ASHLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s 2013 Season officially starts Friday night. OSF is kicking of its season with “The Taming Of The Shrew” and “King Lear.” One of the audience members Friday night came from North Carolina. Jules Odendahl-James is a theatre professor at Duke University who brought ten of her students with … Continue reading »
OSF 2013 Previews Kick Off
ASHLAND, Ore. — Friday night kicks off the first preview of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s 2013 Season. There’s several shows lined up this season and for the first play Friday night, NewsWatch12 spoke with one of the actors who will be performing in “Taming of the Shrew”. The play is a comedy by William Shakespeare … Continue reading »
Out & About: Oregon Shakespeare Festival
MEDFORD, Ore. — Your high school American history class was never like this. If it had been, you might have paid more attention. It’s the complete history of America, abridged, presented by the Randall Theatre Company of Medford. The play’s three actors take their audience at a dizzying pace through everything from the discovery of … Continue reading »
OSF Announces Lineup for 2014 Season
ASHLAND, Ore. — The opening night of the 2013 season at Oregon Shakespeare Festival is just weeks away, but OSF has already released its lineup for 2014. William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” will open the season, which will continue with the Marx Brothers farce “The Cocoanuts”; other highlights of the season include an adaptation of the … Continue reading »
OSF 2013 Tickets On Sale
ASHLAND, Ore. – Get your wallets ready, tickets are already on sale for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s 2013 season. Ticket sales started today for the general public. You can also pick your seat online. OSF advises to get your tickets now because after Friday, prices for many of the in-demand performances will go up. You … Continue reading »
Out & About: First Weekend of November
MEDFORD, Ore. — This weekend, an award winning musician will visit the Rogue Valley, bringing with her instruments from around the world and families can explore an unseen world at new exhibit. The Rogue Valley Symphony is including a special treat with it’s November series of concerts. Grammy-winning flutist Rhonda Larson will join the Rogue … Continue reading »
OSF Preliminary Ticket Sales Up
ASHLAND, Ore. – The Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s season wraps up in a few weeks and the company is hoping to continue the momentum with ticket sales. There’s only a few weeks left of the season but the Oregon Shakespeare Festival has already exceeded ticket sales from last year. The marketing manager said, so far this … Continue reading »
Shakespeare Festival Helps Hungry
ASHLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Shakespeare festival is putting its talents to work to try to help hungry families in Southern Oregon. The festival teamed with the Access food network for Tuesday’s “Feed the Valley” event. People attending the OSF Green Show were asked to donate non-perishable food items, and in return, they were treated … Continue reading »
New Executive Director For OSF
ASHLAND, Ore. – Paul Nicholson spent nearly 33 years of his life molding the Oregon Shakespeare Festival into what it is today. He plans to pass on his duties to a Missouri woman and hands her a firm foundation to start on after a successful season. “When I first arrived here, the company was about … Continue reading »
OSF, Libraries Receive Government Grants
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Hundreds of thousands of dollars was recently awarded to four organizations in Southern Oregon. The Oregon Cultural Trust Board, an organization that promotes cultural communities across the state, gave the Oregon Shakespeare Festival $35,000. OSF is the largest grant recipient in Southern Oregon. The second highest grant went to the Josephine … Continue reading »
