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Oregon Shakespeare Festival Celebrates 80 Years of Excellence

Antony (Derrick Lee Weeden) and Cleopatra (Miriam A. Laube), with her son Caesarion (Leo Decker) join forces for war. Photo: Jenny Graham.

Ashland, July 2nd, 2015. Founded in 1935, the Tony Award-winning Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) is among the oldest and largest professional non-profit theatres in the nation and this week, the organization turned 80!
With almost a dozen productions per season, the company is thriving. Summer nights will find Shakespeare’s Antony (Derrick Lee Weeden) and Cleopatra (Miriam A. Laube) under the stars on the Allen Elizabethan Theatre stage. (Photo credit, Jenny Graham.) It’s one of OSF’s many current offerings.

HEAD OVER HEELS is one of the current productions, with script by Jeff Whitty and music and lyrics by the Go-Go’s.
In the photo, Head Over Heels’ Philanax (John Tufts) is intrigued about Pamela’s (Bonnie Milligan) “vexedness.” Photo: Jenny Graham.

The Count of Monte Cristo is a tale of fate, treachery and the triumph of honor.

As they say in Head Over Heels, “Let’s now, with love—proceed!”

The Fingersmith will run through July 9th. It’s a Victorian crime thriller and described as a gritty 19th Century mystery.

The links below have more information about the current, 80th anniversary season. There’s also information about the 2016 season which will include, Hamlet .

Elisa Klein

I’ve been a professional journalist and writer since 1987, (and long-time reporter for KOIN-TV.) As a nationally published reporter, with a Master’s Degree in Journalism, I love to report positive news and information. Journalism has also connected me with another non-profit where I served as a leader; the Northwest’s biggest writer’s organization: The Willamette Writers.