gallery Theatre.
Episode 24-0621: Auditions are coming to Pentacle Theatre on June 22 for “SPIRAL the musical,” a new show development lab, and July 6 and 20 for “FOOTLOOSE the Musical.”
Episode 24-0607: It’s a Three-Fer! “Boy Gets Girl” at Pentacle Theatre, “The Lifespan of a Fact” at Keizer Homegrown Theatre and “Bullshot Crummond” at Albany Civic Theater.
Episode 24-0517: KARLABOY at Albany Civic Theater and JOHN PROTOR IS THE VILLIAN at Western Oregon University
Episode 24-0503: Open auditions for CLUE: ON STAGE at Pentacle Theatre and Corban University’s summertime Theatre Camp 2024.
Episode 24-0419: Theatre 33’s 11th Summer Festival, RIPCORD at Pentacle Theatre and SILENT SKY at Keizer Homegrown Theatre
Episode 24-0405: THE PROM at Albany Civic Theater and DANCING AT LUGHNASA at Willamette University Theatre
Episode 24-0315: R&J: CHOOSE YOUR OWN ENDING at Gallery Theater and LITTLE WOMEN at Struts & Frets Theatre Company
Episode 24-0301: THE PROM at Pentacle, THE REVOLUTIONISTS at The Majestic Theatre and SLEEPING BEAUTY, BRIAR ROSE at Corban University
Episode 24-0216: “Eclipsed” reveals the truth about Ireland’s Magdelene Laundries, and “Spring Awakening” is more than a musical about teens discovering their sexuality.
Episode 24-0202: The new musical “Zazzie Sings” has its West Coast premiere at The Majestic Theatre, and a 1960s French farce, “Boeing Boeing” comes to Keizer Homegrown Theatre
Episode 24-0119: Auditions for “Ripcord” at Pentacle Theatre and a new adaptation of “The Great Gatsby” comes to Albany Civic Theatre
Episode 24-0105: Salem’s Pentacle Theatre kicks off its 70th anniversary season with one of Neil Simon’s best comedies, “Brighton Beach Memoirs,” Jan. 12–Feb. 3.
Episode 23-1215: Happy Holidays and a gift for you from Ann and Ed
Episode 23-1201: The mid-Willamette Valley 2024 theatre season from A to Z.
Episode 23-1117: “James and the Giant Peach” and “Peter and the Starcatcher” — two tales to stretch your imagination.
Episode 23-1103: “The Play That Goes Wrong” at Pentacle Theatre, “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown” at Corban University and “Much Ado About Nothing” at Western Oregon University.
Episode 23-1020: Award-winning Oregon playwright E. M. Lewis and composer Roscoe McDonald talk about collaborating on the world premiere of their new musical, “In the Deep,” at Willamette University.
Episode 23-1006: Jo Dodge is casting her 50th show at Pentacle Theatre, Neil Simon’s “Brighton Beach Memoirs” and North Salem HS presents the docudrama “Trap.”
Episode 23-0915: “Matilda The Musical” and “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder”
Episode 23-0901: “Savannah Sipping Society” at Albany Civic Theatre
Episode 23-0818: Auditions for Pentacle’s “The Play That Goes Wrong” and Theatre 33’s Summer New Play Festival is ending strong
Episode 23-0804: “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” and “Newsies” are headed your way.
Episode 23-0721: Pentacle Theatre reveals its 2024 season and Shakespeare’s "The Winter’s Tale" comes to the Struts and Frets Theatre Co. stage.
Episode 23-0707: "Pride and Prejudice" at Gallery Theater and "The Book of Will" at Keizer Homegrown Theatre.
Episode 23-0616: Auditions for "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder," Broadway Dreams returns to Salem and two great summer theatre camps for students.
Episode 23-0602: Theatre 33 at Willamette University celebrates its 10th New Play Summer Festival for PNW playwrights. And live life to the fullest so you can "Exit Laughing" at Pentacle Theatre.
Episode 23-0519: David Janowiak, WOU professor, creative arts chair and theater founder, moves on to chair the UNC Charlotte theatre program. Also, learn about Corban University’s Summer Theatre Camp.
Episode 23-0505: It’s all about working women in ”9 to 5 The Musical” at Gallery Theatre, and women tackling life challenges in “Love, Loss, and What I Wore” at Albany Civic Theatre.
Episode 23-0421: A one-night stand of one of Sondheim’s greatest, a new take on an old masterpiece and tantalizing audition roles are right here in this week's KMUZ Theatre Talk.
Episode 23-0407 Three new shows are opening at Willamette University, Albany Civic Theatre and Pentacle Theatre and we’ve got them covered here on KMUZ Theatre Talk.
Episode 23-0317: THE ODD COUPLE and EXIT LAUGHING, coming your way in this week's KMUZ Theatre Talk
Episode 23-0303: From a kid's trip through a PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH to a grumpy green ogre in SHREK THE MUSICAL, there's theatre for all ages coming your way in this week's KMUZ Theatre Talk.
Episode 23-0217: "Dear Elizabeth" comes to Enlightened Theatrics and WOU’s "The Laramie Project" marks the 25th anniversary of Matthew Shepard’s murder
Episode 23-0208 Terra Nova returns to Pentacle Theatre for three fundraiser performances
Episode 23-0203: The Secretaries, a campy, whacky, horror-comedy set in Big Bone, Oregon, comes to Willamette University
Episode 23-0121: KMUZ Theatre Talk podcasts have moved to your favorite podcast app
Episode 23-0120: A Disney first comes to the McKay stage and an astronomical story opens soon at Albany Civic Theater
Episode 23-0106: The 2023 theatre season is starting strong!
Episode 22-1216: Happy Holidays from Ann and Ed!
Episode 22-1202: Theatre 33 brings back "A Christmas Carol -- A 1940's Radio Show" for the holidays; Keizer Homegrown Theatre holds auditions for its 2023 season.
Episode 22-1118: “The Fantasticks” at Pentacle Theatre and “Seussical the Musical” at Enlightened Theatrics.
Episode 22-1104: Killing monsters at Western Oregon University, a murder at Corban University and a mail order bride arrives in Stayton.