KMUZ Theatre Talk

(00:00) Intro and the KMUZ Theatre Talk calendar.

(12:46) Director Jeremy Clubb, actor Jacob Fitts and stage manager Mariam Anderson-Taha from Mid-Valley Productions talk about the energy, the excess and the expertise needed by a cast of three to present THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE — a hilarious adaptation of The Bard’s works — in 97 minutes. It runs May 1–11 at the Russel Trip Performance Center on the campus of Linn...

(00:00) Intro and the KMUZ Theatre Talk calendar.

(17:05) Today’s guests play a pair convent Nuns challengedfor their DRINKING HABITS in this comedy at Keizer Homegrown Theatre. Guest actors Laura Davis and Cathy Willoughby talk about their punny and physical farce playing April 11–27 at Keizer Homegrown Theatre.

(36:54) Wrap-up.

KMUZ Theatre Talk airs at 9 a.m. the first and third Fridays of the month at ⁠KMUZ 100.7 and 88.5 FM ⁠i...

(00:00) Intro and the KMUZ Theatre Talk calendar.

(18:00) BIG FISH, a beautiful musical based on the celebrated novel and film. tells the heartwarming story of a traveling salesman who lives life to the fullest — and has larger-than-life stories to prove it — and his son, who’s determined to uncover the truth behind his father’s epic tales. Director Jill Sorensen and actors Natalie Pate Gwin and Noah Miller talk with Ed about this ...

(00:00) Intro and the KMUZ Theatre Talk calendar.

(18:07) AMADEUS, Peter Shaffer’s masterwork, runs March 7-16 at The Majestic Theatre in downtown Corvallis. Director Riley Lucas and the two lead actors from the show talk about the clash of envy versus genius between court composer Antonio Salieri and a talented young musical genius named Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Riley shares their unique concept and vision for AMADEUS, from casting...

(00:00) Intro.

(01:13) The KMUZ Theatre Talk calendar.

(18:21)GOOD WIVES, Peter Clapham’s stage adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s follow-up novel to Little Women, runs March 6–15 at Corban University Theater. Director Tamara McGinnis talks about the show’s importance, why it’s more relevant than ever in today’s world, and how Corban’s theatre students learn to work on the art of conversation that was so important to daily life in the...

(00:00) Intro and theKMUZ Theatre Talk calendar.

(15:06)NORA: A DOLL’S HOUSE, a modern reframing of the classic drama, “A Doll’s House,” by Henrik Ibsen, is set in three different time periods — the fight for women’s suffrage, the swinging 60s and modern day. Director Kindra Steenerson and the actors playing all three “Noras” talk with Ed about this update of Ibsen’s classic, opening Feb. 26 at Western Oregon University’s Rice ...

(00:00) Intro and the KMUZ Theatre Talk calendar:

 (11:43) Director Shaleen Reid Holbrook and actors Nathalie Reid Holbrook and TJ Lake talk with host Ed Schoaps about SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD, a song-cycle musical coming to the Keizer Homegrown Theatre stage.

 (32:34) Stephanie Violet Schwarz is co-directing Albany Civic Theater’s production of the classic British comedy CHARLIE’S AUNT. Stephanie brings actors Kiera Dodge and Rober...

(00:00) Intro with Ed behind the mic as host of KMUZ Theatre Talk.

(01:13) KMUZ Theatre Talk Calendar: A look-ahead to the 2025 theatre season of auditions and plays happening in the mid-Willamette Valley.

(11:34) Wrap-up.

KMUZ Theatre Talk airs at 9 a.m. the first and third Fridays of the month at ⁠KMUZ 100.7 and 88.5 FM ⁠in the mid-Willamette Valley and on the KMUZ app for Apple and Android.

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(00:00) Ann McBride takes a final bow as co-host of KMUZ Theatre Talk after a 12-year run.

(10:13) KMUZ Theatre Talk Calendar.

 (10:18) A CHRISTMAS CAROL: A 1940s RADIO SHOW returns to Theatre 33 at Willamette University by popular demand. Ed and Ann interview artistic director Susan Coromel about this original comedy by Theatre 33’s Thomas Nabhan, based on the famous Dickens short story. Coromel also tells Ann and Ed about what’s...

(00:00) — Intro and the KMUZ Theatre Talk Calendar. 

