Oregon Shakespeare Festival - Ashland, OR
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The Oregon Shakespeare Festival has the distinction of being home to America's first Elizabethan Theatre, founded in 1935 and performs live stage performances from February to November.
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Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 12/07/2014
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The following verbiage comes from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival website to describe its background:

What is OSF?

A major theatre arts organization, OSF offers a diversity of plays as well as events and activities to enhance your overall experience.

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival is a not-for-profit professional theatre founded in 1935. Our season runs from February through early November, and we have three theatres: our two indoor stages, the Angus Bowmer Theatre and the Thomas Theatre, and our flagship outdoor Allen Elizabethan Theatre, which opens in early June and runs through mid-October. We offer 11 different plays that include three or four by Shakespeare and seven by other classic writers, as well as modern and contemporary work and world premieres. When you visit you can see one or two plays or up to nine plays in one week!

Our mission statement helps guide us in all of our endeavors here at OSF:
"Inspired by Shakespeare's work and the cultural richness of the United States, we reveal our collective humanity through illuminating interpretations of new and classic plays, deepened by the kaleidoscope of rotating repertory."

What’s in a name? Why are we called the Oregon Shakespeare Festival?

Oregon:

We are located in Southern Oregon, in Ashland to be precise, and we are proud to be a part of the Oregon theatre community.

Shakespeare: For many years we performed only Shakespearean productions. In fact, we had only one theatre, the Elizabethan Stage (three different buildings: 1935, 1947, 1959). With the opening of the Angus Bowmer Theatre in 1970 and the Black Swan in 1977 we were able to extend the length of our season into the spring and fall, and also expand our repertoire to include other classic playwrights, as well as contemporary and new work. The Thomas Theatre (formerly New Theatre) opened in 2002 to replace the Black Swan.

Festival: OSF prides itself on offering a diversity of experiences that we hope feels like a Festival event. Once you’re on campus, particularly in the summer, you can experience not only a number of plays, but also backstage tours, park talks, lectures, classes, workshops, pre- and post-show conversations, a free Green Show before the evening shows from June through October. These are all offered to enhance your play-going experience.

The following Shakespeare plays have been performed at this theater over the years as listed on placards that hang in front of the Allen Elizabethan Theatre:

