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Several Oregon Shakespeare Festival shows have been canceled through Sunday because of a high number of COVID cases among the cast and crew.
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With an immersive show opening later this week, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival is proving that despite its name, Southern Oregon’s well-regarded repertory arts group is innovating in ways well beyond the theater tradition of the English Bard.
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It's not just that the events of the Oregon Fringe Festival can entertain an audience; the audience can take part in some of them. Like the play "Cabin…
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Not all arts events are sedate affairs held indoors. And as if to prove the point, the Oregon Fringe Festival (OFF) returns to Ashland for its sixth year…
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A place that probably already has more stage plays per capita than just about anywhere just got more. The Rogue Valley is now home to an additional…
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Tim Holt usually makes stage appearances with a musical instrument, as in his tribute to the songs of Pete Seeger. But this time around, Tim finds music…
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Tayo Aluko can't get enough of Paul Robeson. The singer/actor/activist sang "Old Man River" like nobody else, and left his stamp on American politics as…
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Acting may be fun and rewarding work, but it requires a lot of the actor; preparation, audition, rehearsal, and more. Theatre professionals Jackie Apodaca…
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Audiences have drawn sharp breaths upon seeing some of the plays and operas directed by Peter Sellars, a professor at UCLA. And upon occasion, the sharp…
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The biggest circus in the country may have shut down, but there's plenty of circus left to enjoy. In fact, the Rogue Valley is home to a circus academy,…
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It's not as famous as Ashland's BIG theatre festival, but the Ashland New Plays Festival is plenty influential. Playwrights from across the country submit…
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We had a practice a bit just to be able to say the name "Cthulhu." It's a character from a horror story by H.P. Lovecraft... and now the central figure in…
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The play version of Edgar Lee Masters' "Spoon River Anthology" features the characters telling their stories from the graveyard, after death. So it seems…
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You might listen to Jake Wardle and not even know it. Because the guy can speak English in a huge variety of accents. Meryl Streep might have trouble…