KMUZ Theatre Talk

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.

KMUZ Theatre Talk is a arts podcast hosted by Ed Schoaps, with 89 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Ed Schoaps hosts KMUZ Theatre Talk, a arts show with 89 episodes published.

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  Episode #807

  Episode 26-0807: Two hot August musicals: chasing a teenage conman at Pentacle and chasing perfection in love at Keizer Homegrown.

  Aug 7, 202649 minS2026

  (00:00) Intro and the KMUZ Theatre Talk Calendar covering shows and auditions coming up at your favorite mid-Willamette Valley theatres. (11:34) Director Wendy Boyack, with actors Hunter Moate and Jeff Witt, talk with host Ed Schoaps about CATCH ME IF YOU CAN , a musical about a teenage conman wanted by the FBI, coming to Pentacle Theatre Aug. 14–Sept. 5. (33:44) Director Shaleen Holbrook talks with Ed about I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE , a musical comedy about chasing perfection in love, relationships and more, running at Keizer Homegrown Theatre Aug. 14–30. (47:32) 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.

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  Episode #717

  Episode 26-0717: THEATRE 33 SUMMER NEW PLAY FESTIVAL and TWELFTH NIGHT by STRUTS & FRETS

  Jul 17, 202652 minS2026

  (00:00) Intro and the KMUZ Theatre Talk Calendar covering shows and auditions coming up at your favorite mid- Willamette Valley theatres. (14:03) Theatre 33 executive director Tom Nabhan and artistic director Susan Coromel join host Ed Schoaps to talk about their 13th Annual Summer New Play Festival celebrating Northwest playwrights. This growing regional attraction happens Aug. 4-16 at Willamette University. (36:19) Struts & Frets Theatre Company director Hannah Fawcett and actors Bree Trickle and Bryce Hayes talk with Ed about Shakespeare’s romantic comedy TWELFTH NIGHT, or WHAT YOU WILL , playing Aug. 6-9 and 13-15 on the Main Street Park stage in Monmouth. (51:09) Wrap-up.

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  Episode #703

  Episode 26-0703: STEEL MAGNOLIAS and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

  Jul 3, 202655 minS2026

  (00:00) Intro and the KMUZ Theatre Talk Calendar covering shows and auditions coming up at your favorite mid-Willamette Valley theatres. (13:45) Three co-directors from Keizer Homegrown Theatre join host Ed Schoaps to talk about Shakespeare’s magical favorite, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM , playing outdoors at the Keizer Elks Club July 16-18. (34:45) Ed also talks with director Leslie Inmon and actors Sasha Horning and Toby O’Brien about Southern women whoare delicate as magnolias but tough as steel, from the Gallery Theater production of STEEL MAGNOLIAS , running July 24 – Aug. 16. (53:59) 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 KMUZmobile app and anytime wherever you listen to podcasts. #MidValleyTheatreNetwork #MVTN #MVTNRepresentatives #theatre #livetheatre #comedy #onstage #KMUZmedia#KMUZtheatretalk #PressPlaySalem #AMidsumerNightsDream #Shakespeare #magical #summershow #tuts #KeizerHomegrownTheatre #SteelMagnolias #dramady #GalleryTheater

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  Episode #619

  Episode 26-0619: RUMORS at Pentacle Theatre and MEAN GIRLS under the stars at Salem Riverfront Park

  Jun 19, 202657 minS2026

  (00:00) Intro and the KMUZ Theatre Talk Calendar covering shows and auditions coming up at your favorite mid-Willamette Valley theatres. (12:06) Host Ed Schoaps talks with director Steven Munshaw and actors Lily Walsh and Kieley Jarnagan from the C hemeketa Community College Theater Under the Stars show, MEAN GIRLS The Musical , coming to the Gerry Frank Amphitheater in Salem’s Riverfront Park July 7-12. (35:59) Have you heard the latest? Director Bob Barnett and actors Scott Ramp and Jennifer Killikelli join host Ed Schoaps to take a deep dive into Neil Simon’s hilarious farce, RUMORS , running at Pentacle Theatre June 26 – July 18. (55:35) 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 #musical #comedy #onstage #KMUZmedia #KMUZtheatretalk #PressPlaySalem #MeanGirlsTheMusical #ChemeketaCommunityCollege #TheatreUnderTheStars #GerryFrankAmphitheater #NeilSimonRumors #Farce #PentacleTheatre #PentacleTheatreCommunity

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  Episode #605

  Episode 26-0605: JQA runs June 12-28 at Keizer Homegrown Theatre

  Jun 5, 202635 minS2026

  <p>(00:00) Intro and the KMUZ Theatre Talk Calendar covering shows and auditions coming up at your favorite mid-Willamette Valley theatres.</p><p> </p><p>(11:21) Aaron Posner’s JQA 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 J...

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