Sage on Stage
Sage on Stage: The inspirational spark of a good director
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.
January 29, 2025
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 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.
Bronze pours are special events in the art world. Always at night, the hot, molten bronze is poured into a sculpture mold. The fiery metal lights up the sky and the casting is surrounded, at a safe distance, by a crowd.
Oregon’s lone Republican representative in Congress defended the party’s decision to attach new work and citizenship requirements to Medicaid eligibility at a virtual town hall Wednesday night and said there is a “travesty” of able-bodied, non-working Americans.
“I still find there are people here,” he said, referring to Southern Oregon and far Northern California, “who don’t there is a national monument here, so it seemed important to build public awareness, especially at this time.”
Herbert Rothschild: If Trump fails once again to lower prescription drug prices by executive order, hopefully he’ll pressure congressional Republicans at last to support legislation to achieve the same end. Or maybe his ego won’t permit anyone but himself to get credit for a result he insists he wants.
The Ashland City Council approved a $5 monthly parks fee to support the Parks and Recreation Department.
There are several “Into the Woods”-type sequences in Shakespeare plays. Forests where his characters (often ostracized or a threat to the aristocracy) go to escape the vindictive wraths of ruthless leaders or plot against them.
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