Oregon Shakespeare Festival
— presented across three Theatre Stages in Ashland, Oregon
5:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Nightly from March to October
Celebrating the 89th anniversary season of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. The 2024 Opening Weekend of the annual On-Stage Production begins the evening of March 22nd (previews begin March 19th) at the Angus Bowmer. The Kings many talented stage actors will enthrall festival audiences as they perform the Shakespeare’s classic MACBETH. This year the Festival is presenting nine Shakespeare Stage Plays, Musicals and Classics for audiences young and old to enjoy across three theatre stages, and the Carpenter Hall.
The Tony Award-winning Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) in Ashland, Oregon is among the oldest and largest professional non-profit theatres in the nation. Each year OSF presents an eight-and-a-half-month season of 10 plays performed in the Allen Elizabethan Theatre, the Angus Bowmer Theatre, the Thomas Theatre, plus numerous ancillary activities and undertakes an extensive theatre education program. Operating on a budget exceeding $26 million, OSF presents more than 780 performances annually with attendance of over 400,000 fans of Shakespeare and live stage performances.
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Seven-month season, running from March through October
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Three theatres with a wide selection of plays and over 400 season performances
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National audience base with nearly 80% of visitors residing outside of Southern Oregon
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The Shows of the Oregon Shakspeare Festival
Click HERE for the Current Season Planning Guide
MACBETH – “Blood will have blood”
• March 19 – October 12, 2024
• Angus Bowmer Theatre
• By William Shakespeare | Directed by Evren Odcikin
In this powerful exploration of fate, an unexpected prophecy sends Scottish general Macbeth on a feverish and murderous quest to become king. With startlingly beautiful language, Shakespeare’s revered tragedy reveals the underbelly of ambition in a world steeped in power mongering, war, and magic. This muscular, modern production—an ensemble-based showcase for OSF’s acting company—is directed by former OSF Associate Artistic Director Evren Odcikin (unseen, 2022) and plays all season in the Angus Bowmer Theatre.
Shakespeare’s MACBETH is a compelling cautionary tale about the corrupting influence of power, Macbeth contains frightening imagery of witchcraft, war, and violence, the onstage murder of a mother and her child, suicide, and a fight to the death. The play is exciting and straightforward, telling a vivid story that is easy for student audiences to follow. It is most suitable for well-prepared, mature middle school and high school students who can handle the violence, sensuality, and frightening imagery. e.g. The play contains stage stylized violence and murder, sensuality, witches, and imagery about death. There is a description of a suicide by jumping off battlements, and a fight to the death.
Much Ado About Nothing Production – Don’t believe everything you hear
• June 1 – October 12, 2024
• Allen Elizabethan Theatre
• By William Shakespeare | Directed by Miriam A. Laube
Love’s in the air when Don Pedro’s army, drunk with victory from the war, descends upon Leonato’s country estate in Messina. Traveling with him is Claudio, who wants to marry Leonato’s daughter Hero. Meanwhile, Claudio’s friend Benedick and Leonato’s lively niece Beatrice hide their mutual attraction behind a volley of witty insults. But their world is shattered when Claudio, influenced by a scheming malcontent, levels a shocking accusation at Hero. A linguistically challenged guard and his sidekicks uncover the plot, casting a beam of hopefulness in this tempestuous landscape of love.
In association with the Shakespeare in American Communities, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. Below is a quick glance at the season schedule, and we’ll be posting more information for you as it become available. Inspired by a lifelong relationship to theatre and the works of William Shakespeare and offering exceptional education experiences that support each season’s plays, to a diverse and culturally rich range of students, teachers and audiences.
Creative Team
Director: Miriam A. Laube and Lileana Blain-Cruz, Scenic Designer: Scott Bradley, Costume Designer: Kara Harmon, Lighting Designer: Yi Zhao, Composer/Sound Designer: Chad Raines, Dramaturg: Lydia G. Garcia, Voice & Text Director: Susan Sweeney
Cast
*Beatrice – Christiana Clark, *Benedick – Danforth Comins, *Leonato – Jack Willis, *Don Pedro – Cristofer Jean, *Hero – Leah Anderson, *Claudio – Carlo Albán, *Don John – Regan Linton, *Borachio – Barret O’Brien, *Conrade Ensemble – Armando McClain, **Margaret/Ensemble – Allison Buck, Ursula/Ensemble – Robin Waisanen, Dogberry/Ensemble, Rex Young, *Friar/Ensemble – Tyrone Wilson, *Verges Eileen – DeSandre, *Seacole/Ensemble – Lucas Lee Caldwell. Oatcake/Ensemble – Cesar Perez Rosas.
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