At Ashland, three plays open the outdoor season.Byline: Paul Denison The Register-Guard The Oregon Shakespeare Festival The Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) is a regional repertory theatre in Ashland, Oregon, United States. The festival annually produces eleven plays on three stages during a season that lasts from February to October. in Ashland will launch its outdoor season this weekend, opening two of the Bard's comedies and a third play by Shakespeare contemporary Christopher Marlowe Noun 1. Christopher Marlowe - English poet and playwright who introduced blank verse as a form of dramatic expression; was stabbed to death in a tavern brawl (1564-1593) Marlowe . The first play, opening Friday, will be "Twelfth Night Twelfth Night, Jan. 5, the vigil or eve of Epiphany, so called because it is the 12th night from Christmas, counting Christmas as the first. In England, Twelfth Night has been a great festival marking the end of the Christmas season, and popular masquerading parties ," which the festival is staging for the 15th time. That will be followed Saturday evening by Marlowe's ``The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus Doctor Faustus could refer to:
On Sunday evening comes ``Love's Labor's Lost.'' Show time is 8:30 p.m. each night at the open-air Elizabethan Stage Elizabethan stage may refer to:
The traditional Feast of Will (a barbecue with a vegetarian lasagna option) kicks off the opening weekend at 6 p.m. Friday in Lithia Park Lithia Park is the largest and most central park of Ashland, Oregon. It consists of 93 acres (376,358 m²) of forested canyonland around Ashland Creek, stretching from the downtown plaza up toward its headwaters near Mount Ashland. . The costs is $12, and proceeds got to park maintenance and improvement. Now under way, the festival's 70th season is dedicated to the memory of Jerry Turner For the baseball player, see . Jerry Turner served as artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival from 1971 – 1991. During his time at the Festival, Jerry directed more than 40 productions, and produced acclaimed translations of August Strindberg and his , who died last year. Turner served as artistic director from 1971 to 1991, and under his leadership the festival received an Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award in 1983. Turner directed more than 40 Oregon Shakespeare Festival productions, including the 1979 staging of ``Faustus.'' The actor who played Mephostophilis then, James Edmondson, will direct this year's production. Edmondson's cast has Jonathan Haugen in the title role, Ray Porter (Mephostophilis), Brent Harris (Lucifer) and Demetra Pittman (Chorus). Peter Amster will direct "Twelfth Night," with a cast of 21 that includes Michael Elich as Orsino, Robin Goodrin Nordli as Olivia, Linda Morris as Viola, Gregory Linington as Sebastian, Robert Sicular as Sir Toby Belch, Christopher DuVal as Sir Andrew Aguecheek and Kenneth Albers as Malvolio. Kenneth Albers is directing the festival's ninth production of "Love's Labor's Lost," with Brent Harris as Ferdinand, king of Navarre, Jeff Cummings as Berowne, Jose Luis Sanchez as Longaville, Christopher DuVal as Dumaine, Catherine Lynn Davis as the princess of France, Tyler Layton as Rosaline Rosaline (IPA: 'ɹɑzəlɪn [and] 'ɹɑzəlīn) is an unseen character and niece of Lord Capulet in William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet (1597). , Andrea Ferraz as Maria, Sarah Rutan as Katherine and Derrick Lee Weeden as Boyet. This summer's free pre-performance Green Shows - which go on each night at 7:15 p.m. in the courtyard between the Angus Bowmer Theatre The 600-seat indoor Angus Bowmer Theatre of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival opened in 1970. It increased audience capacity by over 100% by making it possible to hold matinee performances and to extend the season into spring and fall. and the Elizabethan Stage - are ``Sophisticated Ellington'' (before ``Twelfth Night''), ``Kabaret Everyman'' (before ``Faustus'') and ``Suite Bach'' (before ``Love's Labor's Lost''). David Hochoy is the Green Show artistic director, with musical direction by Sue Carney and Patricia Maureen O'Scannell. The performances feature two resident ensembles, the Terra Nova Consort and Dance Kaleidoscope. The three Elizabethan Stage productions will join six indoor shows already running at the festival: The world premiere production of "By the Waters of Babylon By the Waters of Babylon is a post-apocalyptic short story by Stephen Vincent BenĂ©t first published July 31, 1937 in The Saturday Evening Post as The Place of the Gods. " by Robert Schenkkan; "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" by August Wilson; Shakespeare's ``Richard III''; Murray & Borets' ``Room Service''; George Bernard Shaw's ``The Philanderer''; and Eduardo Filippo's ``Napoli Milionaria!'' The festival's box office number is (541) 482-4331. Tickets also can be purchased online at www.osfashland.org. Another attraction is an exhibit of Shakespeare's First Folio, published in 1623 and on loan from the private collection of Paul Allen. It can be viewed between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays through Oct. 8. Tickets are $4. CAPTION(S): Boldfaceand this is light text and this is more light text T. Charles Erickson / Oregon Shakespeare Festival ``Twelfth Night,'' starring Linda Morris as Viola (left) and Robin Goodrin Nordli as Olivia, is one of the three outdoor shows at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival this summer. |
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