(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.

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(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.

(00:00) KMUZ Theatre Talk Calendar

(13:29) Neil Simon’s classic comedy, BAREFOOT IN THE PARK runs Dec. 5-20 at Albany Civic Theater. A pair of newlyweds is adjusting to marriage. But Paul is a straight-as-an-arrow lawyer and Corie is a free spirit of the 60s, always looking for the latest kick. Add in a recently widowed mother, a worldly upstairs neighbor and a hapless telephone repair man and you’ve got a laugh riot. Host Ed Schoaps talks with director Becky Roth and actors Aja Cook and Lexy Macedo.

(32:55) Open auditions for the hit musical, BYE BYE BIRDIE are 6 p.m. Nov. 30 through Dec. 3 at Gallery Theater in McMinnville. With its memorable score, lovable characters and playful satire of 1950s teen culture and small-town values, BYE BYE BIRDIE is a favorite of audiences and performers alike. Director Emily Matsuda talks with Ed about the show and how best to prepare for a great audition.

(45:14) 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 #onstage #KMUZmedia #KMUZtheatretalk #PressPlaySalem #AlbanyCivicTheater #barefootinthepark #neilsimon #comedy #GalleryTheater #byebyebirdie #musical

(00:00) KMUZ Theatre Talk Calendar

(11:32) An adaptation of Jules Vern’s AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS fills the stage at Corban University Nov. 13-23. Host Ed Schoaps talks with director Tamara McGinnis about why this story is more about what the travelers learn about themselves along the journey than just winning a wager.

(33:01) Two hapless thieves from a Christmas Eve liquor store holdup take a houseful of family and neighborhood friends hostage in the hilarious INLAWS, OUTLAWS AND OTHER PEOPLE (WHO SHOULD BE SHOT), playing Nov. 21 – Dec. 13 at Pentacle Theatre. Director Karen McCarty and actors Patrick Moser and James Hall join Ed to preview this zany holiday comedy.

(52:14) 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 wherever you listen to podcasts.

#MidValleyTheatreNetwork #MVTN #MVTNRepresentatives #theatre #livetheatre #stageplay #onstage #KMUZmedia #KMUZtheatretalk #PressPlaySalem #CorbanUniversary#JulesVerne #80days #PentacleTheatre #HolidayComedy

(00:00) KMUZ Theatre Talk Calendar

(19:27) THE LION IN WINTER, by James Goldman, comes to the Keizer Homegrown Theatre stage Nov. 7-23. The dramady follows the medieval Plantagenet family, who are locked in a free-for-all of competing ambitions. Host Ed Schoaps talks with director Linda Baker, and actors Rick Sanders, who plays England’s King Henry II, and Nyla McCarthy, who plays Henry’s wife, the powerful Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine about this family battle royale.

(41:24) Wandering Players Theatricsis bringing back an audience favorite that its members produced last fall. The bloody and funny EVIL DEAD THEMUSICAL will play Nov. 6-23 at Salem’s Historic Grand Theatre and Event Center. Actors Kristin Barrett, Vincent Turner and Emily Paoli join host Ed Schoaps to talk about why this cult musical is so popular with audiences and so much fun for actors.

(51:11) 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 wherever you listen to podcasts.

#MidValleyTheatreNetwork #MVTN #MVTNRepresentatives #theatre #livetheatre #stageplay #onstage #KMUZmedia #KMUZtheatretalk #PressPlaySalem #KeizerHomegrownTheatre #Plantagenet #MedievalRoyals #familybattle #dramady #EvilDead #musical #zombies #necronomicon #horrorparody #horrorcomedy #historicgrandtheatre