KMUZ Theatre Talk

(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 Festival of original plays-in-progress by Pacific Northwest playwrights continues through Aug. 4 at Willamette University. Ed and Ann talk with show director Rod Ceballos and Theatre 33 executive director Thomas Nabhan about the final shows on this year’s festival calendar.

KMUZ Theatre Talk airs at 9 a.m. the first and third Fridays

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

(16:38) Ann and Ed talk with director Mia Apodaca about the July 20 auditions at Keizer Homegrown Theatre for a wickedly funny satire on politically correct theatre, THE THANKSGIVING PLAY.

(31:59) In this episode’s second interview, Ed and Ann hear from director Seth Renne about open auditions July 14 and 16 at Gallery Theater for a darkly comic musical ode to young love, FLY BY NIGHT.

KMUZ Theatre Talk airs at 9 a.m. the first and third

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

(17:58) Playwright and director Catherine Kinsman joins Ann and Ed from her home in Nova Scotia to talk about open auditions on June 22 for SPIRAL, a new musical in development. Act I of SPIRAL: the musical will be workshopped by the cast and creative team and presented as a staged reading July 20 and 21 at Pentacle Theatre. Kinsman talks about this exciting opportunity for local actors to help bring a new Broadway show to life.

(35:44) Ed and Ann talk with director, choreographer and performer Geri Greeno about open auditions for the musical FOOTLOOSE, happening July 6 and 20 at Pentacle Theatre. Greeno has big plans for this large-cast musical, with lots of parts for high school age teens and adults alike.

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KMUZ Theatre Talk airs live 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 your favorite radio app.

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

(11:42) In Boy Gets Girl, onstage through June 29 at Pentacle Theatre, what first looks like a romcom blind date takes an unexpected turn from romantic pursuit to obsession. Join Ann and Ed as they talk with director Emily Loberg, assistant director Elizabeth Ming and lead actor Megan Woodward about this chilling adult drama.

(25:04) The Lifespan of a Fact, at Keizer Homegrown Theatre June 14-30, mixes drama and humor to explore the blurred line between truth and fiction through the tension between a magazine essayist and young fact checker. Director Linda Baker and actors Jay Gipson King and Andy Bednars talk about their journey through the nature of truth itself.

(37:16) Bullshot Crummond, at Albany Civic Theater June 14-29, is a parody of low-budget 30s detective movies that typifies British heroism at its dumbest. There’s a hapless detective, a damsel in distress, and a villain and his mistress — along with her pet falcon. Join Ed and Ann as they laugh their way through an interview with director Erik Esrael and actors Kim Halchishick and Aria Hamilton.

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KMUZ Theatre Talk airs live at 9 a.m. the first and third

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

(11:06) Playing May 17–25 at Albany Civic Theater is KARLABOY, a psychological ghost story told through the lens of a high-profile 1950’s Hollywood marriage of convenience that ended with a starlet’s death. It’s directed by our first guest, Jillian Alden.

(19:43) May 29-June 1, JOHN PROCTOR IS THE

Listen to ⁠KMUZ Theatre Talk⁠ wherever you get your podcasts.

KMUZ Theatre Talk airs live 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 your favorite radio app.

Ed talks with director Brandon Gitchel about open auditions happening May 18 for CLUE: ON STAGE at ⁠Pentacle Theatre⁠. Ann and Ed interview Tamara McGinnis about this summer’s ⁠Corban University Theatre Camp 2024 for kids from grade four through high school.

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

(11:06) CLUE: ON STAGE is a fun mystery/farce based on the 1980s film and the popular board game. Director Brandon Gitchel talks with Ed about his vision for the show and open auditions happening at Pentacle Theatre on May 18.

(19:43) “High Hopes” is the theme for Corban University’s Theatre Camp 2024. Ann and Ed get all the details on this popular summertime creative blast from camp director Tamara McGinnis.

