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Scattered, but Not Apart: A Two-Sided Story
Essay
Scattered, but Not Apart: A Two-Sided Story
by Carl(os) Roa, Rula(s) A. Muñoz
26 October 2023
Holding a Human: Caretaking, Play, and Design as a Social Act
Essay
Holding a Human: Caretaking, Play, and Design as a Social Act
by Dolissa Medina
12 October 2023
How Do We Tend to Collaboration?
Essay
How Do We Tend to Collaboration?
by Mateo Hernandez
28 September 2023
Moving From Event to Tradition
Essay

Moving From Event to Tradition

A Report from the Latino/a Play Project at Oregon Shakespeare Festival

3 November 2015

Brian Sonia-Wallace writes about his experience at the Latino/a Play Project at Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

Spelunking with Shakespeare
Essay

Spelunking with Shakespeare

30 September 2015

Lue Douthit, director of literary development at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, discusses the history and rationale of the Play on! Project with OSF to translate 39 of Shakespeare’s plays.

Latina/o Play Project Panel: Aesthetics of Alma, Performance of Corazón: Envisioning the Progression of Latina/o Theatre
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Video

Latina/o Play Project Panel: Aesthetics of Alma, Performance of Corazón: Envisioning the Progression of Latina/o Theatre

Saturday 26 September 2015 
Ashland, OR, United States

Oregon Shakespeare Festival presented the Latina/o Play Project panel Aesthetics of Alma, Performance of Corazón: Envisioning the Progression of Latina/o Theatre livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 26 September at 4:30 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 6:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 7:30 p.m. EDT (New York). 

Theatre Artists Unite Around Climate Change Action
Essay

Theatre Artists Unite Around Climate Change Action

Moving to Movement

25 September 2015

Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Alison Carey writes about the upcoming Green Room, an online space for theatre artists to come together around climate change action.

And Somehow, Miraculously, We Have A Season
Essay

And Somehow, Miraculously, We Have A Season

13 September 2015

In this first post in our series on season planning, Oregon Shakespeare Festival artistic director Bill Rauch discusses the process for programming his eleven-show seasons.

Gratitude for Bill Rauch and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Essay

Gratitude for Bill Rauch and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival

19 August 2015

Jacob Padrón talks with Bill Rauch, artistic director of Oregon Shakespeare Festival, about leadership, mentorship, and gratitude.

Native Theatre in Oregon
Essay

Native Theatre in Oregon

26 June 2015

Waylon Lenk considers how the University of Oregon and Southern Oregon University are doing Native theatre and compares their models to his approach to organizing a reading series by Native authors at Oregon State University.

Creating Inclusivity in the American Theatre
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
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Creating Inclusivity in the American Theatre

Friday 12 September 2014
Ashland, OR, United States

Oregon Shakespeare Festival's CultureFest presented Creating Inclusivity in the American Theatre: A Conversation with Carmen Morgan, Sarah Bellamy (Penumbra Theatre), David Henry Hwang (playwright, M.Butterfly) and Bill Rauch livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 12 September at 10 a.m. PDT/ 12 p.m. CDT/ 1 p.m. EDT/ 17:00 GMT.

No Holds Barrio: Latina/o Theatre into the Future Panel at Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Video

No Holds Barrio: Latina/o Theatre into the Future Panel at Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Saturday 26 October 2013
Ashland, OR, United States

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival presented a panel discussion No Holds Barrio: Latina/o Theatre into the Future livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 26 October 2013 at 4:30 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 6:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 7:30 p.m. EDT (New York) as part of the Latina/o Play Project. The event will be a frank talk about making art and creating inclusion for Latinos in the professional field.

Actors perform onstage in front of a sign that reads "REVOLUTION".
Interview with Steven Sapp
Essay

Interview with Steven Sapp

15 December 2011

Erin Washington interviews Steven Sapp about his process with Universes, and their show Party People at Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

A man in red lighting with the word "revolution" behind him.
The Bill of Rights for Dramaturgs
Essay

The Bill of Rights for Dramaturgs

31 July 2011

Dramaturg Julie Felise Dubiner, rewrites all of America's constitutional amendments for the world of new play development.

A designer works on the floor
Latinx Theatre Commons Designer and Director Colaboratorio
Series

Latinx Theatre Commons Designer and Director Colaboratorio

The Latinx Theatre Commons Designer and Director Colaboratorio was a five-day series of learning opportunities in Portland, Oregon designed to encourage authentic creative expressions and collaboration between Latinx designers and directors. The Latinx Theatre Commons brought together thirty-seven artists from around the United States to work together with the shared goals of fostering alternative communication models for production teams and challenging the typical director-driven model. This series of essays reflects on the learnings from Colaboratorio, the challenges that arose, and the meaningful ways in which the participants engaged with each other. We hope this encourages others to engage in these conversations, write about them, and continue pushing our field forward.