The Buzz: 5 Theatre Artists Dish on What’s Coming Up
From a Thanksgiving comedy, to exciting new hires, to ‘Scrooge in Love!’, five theatre artists preview what they’re working on, and what they’re looking forward to.
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The Buzz: What 6 Theatre Folks Are Working On and Watching For
From a car-driven opera in L.A. to a roller coaster musical in Chicago, from education projects to exciting turnovers, fall is busting out all over.
Theatre Artists With Disabilities Are Ready, Willing, and, Yes, Able
Obviously theatres should give priority to disabled actors in roles defined as disabled. The next step: to consider them for all roles.
Why We’re Translating Shakespeare
Though our ‘Play on!’ commissioning project has met with some vocal disapproval, the work is grounded in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s core values—and our love for the Bard.
Scripture Is Changeable, But Shakespeare? Heaven Forfend
Oregon Shakespeare Fest’s new translation project pits purity against clarity, 400 years of reverence against a few hours’ traffic of the stage.
Catherine E. Coulson: A Love for Life, a Sense of Play, a Welcoming Heart
Coming to Oregon Shakes on the heels of her TV fame as the Log Lady, she stayed for 22 seasons and became an indispensable part, and heart, of the company.
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Launches Shakespeare Translation Project
Thirty-six playwrights have been commissioned to ‘translate’ the Shakespeare canon into contemporary English.
Change of the Seasons
An issue of a magazine, like a theatrical season, is a menu of options reflecting our tastes, affinities, and priorities.
The Unsung Gender-Parity Warriors
Theatres that continue to program male-dominated seasons deserve scrutiny. But what about the many companies that are trying to get the balance right?
Bill Rauch: Oregon Shakes’s ‘And’ Man
The theatre’s idealistic leader isn’t resting on its considerable laurels but pushing it to be more, and do more, all the time.
