Times of Change at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, 2019 By Sheila T. Cavanagh, Emory University 2019 marked a transition in leadership at Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) from Bill Rauch to Nataki Garrett. This final season of Rauch’s tenure as Artistic Director presented a host of remarkable productions, although the strongest plays suggest that OSF might currently be […]
‘Know us by these colours’: Oregon Shakespeare Festival 2016 By Sheila T. Cavanagh, Emory University Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) in Ashland, Oregon sparked considerable controversy last year when they announced their “Play On!” initiative, whereby current playwrights and dramaturgs are being commissioned to “translate” the plays attributed to Shakespeare into twenty first century English. […]
The Tempest directed by Michael Mendelson for Portland Shakespeare Project at Artist Repertory Theatre, Portland, Oregon, USA. 24 July 2014. Reviewed by Lois Leveen In a post-Taymor/Mirren world, has it already become conventional to cast a woman as the lead in The Tempest? Or, more pertinent to Portland Shakespeare Project’s current production, can a director […]
