Sage on Stage
Sage on Stage: Assembling an ensemble, Part II
Sage on Stage: Part two of a series of interviews with Rogue Theater Company cast members, on how to make an ensemble piece work.
August 20, 2025
Sage on Stage: Part two of a series of interviews with Rogue Theater Company cast members, on how to make an ensemble piece work.
Sage on Stage: This is part one of actors’ experiences working as an ensemble, what makes it fun, what makes it fly, and what it does for the audience as well as the actors themselves.
Sage on Stage: Part two of a discussion about actors as chameleons. This time, Jessica Sage interviews Barret O’Brien, to get his thoughts on how actors transition from one character to another.
Sage on Stage: Developing a character is a huge part of the work an actor takes on for any role. Whether a character is a lead role or a supporting personality, the more prepared an actor is to embody a given character, the more easily and more quickly he or she can move in and out of that character’s space. Jessica Sage talks to actor Daniel Molina about his process.
Sage on Stage: What grabs Jessica Sage when she sees a director’s work? Passion, insight and empathy. That inspires her and gets her imagination to work.
Sage on Stage: Jessica Sage, artistic director of the Rogue Theater Company, emphasizes the importance of collaboration among all the people involved in a performance. It’s the foundation of a strong, successful production.
Sage on Stage: In this column, Jessica Sage discusses grappling with the subject of suicide in drama — a theme that delves into the deepest questions that arise from the human experience. The latest RTC production, “Gidion’s Knot,” deals with this tragic theme.
Sage on Stage: This column, Jessica Sage delves into the process of choosing the right actor for the right role — and making magic.
Sage on Stage: This month, Jessica Sage reflects on how she develops her characters as an actor. Unsurprisingly, there’s a lot more to it than you might think.
Sage on Stage: This week, Jessica answers the question “Why a reading and not a full blown production?” And she admits what was her most embarrassing moment.
After a successful production of “The Vagina Monologues” and raising more than $2,000 for Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon, Ashland actor and director Lia Dugal intends for “The Climate Monologues” to premiere in Oregon in late 2025 or early 2026 at the Bellview Grange in Ashland.
It’s complicated.
Herbert Rothschild: Whether visualization and intention by themselves can effect broad social change is impossible to determine, but the question merits sustained consideration.
U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz said he is willing to return to in-person town halls if decorum and safety can be guaranteed. He specifically called out the group ORD2 Invisible, which Bentz said has orchestrated disruptions at meetings. The group pushed back, and said Bentz is scapegoating the organization to avoid accountability.
KS Wild will celebrate their annual dinner event Saturday, Sept. 27, at the historic Ashland Armory, 208 Oak St.
Rabbi Jackie Brodsky: As many seem to have forgotten or denied, the current war in Gaza was started by Hamas terrorists breaking a ceasefire on Oct.7, 2023, when the worst attack on the Jews since the Holocaust took place.
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