Category Archives: plays

Ashland, Oregon Opening Performance, February 26, 2012 at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival Seagull Written by Anton Chekhov Adapted and Directed by Libby Appel A three-word summary review of Seagull:  unfortunate play selection. Everything about this production was well done.  The … Continue reading →

Ashland, Oregon World Premiere Opening Performance, February 25, 2012 at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival The White Snake Written and Directed by Mary Zimmerman Playwright Mary Zimmerman has distilled an ancient, often modified, Chinese legend of The White Snake into a … Continue reading →

Ashland, Oregon Opening Night at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare In Director Laird Williamson vision, Romeo and Juliet is a farcical melodramatic moral play filled with bawdy clowns.  It’s a slapstick tragedy, a category  underrepresented … Continue reading →

Ashland, Oregon at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival The African Company Presents Richard III by Carlyle Brown The African Company Presents Richard III is a very satisfying vehicle to exhibit extraordinary acting in service of a a not terrible, not overwrought … Continue reading →

Ashland, Oregon at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival Ghost Light conceived and developed by Jonathan Moscone and Tony Taccone written by Tony Taccone directed by Jonathan Moscone When Oregon Shakespeare Festival announced it was commissioning a play on the shooting of … Continue reading →