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Production history of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Production history of plays performed by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, as of September 2021.

The early years (1930s) edit

In the early years, OSF only produced works of Shakespeare.[1][non-primary source needed]

OSF Production History: 1935–1940[1]
Year Play Director Theatre
1935 The Merchant of Venice Angus L. Bowmer Elizabethan Theatre
Twelfth Night Angus L. Bowmer
1936 Romeo and Juliet Angus L. Bowmer Elizabethan Theatre
The Merchant of Venice Angus L. Bowmer
Twelfth Night Angus L. Bowmer
1937 Romeo and Juliet Angus L. Bowmer Elizabethan Theatre
The Taming of the Shrew Angus L. Bowmer
Twelfth Night Angus L. Bowmer
1938 Hamlet Angus L. Bowmer Elizabethan Theatre
The Taming of the Shrew Angus L. Bowmer
Twelfth Night Angus L. Bowmer
The Merchant of Venice Angus L. Bowmer
1939[2] As You Like It Angus L. Bowmer Elizabethan Theatre
The Taming of the Shrew Angus L. Bowmer
Hamlet Angus L. Bowmer
The Comedy of Errors Angus L. Bowmer
1940[3][non-primary source needed] As You Like It William Cottrell Elizabethan Theatre
The Comedy of Errors William Cottrell
The Merry Wives of Windsor William Cottrell
Much Ado About Nothing William Cottrell

In July 1939, OSF was invited to present their production of The Taming of the Shrew at the Golden Gate International Exposition. The performance was broadcast nationally over NBC Radio. The interest drawn up by the national broadcast may have been the necessary exposure that allowed the Festival to return following World War II.[4]

The post-war years (late 1940s and 1950s) edit

The festival did not present any productions from 1941 to 1946. This was due to World War II and a fire that burned down the festival's original Elizabethan Theatre.[5]

In 1951, actors from the summer acting company formed the Vining Repertory. This "edition" of the festival was created to present plays in indoor venues that allowed the season to utilize more of the year when winter weather would prohibit outdoor performances. They performed for three seasons in a local venue known as the Lithia Theatre before a fire destroyed the stage, stock, and records. The name "Vining Repertory" was in honor of the brothers who founded the Lithia Theatre and who had died just before the creation of this "sub-company".[6][7][non-primary source needed]

OSF Production History: 1947–1959[3][7]
Year Play Director Playwright Theatre
1947 Hamlet Frank Lambrett-Smith William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre
Love's Labour's Lost Angus L. Bowmer William Shakespeare
Macbeth Angus L. Bowmer William Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice Angus L. Bowmer William Shakespeare
1948 King John Allen Fletcher William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre
Love's Labor's Lost Angus L. Bowmer William Shakespeare
Othello Angus L. Bowmer William Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice Angus L. Bowmer William Shakespeare
1949 A Midsummer Night's Dream James Sandoe William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre
Othello Allen Fletcher William Shakespeare
Richard II James Sandoe William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet Richard Graham William Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew Allen Fletcher William Shakespeare
1950 Antony and Cleopatra James Sandoe William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre
As You Like It Angus L. Bowmer William Shakespeare
Henry IV, Part I Allen Fletcher William Shakespeare
The Comedy of Errors Richard Graham William Shakespeare
1951 King Lear Angus L. Bowmer William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre
Measure for Measure James Sandoe William Shakespeare
Henry IV, Part II Philip Hanson William Shakespeare
Twelfth Night Richard Graham William Shakespeare
Fall 1951 Antigone William Oyler Jean Anouilh

Adapted by

Lewis Galantiere

Lithia Theatre

Vining Repertory

On Monday Next Richard Graham Philip King
Ten Little Indians Philip Hanson Agatha Christie
The Late Christopher Bean H. Paul Kliss Sidney Howard
Spring 1952 Arsenic and Old Lace Barbara Curtis Joseph Kesselring Lithia Theatre

Vining Repertory

Claudia Philip Hanson Rose Franken
Death of a Salesman H. Paul Kliss Arthur Miller
The Importance of Being Earnest Richard Graham Oscar Wilde
1952 Henry V Philip Hanson William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre
Julius Caesar Allen Fletcher William Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing Angus L. Bowmer William Shakespeare
The Tempest Richard Graham William Shakespeare
Fall 1952 Dracula Philip Hanson Hamilton Deane

