Theater Critic Karen D’Souza on View from the Bay today
Roadtrip: Ashland! This is a guide to Ashland: As you like it! Catch yours truly on the View from the Bay on ABC Channel 7 today between 3 and 4 p.m. I’ll be dishing out handy tips to make the most of...
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Ashland: a mini-theater review of “Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter”
Oregon Shakespeare Festival: “Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter” A woman lies on a stretcher in the dark, her face illuminated by a single shaft of light as she wrestles with the demons of war. Jenny Sutter...
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Marco Barricelli barrels into Shakespeare Santa Cruz
It’s a brave new world at Shakespeare Santa Cruz where Marco Barricelli is launching his inaugural summer in the festival’s iconic redwood glen. The actor best known for his illustrious tenures at ACT...
View ArticleAshland: a critic’s notebook
So foul and fair an opening weekend I have not seen for ages in Ashland, Oregon. Woe betides the visitor who doesn’t pack sunscreen and galoshes when attending the opening of the outdoor theater, the...
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Ashland: a midsummer day’s activities
Ashland is of course a mecca for theater lovers and specifically Bard devotees, many of whom make a pilgrimage to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival year after year. But if you have a little time in...
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There’s only one thing wrong with Liesl Tommy’s incendiary production of “Ruined” at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland. It’s so mindblowingly powerful that it might ruin you from seeing any...
View ArticleAshland: encore, encore
Heavy is the head that has to choose which plays to see in Ashland in one weekend. There are so many plays and so little time. Despite my best efforts, it’s impossible to pack all the worthy shows onto...
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Three shows down, two to go. Can’t wait to see “Hamlet” starring Dan Donohue as the ill-fated Dane and “Merchant of Venice” starring Anthony Heald and Jonathan Haugen, all estimable OSF veterans with...
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Ashland: quick tips
All’s well that ends well. Just finished a five play jag at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland and I wanted to share some first impressions. The weather is splendid, sunny and clear, but...
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Get thee to Ashland (for free!)
Are you dying to make an annual pilgrimage to Ashland for the estimable Oregon Shakespeare Festival? Would you love to see the new Taccone/Moscone project “Ghost Light?” But are you running a little...
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