Dan Donohue, an 11-year actor at OSF and on Broadway as anti-hero Scar in the “Lion King,” returns to Ashland next month for Rogue Theater Company’s three-week run of “Stones in His Pockets,” opening July 17.
Curtain Call: Weary of television and commercial work, actor Kevin Kenerly took his partner’s advice to heart: If he loved Shakespeare and microbrews, he should head to Ashland and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Now, in his 28th season at OSF, Kenerly performs as Macbeth in the Scottish Play to rave reviews.
“Spotlight on ABBA” is playing at Camelot through Sunday, May 26. At matinee and evening concerts, four talented Rogue Valley singers perform the Swedish group’s popular songs — timeless music that transcends generations and cultures.
Curtain Call: Playing at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Thomas Theatre on select dates now through May 12, “Smote This” weaves a web of stories and tangents about an undocumented Black child growing up during a time of racial unrest, an immigration crisis and the drug war.
Rosa Joshi is the dramaturg this year for “Macbeth,” opening March 29 at the Angus Bowmer Theatre, and she will direct “Coriolanus,” opening July 27 at the Thomas Theatre.
OSF Artistic Director Tim Bond: “I’m looking forward to having our spaces come to life within the next couple of months…. I’m ready for the creative energy and spirit that will make all of our 10 productions come to life.”
Lue Douthit: “A typical Shakespeare production follows an odd convention: a contemporary setting with Elizabethan language. What if we flipped that? Contemporary language with an Elizabethan setting.”
Priscilla Quinby joins a stellar cast headed by three Oregon Shakespeare Festival veterans — Louis Lotorto as Hercule Poirot, Michael J. Hume as Dr. Shepherd, and U. Jonathan Toppo as Roger Ackroyd/Inspector Raglan.
This summer Anthony Heald will star with fellow OSF alum Amy Lizardo in Rogue Theater Company’s production of “Heisenberg” at Grizzly Peak Winery.
A trumpet player with the Rogue Valley Symphony for the past 25 years, Bruce Dresser also collaborates with other musicians, performs in several ensembles, teaches, and currently is tackling a very challenging brass quintet piece that has a passage he found virtually impossible to play at first.
The Ashland Independent Film Festival will spotlight homegrown talent Saturday, Feb. 21, during its revived Local Lens Spotlight at the Varsity Theatre. The one-night program features 13 short films by filmmakers from Jackson and Siskiyou counties, followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers and crew.
Evan Frost, ecologist and conservationist, passed away Dec. 12, 2025.
Ashland concertgoers have a chance to encounter a rare musical treat. Klezmer violinist Zoë Aqua and her Transylvanian String Band will play a house concert of klezmer music Wednesday, Feb. 25, as part of the group’s 12-show tour of the Western United States.
The city fire marshal closed Ashland City Hall after a building code inspection found significant structural concerns. Staff will work remotely pending an engineer’s review.
The Southern Oregon Chinese Cultural Association will bring some of the countries and customs of Asia together for the Lunar New Year celebration. Residents will have the opportunity to learn more about those cultures while kicking off the Year of the Fire Horse throughout downtown Jacksonville.
Ashland Outdoor School Ashland teacher and local fiddle instructor Robin Bliss-Wagner, critically injured Monday, is in a coma in the intensive care unit of a hospital as of publication time Wednesday. Area residents are working to raise up to $45,000 for his care, as well as to help with ICU and other expenses for his wife, Ruth, and their three sons.
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