1935 1936 1937 1938
Twelfth Night The Merchant of Venice Twelfth Night Twelfth Night
The Merchant of Venice Twelfth Night The Taming of the Shrew The Merchant of Venice
Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet The Taming of the Shrew
Hamlet
1939 1940 1947 1948
Hamlet Much Ado About Nothing Hamlet Othello
The Taming of the Shrew The Merry Wives of Windsor Love's Labor's Lost The Merchant of Venice
The Comedy of Errors As You Like It Macbeth Love's Labor's Lost
As You Like It The Comedy of Errors The Merchant of Venice King John
1949 1950 1951 1952
Romeo and Juliet Henry IV, Part I Twelfth Night The Tempest
A Midsummer Night's Dream As You Like It Measure For Measure Julius Caesar
The Taming of the Shrew Antony & Cleopatra King Lear Henry V
Richard II The Comedy of Errors Henry IV, Part II Much Ado About Nothing
Othello
1953 1954 1955 1956
Coriolanus The Winter's Tale Timon of Athens Richard III
The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor Henry VI, Part III Love's Labor's Lost
Henry VI, Part I Henry VI, Part II A Midsummer Night's Dream Titus Andronicus
The Taming of the Shrew Hamlet All's Well That Ends Well Romeo and Juliet
Macbeth Cymbeline
1957 1958 1959 1960
The Two Gentlemen of Verona Much Ado About Nothing Measure For Measure The Taming of the Shrew
Pericles, Prince of Tyre Troilus & Cressida Antony & Cleopatra Julius Caesar
As You Like It The Merchant of Venice The Mask of the New World The Tempest
Henry VIII King Lear Twelfth Night Richard II
Othello King John The Tragedy of the Duchess of Malfi*
1961 1962 1963 1964
A Midsummer Night's Dream As You Like It The Merry Wives of Windsor The Merchant of Venice
All's Well That Ends Well A Comedy of Errors Romeo and Juliet King Lear
Henry IV, Part I Henry IV, Part II Love's Labor's Lost Twelfth Night
The Alchemist* Coriolanus Henry V Henry VI, Part I
Hamlet A Thieves Ballad* Knight of the Burning Pestle*
1965 1966 1967 1968
Much Ado About Nothing A Midsummer Night's Dream Pericles, Prince of Tyre Cymbeline
Macbeth Othello Antony and Cleopatra Hamlet
The Winter's Tale The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Taming of the Shrew As You Like It
Henry VI, Part II Henry VI, Part III Richard III Henry VIII
Volpone*
1969 1970 1971 1972
The Tempest The Merchant of Venice A Midsummer Night's Dream Troilus & Cressida
Romeo and Juliet The Comedy of Errors Much Ado About Nothing Henry IV, Part II
Twelfth Night Julius Caesar Henry IV, Part I The Taming of the Shrew
King John Richard II Macbeth Love's Labor's Lost
1973 1974 1975 1976
The Merry Wives of Windsor Titus Andronicus The Winter's Tale Henry VI, Part II
As You Like It The Two Gentlemen of Verona Romeo and Juliet Much Ado About Nothing
Othello Twelfth Night Henry VI, Part I The Comedy of Errors
Henry V Hamlet All's Well That Ends Well King Lear
1977 1978 1979 1980
Measure For Measure Timon of Athens The Tragical Hist. of Dr. Faustus* The Merry Wives of Windsor
Antony and Cleopatra Richard II As You Like It As You Like It
Henry VI, Part III The Tempest A Midsummer Night's Dream Coriolanus
The Merchant of Venice The Taming of the Shrew Macbeth Richard II
Love's Labor's Lost
1981 1982 1983 1984
The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Comedy of Errors Much Ado About Nothing Troilus & Cressida
Henry IV, Part I Romeo and Juliet Richard III The Winter's Tale
Twelfth Night Julius Caesar Cymbeline The Winter's Tale
Othello Othello Hamlet The Taming of the Shrew
Henry V
1985 1986 1987 1988
All's Well That Ends Well Titus Andronicus The Shoemaker's Holiday* Romeo and Juliet
King John Measure For Measure A Midsummer Night's Dream Henry IV, Part I
The Merchant of Venice As You Like It Macbeth Twelfth Night
King Lear The Tempest Richard II Love's Labor's Lost
1989 1990 1991 1992
The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Merry Wives of Windsor The First Part of Henry VI The Conclusion of Henry VI
Much Ado About Nothing The Winter's Tale Julius Caesar All's Well That Ends Well
Henry IV, Part II The Comedy of Errors The Merchant of Venice As You Like It
Pericles, Prince of Tyre Henry V The Taming of the Shrew Othello
1993 1994 1995 1996
A Midsummer Night's Dream Much Ado About Nothing The Merry Wives of Windsor Love's Labor's Lost
Antony and Cleopatra The Two Noble Kensmen Twelfth Night The Winter's Tale
Richard III The Tempest Richard II Romeo and Juliut
Cymbeline Hamlet Macbeth Coriolanus
The White Devil*
1997 1998 1999 2000
The Two Gentlemen of Verona Measure For Measure Henry IV, Part II Henry V
Timon of Athens The Comedy of Errors Othello Hamlet
As You Like It A Midsummer Night's Dream Much Ado About Nothing Twelfth Night
King Lear Henry IV, Part I The Three Musketeers* The Taming of the Shrew
Cymbeline Pericles
2001 2002 2003 2004
Troilus and Cressida The Winter's Tale A Midsummer Night's Dream The Comedy of Errors
The Merry Wives of Windsor Titus Andronicus Antony and Cleopatra Henry VI, Part I
The Merchant of Venice Julius Caesar Romeo and Juliet King Lear
The Tempest As You Like It Richard II Henry VI, Parts II & III
Macbeth Wild Oats* Much Ado About Nothing
2005 2006 2007 2008
The Tragical Hist. of Dr. Faustus* The Two Gentlemen of Verona Romeo and Juliet The Comedy of Errors
Love's Labor's Lost Cyrano De Bergerac* As You Like It A Midsummer Night's Dream
Twelfth Night The Winter's Tale The Taming of the Shrew Coriolanus
Richard III The Merry Wives of Windsor The Tempest Othello
King John Our Town*
2009 2010 2011 2012
Much Ado About Nothing Twelfth Night Love's Labor's Lost Troilus and Cressida
All's Well That Ends Well Henry IV, Part I Measure For Measure The Merry Wives of Windsor, Iowa
Henry VIII The Merchant of Venice Henry IV, Part II Romeo and Juliet
Macbeth Hamlet Julius Caesar As You Like It
Don Quixote* Pirates of Penzance* Henry V
2013 2014
A Midsummer Night's Dream The Comedy of Errors
The Taming of the Shrew The Two Gentlemen of Verona
The Heart of Robin Hood* The Tempest
Cymbeline Richard III
King Lear Into the Woods*

*Not Shakespeare Plays

How many days does the festival last?: 258

Admission Price: 30.00 (listed in local currency)

National, County, or City Festival?: City Festival

Coordinates Location:: Main Gate

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