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Shakespeare Festival Launches Funding Campaign

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival's Allen Elizabethan Theatre, featuring a production of <em>A Midsummer Night's Dream.</em>
T. Charles Erickson
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Courtesy of Oregon Shakespeare Festival
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival's Allen Elizabethan Theatre, featuring a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

All is quiet at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and that is not a good thing. The country's premiere regional theater company shut down for the pandemic, with plans to reopen for a short season starting in September.

Most of the staff has been laid off, but bills still need to be paid. So OSF is launching "Dare to Dream," a $5 Million campaign to carry the festival through the quiet times.

The announcement of the campaign coincides with the launch of a new online streaming platform called simply "O!" OSF Senior Director of Individual Giving Kamilah Long are our guests.

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