On this episode of KMUZ Theatre Talk, Ann and Ed interview Susan Coromel and Thomas Nabhan from Theatre 33 at Willamette University about their 10th New Play Summer Festival for Pacific Northwest Playwrights. We’ll also learn about Theatre 33’s ambitious plan to become a creative regional theatre hub for emerging playwrights.

Later, Ed and Ann are joined by show director Karen McCarty and actors Jodi Deming and Kelli Jaecks from Exit Laughing, an award-winning laugh-a-minute comedy running June 9-July 1 at Salem’s Pentacle Theatre.

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On this episode of KMUZ Theatre Talk, Ann and Ed interview David Janowiak, who’s been a leading force behind Western Oregon University’s BFA theatre program for 24 years. He’s also the founder of the Valley Shakespeare Company and one of the founders of the professional Salem Repertory Theatre. David is headed to the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, in July to chair their theatre program. He leaves behind a legacy that few university theatre leaders can match. We also learn that he’s making a road trip of the journey back East with his wife, twin 6-year-old boys and two dogs. David will be long remembered and sorely missed, so join us for this in-depth interview.

Later, Ed and Ann are joined by Tamara McGinnis, head of the theatre program at Corban University, to talk about their 2023 Summer Theatre Camp for kids from grade 4 through high school. This two-week program is jam-packed with all kinds of fun, so join our conversation to learn more.

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On this episode of KMUZ Theatre Talk, Ann and Ed interview show director Robin Pederson about “9 to 5, The Musical,” with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton, playing at Gallery Theatre in McMinnville every weekend in May. Working women, unite!

Later, Ed and Ann learn about some surprising personal histories and longtime connections to ”Love, Loss, and What I Wore,” from director Leigh Matthews-Bock and actors Storm Kennedy and Laura Blackwell. This collection of women’s voices and stories in monologues comes to Albany Civic Theatre May 12 – 20.

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On this episode of KMUZ Theatre Talk, Ann and Ed interview show director Stephen Munshaw and music director John Radosta about Stephen Sondheim’s “A Little Night Music,” in concert April 29 at the Elsinore Theatre. This special performance features the mid-valley’s best vocalists backed by the Salem Orchestra.

Ed and Ann also talk with Patricia Wiley and Tom Hewitt, the co-directors of “A Doll’s House, Part 2,” opening May 5 at Keizer Homegrown Theatre. It’s a contemporary update of Ibsen’s 19th century classic and we’ll learn why.

Later, director Debbie Neel joins Ann and Ed to talk about open auditions on May 6 for 10 roles in the Tony Award winning play, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” at Pentacle Theatre. Join us!

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On this week’s episode of KMUZ Theatre Talk, it’s a three-fer! Ann and Ed talk with Susan Coromel, who’s directing the Noël Coward classic comedy Blithe Spirit, opening April 13 at Willamette University’s Pelton Theatre. And theatre manager Stephen Alexander joins in to reveal Willamette’s 2023-24 season.

Then Ed and Ann talk with assistant director Becky Roth and actor Melissa Gutierrez about the hilarious Shakespearian musical comedy, Something Rotten! opening April 7 at Albany Civic Theatre.

And finally, Ann and Ed interview director Jo Dodge, assistant director Jennifer Gimzewski and actors Heather Toller and David Ballantyne from Rabbit Hole, a moving contemporary drama opening April 21 at Pentacle Theatre. Join us!

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On this week’s episode of KMUZ Theatre Talk, Ann and Ed talk with actors Koli Cutler and Zach DuFault, who are in Neil Simon’s classic 60s comedy, “The Odd Couple,” running March 17-26 at Keizer Homegrown Theatre. Ed and Ann also talk with Pentacle Theatre board member Bryan Toller about a change in Pentacle’s show lineup, and director Karen McCarty about upcoming auditions for the new comedy, “Exit Laughing,” happening on March 25. Join us!

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On this week’s episode of KMUZ Theatre Talk, Ann and Ed interview Jerimiah Price, director of The Phantom Tollbooth, running March 17-26 at Corban University. Then director Robert Salberg and actors Brett Hochstetler and Corey Jenkins join Ed and Ann to talk about the big, green, grumpy ogre who squares off against the diminutive despot of Duloc in Shrek The Musical, onstage March 3-25 at Pentacle Theatre. Join us!

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In this episode of KMUZ Theatre Talk, Ann and Ed interview Enlightened Theatrics executive director Jessica Peterson and actors from Dear Elizabeth, by Sarah Ruhl, running March 10-19 at the Historic Grand Theatre. Then Western Oregon University director Michael Phillips and actors from The Laramie Project join Ed and Ann to talk about how their show, running March 2-10 at Western’s Rice Auditorium, comprises part the university’s 25th anniversary tribute to Matthew Shepard.

In this edition of KMUZ Theatre Talk, Ed and Ann consulted their Wayback Machine to bring you an extended interview with Scott Ramp, the director of the award-winning play Terra Nova, which returns to the Pentacle Theatre stage for three special performances Feb. 9 at 7:30 pm and Saturday, Feb. 11 at 2 pm and 7:30 pm. 

Pentacle first staged Terra Nova last July, but the production was cut short when lead actor Chris Benham had emergency eye surgery. Benham has recovered and he and the other members of Pentacle’s original cast will return to play the final three performances as a special fundraiser for Pentacle Theatre.

Join us to hear Scott's deep insights to this thrilling and historically accurate adventure about the ill-fated British expedition effort to be the first to reach the South Pole.

No matter where you’ve worked, at some point it crossed your mind — c’mon, admit it — that the coworker or boss you hate so much would be better off gone, as in dead. 

On this episode of KMUZ Theatre Talk, Willamette University Theatre manager Stephen Alexander and guest director Stephanie Mulligan join Ann and Ed to talk about The Secretaries, a whacky cult horror-comedy set in the timber town of Big Bone, Oregon. The Secretaries, written by The Five Lesbian Brothers, features five actors playing numerous roles — from a cult leader to followers to unwary victims of feminine mayhem. It’s about office politics and back-stabbing coworkers taken to the max, all in the name of camp comedy and . . . chainsaws???

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