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Provocative Ashland Theater: Shakespeare’s take on Sex, War and Politics

Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF), Ashland, presents two by The Bard: “Henry V” on the Elizabethan Stage and “Troilus and Cressida” at the New Theater. “War,” Carl von Clausewitz assures us, is just “politics by other means.” This may have been… Continue Reading

Looking for Summer Fun? Head to Ashland for An Outdoor Play

ASHLAND, Ore.—Summertime means outdoor theater in this cozy hamlet some 140 miles north of Redding. Many north state residents join visitors throughout the West Coast at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) for stellar performances on the repertory company’s full-scale Elizabethan… Continue Reading

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Reviewer Extraordinaire, Lincoln Kaye: Ashland Mash-ups

“Medea/Macbeth/Cinderella,” at the Angus Bowmer Theater, Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF), Ashland. Here’s one specially tailored for hard-core theater geeks. They were out in force and wildly appreciative at the show’s opening night in Ashland. Much of the audience seemed to… Continue Reading

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Broadway’s ‘Hairspray’ Comes to the Cascade Theatre For Local Production (p.s. Free tickets given away … keep reading)

Today we talk with Jana Leard of Redding, the director of  the locally produced “Hairspray” that will appear at the Cascade Theatre From March 30 through April 7 in downtown Redding. “Hairspray” is a Broadway musical based in 1962 Baltimore, Maryland. The central character… Continue Reading

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Grant School presents Disney’s Mulan (Jr.) playing this weekend only

Grant School is proud to present Disney’s Mulan (Jr.) playing this weekend only, Friday, March 23 at 7:00 pm and Saturday, March 24 at 2:00 and 7:00. Performances happen in Grant School’s Watson Gymnasium, up on Swasey Drive in Redding,… Continue Reading

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Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s New Season is Director’s Last

ASHLAND, Ore. – It’s a bittersweet season for those behind the scenes at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. After 33 seasons as executive director, Paul Nicholson will be retiring when curtains close this fall. A replacement search is underway, with the… Continue Reading

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Shakespeare Festival Leads With Common Theme, Diversely Portrayed

Ashland, 2012: Misalliances Under the Sadie Hawkins rules of Leap Year, romantic initiative becomes a wide-open free-for-all. No wonder if the course of true love gets even more roiled than usual. Apt, then, that in the current leap year the… Continue Reading

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Shasta College Presents the Comic Play “School for Wives” Beginning March 8

The Theatre Department presents Molière’s classic comedy, School for Wives, which addresses the issue of “how to train” a girl to be the perfect wife. An older man, Arnolphe, believes the only way to get a pristine wife is to… Continue Reading

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V-day Red Bluff and Redding presents The Vagina Monologues: A benefit production for Girls Inc.

The award-winning play is based on V-Day Founder/playwright Eve Ensler’s interviews with more than 200 women. Before the show audience members are invited to shop local vendors such as Daisy Rae Boutique and purchase raffle tickets for one of the… Continue Reading