(10:18) — CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG is a musical adaptation of a children’s book written by Ian Fleming, with surprising parallels to his James Bond stories, including a villain on the path to steal a flying car, a heroic inventor and a “Truly Scrumptious” leading lady. Hosts Ann McBride and Ed Schoaps talk with director Katrina Godderz and actors Carolyn Aicher and Joseph Cannon a...

(00:00) Intro and the KMUZ Theatre Talk Calendar.

(10:26) Hosts Ann McBride and Ed Schoaps talk with director Scott Ramp about auditions happening Nov. 9 at Pentacle Theatre for the first show of its 2025 season. It’s the classic comedy ARSENIC AND OLD LACE.

(21:25) — Director Joellen Sweeney, choreographer Megan Swanson and lead actor Nick Zimmerman from Willamette University join Ed and Ann to talk about URINETOWN: THE MUSIC...

(00:00) Intro and the KMUZ Theatre Talk Calendar.

(10:39) Director Tamara McGinnis loves Neil Simon’s little-know comedy, FOOLS, for a simple reason. To many, it’s a comic fable about a teacher hired by a village in Ukraine to break its 200-year-old curse of stupidity. But to Tamara, the insights and lessons in Simon’s story teaches people in today’s world how to stand firmly on their principles and think independently. FOOLS run...

00:00) Intro and the KMUZ Theatre Talk Calendar.

(10:39) “Kick off the Sunday Shoes” as director Geri Greeno and actors Hunter Moate and Jeff Witt take Ann and Ed backstage at FOOTLOOSE: THE MUSICAL, coming Oct. 11–Nov. 2 to Pentacle Theatre.

(30:41) “Do the Necronomicon” as vocal director Stacia Purdie-Rice and co-producer/choreographer Nate Pierce talk with Ed and Ann about EVIL DEAD THE MUSICAL, playing Oct. 24–Nov 3 at the ...

(00:00) Intro and the KMUZ Theatre Talk Calendar.

(10:50) How can you bring out the best in one of Shakespeare’s “problem plays?” Director Hannah Fawcett and lead actors Maddie Blanchard (Helena) and Graham Glazner (Bertram) offer new insights and character relationships to the Struts & Frets Theatre Co. production of ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, running Sept. 25-28 at Eola Hills Wine Cellers in Rickreall.

(26:28) Want to sha...

(00:00) Intro and the KMUZ Theatre Talk Calendar.

(09:23) Ann and Ed interview director Johanna Spencer and actors Ant Ash and James Murry from EVIL DEAD THE MUSICAL, running Sept. 20–Oct. 12 at Albany Civic Theater. It’s gonna be a bloody good musical comedy!

(25:03) Director Shannon Rempel and actors Scott Abell and Emily Abell talk with Ed and Ann about the new version of the classic comedy CHARLIE’S AUNT that runs Sept. 19–...

(00:00) Intro and the KMUZ Theatre Talk Calendar.

(11:46) GREASE opens Sept. 6 at Gallery Theatre in McMinnville. Director Kelly Janssen and actors Victor Polanco and Waverly Schmidt give Ann and Ed a peek behind the curtain of their colorful, energetic, song-filled musical. 

(27:09) Pentacle Theatre’s 2025 season includes a chestnut, a classic drama, two modern musicals and lots of laughs. Steven Trahan and Laura Davis raise t...

(00:00) Intro and the KMUZ Theatre Talk Calendar.

(10:42) Choreographer Christopher Dean and actors Tyson Miller and Coleman Casebeer give Ann and Ed a preview of the classic family-friendly musical OLIVER! that plays every Tuesday evening in August at the Gerry Frank Amphitheater in Salem’s downtown Riverfront Park. 

(28:32) Director Brandon Gitchel and actors Rose Beuford and Allison Reid Burton talk with Ed about the hilario...

(00:00) Intro and the KMUZ Theatre Talk Calendar.

(14:47) A pair of one-act plays, Trifles, by Susan Glaspell, and Sam Shepard’s Fool for Love, run July 26 – Aug.11 at McMinnville’s Gallery Theater. Ann and Ed talk with Trifles director Marla Nuttman and Fool for Love director Lance Nuttman about their collaboration on these engrossing tales that will leave you with a lot to think about.

(31:22) Theatre 33’s 11th Summer F...