Shakespeare on the Road has arrived in Ashland, Oregon for the latest stop on their epic journey around North America. Take a look at what the Oregon Shakespeare Festival is all about...
Established in 1935, the Tony Award-winning Oregon Shakespeare Festival is among the oldest and largest professional regional theatres in the country. Located in Ashland, Oregon, OSF offers an eight-month season with a wide-ranging playbill of 11 productions, including Shakespeare, American classics, musicals, contemporary works and world premieres. OSF has produced the entire Shakespeare canon three times, and as the Festival nears its 80th season and celebrates the 450th anniversary of its namesake playwright’s birth, it has committed to completing the canon yet again - this time in the span of only 10 years, beginning in 2015.
Plays originating at OSF have gone on to be produced by many regional theatres, and its productions have been recognized and honored nationally, including the recent Best Play and Best Actor Tony Awards for “All the Way” on Broadway. In addition to its on-stage presentations, OSF also offers concerts, lectures, park talks, a pre-performance Green Show in the summer, post-show discussions with the actors, and many educational programs that provide learning opportunities for students, teachers and general playgoers.
Inspired by Shakespeare's work and the cultural richness of the United States, OSF believes we reveal our collective humanity through illuminating interpretations of new and classic plays, deepened by the kaleidoscope of rotating repertory.
Visit https://www.osfashland.org/ to find out more.