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The Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) is a regional repertory theatre in Ashland, Oregon, United States, founded in 1935 by Angus L. Bowmer. From late April through December each year, the Festival now offers 800 to 850 matinee and evening performances of a wide range of classic and contemporary plays not limited to Shakespeare to a total ...
In 2014, the Festival announced their Canon in a Decade initiative. In the next ten years, from 2015 to 2024, the Festival would be producing the complete Shakespeare Canon to honor the 80th anniversary of the festival. [32] [non-primary source needed] This project is in progress, and may have been affected by shut downs due to the COVID-19 ...
In 1935 the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, or OSF, was founded in Ashland, Oregon, USA. Originally named the "Oregon Shakespearean Festival"; the name was changed in 1988. Originally named the "Oregon Shakespearean Festival"; the name was changed in 1988.
Ashland Times-Gazette November 29, 2023 at 10:04 AM The Ashbrook Classic Theater Company will present "MacBeth" at 7 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m. Sunday at The Ashland.
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Ashland, Oregon obtained WPA funds in 1935 to build it within the 12-foot (3.7 m) circular walls that remained in the roofless shell of the abandoned Chautauqua theatre. Bowmer extended the walls to reduce the stage width to fifty-five feet, and painted the extensions to resemble half-timbered buildings.
The show made its world premiere at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon on June 3, 2015, [4] with an opening on June 13. [5] The production ran until October 10 and was directed by Ed Sylvanus Iskandar. In 2016, Michael Mayer replaced Iskandar as director.
Jerry Turner (1927–2004) served as artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival from 1971 to 1991. He transformed the festival from a summer program for semi-professional actors into one of the top regional theaters in the country by leading the Ashland, Oregon-based company beyond its Shakespearean repertoire.