Listen to ⁠KMUZ Theatre Talk⁠ wherever you get your podcasts.

KMUZ Theatre Talk airs live 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 your favorite radio app.

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

(09:43) Lauren Gunderson’s SILENT SKY is onstage through April 28 at Keizer Homegrown Theatre. This true story of 19th-century astronomer Henrietta Leavitt explores a woman’s place in society during a time of immense scientific discoveries, when women’s ideas were dismissed until men claimed credit for them. Ann and Ed talk with actor Shilah Tibbets and director Lorianne Schmidt.

(21:21) Theatre 33’s Summer Festival of original plays-in-progress by Pacific NW playwrights, runs May 23–Aug. 4. Ann and Ed talk with executive director Thomas Nabhan and Artistic Director Susan Coromel about the staged shows and pop-up performances in this 11th season and the changes ahead for 2025.

(40:17) RIPCORD runs at Pentacle Theatre April 19–May 11. It's all-out war for the best room in town when Abby and Marilyn are forced to share a room at the Bristol Place Senior Living Facility. How will this whacky, witty, wild adventure end? Who will come out on top? Ed and Ann get the inside scoop from director Karen McCarty and actor Anthony Barghini.

Listen to ⁠KMUZ Theatre Talk⁠ wherever you get your podcasts.

KMUZ Theatre Talk airs live 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 your favorite radio app.

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

(09:51) The hit musical THE PROM runs at Albany Civic Theater April 5-27. On a mission to transform lives, Broadway’s brassiest actors join forces with a student who wants to bring her girlfriend as her high school prom date — against the wishes of parents who want to keep the dance on the straight and narrow. The result is love that brings everyone together. Ed interviews assistant director Dan Bushong and actors Abigail Hobson and Liz Winters.

(24:02) Willamette University Theatre presents DANCING AT LUGHNASA April 11-27 on the Pelton Theater mainstage. Ann and

Listen to ⁠KMUZ Theatre Talk⁠ wherever you get your podcasts.

KMUZ Theatre Talk airs live 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 your favorite radio app.

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

(08:39) What if Romeo had stayed helplessly in love with Rosaline instead of Juliet? Or if Mercutio and Tybalt hadn't died — but got together instead? In “Romeo & Juliet: Choose Your Own Ending” at Gallery Theater March 22-April 7, the audience votes on which course true love takes in this irreverent, madcap reimagining of Shakespeare's beloved romance. Ann and Ed interview director John Hamilton and actors Olivia Claudell and Sara Wright.

(19:27) Struts & Frets Theatre Company presents “Little Women” March 28-30 at the Dallas Event Center. It’s a new adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel by prolific playwright Kate Hamill and directed by Terry Kitagawa. Ann and Ed talk with actors Hannah Fawcett, Claire Snyder and Elliot Grass about this new staging of a beloved book.

Listen to ⁠KMUZ Theatre Talk⁠ wherever you get your podcasts.

KMUZ Theatre Talk airs live 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 your favorite radio app.

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

(12:57) The hit musical “THE PROM” runs at Pentacle Theatre March 1-23. On a mission to transform lives, Broadway’s brassiest quartet joins forces with a student who wants to bring her girlfriend as her high school prom date, and the town’s citizens. The result is love that brings everyone together. Director Robert Salberg joins Ann and Ed.

(21:33) “THE REVOLUTIONISTS,” by playwright Lauren Gunderson and directed by Leigh Matthews Bock, runs March 8-17 at The Majestic Theatre. Ann and Ed talk with assistant director Danita Hamel and actors Sanaya Forbes and Corley Stanford about four women caught up in the French Revolution: an assassin, a spy, a playwright and — of course — Marie Antoinette.

(36:07) ”SLEEPING BEAUTY, BRIAR ROSE” comes to the Corban University Theatre stage March 7-17. It’s a new take on the classic fairytales of Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm. Director Jeremia Price tells Ed and Ann why this classic story is one of his all-time favorites.

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