“Blood Will Have Blood”: The Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Macbeth

Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Macbeth is in the theaters at Ashland’s own Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Southern Oregon University students are offered a generous ticket discount, two for thirty dollars. The play, the shortest of William Shakespeare’s tragedies and first shown…

Oregon Shakespeare Festival asks for $2.5 million in emergency fundraising campaign

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival is seeking $2.5 million in donations to save its 2023-2024 season. A cultural mainstay of Ashland, the festival started in 1935, and it serves as an economic hub for the Rogue Valley. The festival brings in…

A Review of “Once on This Island” at OSF

Once on This Island (2022): Dominique Lawson, Ayvah Johnson, Ciera Dawn, and Ensemble. Photo by Jenny Graham. Image Credit Oregon Shakespeare Festival There’s nothing that cures the midterm mood quite like an OSF musical. Throughout the month of April, OSF was…