John L. Balderston

Lithia Theatre

Vining Repertory

The Glass Menagerie Richard Graham Tennessee Williams
The Show-Off John E. Taylor George Kelly
The Vinegar Tree H. Paul Kliss Paul Osborn
1953 Coriolanus Allen Fletcher William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre
Henry VI, Part I James Sandoe William Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice Richard Graham William Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew Philip Hanson William Shakespeare
1954 Henry VI, Part II James Sandoe William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre
Hamlet Angus L. Bowmer William Shakespeare
The Merry Wives of Windsor Allen Fletcher William Shakespeare
The Winter's Tale H. Paul Kliss William Shakespeare
1955[7] A Midsummer Night's Dream James Sandoe William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre
All's Well That Ends Well Robert B. Loper William Shakespeare
Henry VI, Part III James Sandoe William Shakespeare
Macbeth H. Paul Kliss William Shakespeare
Timon of Athens Robert B. Loper William Shakespeare
1956 Cymbeline B. Iden Payne William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre
Love's Labor's Lost Allen Fletcher William Shakespeare
Richard III Allen Fletcher William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet Hal J. Todd William Shakespeare
Titus Andronicus Hal J. Todd William Shakespeare
1957 As You Like It Angus L. Bowmer William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre
Henry VIII Robert B. Loper William Shakespeare
Othello James Sandoe William Shakespeare
Pericles, Prince of Tyre Robert B. Loper William Shakespeare
The Two Gentlemen of Verona James Sandoe William Shakespeare
1958 King Lear Robert B. Loper William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre
Much Ado About Nothing Robert B. Loper William Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice James Sandoe William Shakespeare
Troilus and Cressida James Sandoe William Shakespeare
1959 Antony and Cleopatra James Sandoe William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre
King John Richard D. Risso William Shakespeare
Measure for Measure James Sandoe William Shakespeare
The Maske of the New World[8]

First non-Shakespeare production

in the Elizabethan Theatre

Jerry Turner Carl Ritchie
Twelfth Night Angus L. Bowmer William Shakespeare

The 1960s edit

The 60s confirmed the demand for an indoor venue that permitted performances in colder months. Vining Rep continued for another year in a new venue: a local movie theatre called the Varsity Theatre with the dressing rooms in a trailer behind the venue.[9] Later in the decade, the festival used the Varsity for matinee performances of Ballad Operas, but were soon able to raise enough money to build a new indoor space: The Angus Bowmer Theatre.[10]

OSF Production History: 1960–1969[11][non-primary source needed]
Year Play Director Playwright Theatre
1960 Julius Caesar Jerry Turner William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre
Richard II Richard D. Risso William Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew Robert B. Loper William Shakespeare
The Tempest James Sandoe William Shakespeare
The Tragedy of the Duchess of Malfi James Sandoe John Webster
1961 A Midsummer Night's Dream B. Iden Payne William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre
All's Well That Ends Well Charles G. Taylor William Shakespeare
Hamlet Robert B. Loper William Shakespeare
Henry IV, Part I Richard D. Risso William Shakespeare
The Alchemist Edward S. Brubaker Ben Jonson
Late 1961 Night of the Auk Carl Ritchie Arch Oboler Varsity Theatre

Vining Repertory

Rashomon William Kinsolving Michael Kanin

Fay Kanin

The Boy Friend William Kinsolving Sandy Wilson
The Miser Dorothy Stolp Molière
1962 As You Like It Jerry Turner William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre
Coriolanus J. H. Crouch William Shakespeare
Henry IV, Part II Edward S. Brubaker William Shakespeare
The Comedy of Errors Rod Alexander William Shakespeare
A Thieves Ballad Carl Ritchie Carl Ritchie

Les Carlson

1963 Henry V Jerry Turner William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre
Love's Labor's Lost Rod Alexander William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet Robert B. Loper William Shakespeare
The Merry Wives of Windsor Edward S. Brubaker William Shakespeare
1964 Henry VI, Part I Jerry Turner William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre
King Lear Angus L. Bowmer William Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice Rod Alexander William Shakespeare
Twelfth Night Robert B. Loper William Shakespeare
The Knight of the Burning Pestle Edward S. Brubaker Francis Beaumont

John Fletcher

Lovers Made Men Carl Ritchie Ben Jonson Varsity Theatre
1965 Henry VI, Part II Edward S. Brubaker William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre
Macbeth Richard D. Risso William Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing James Moll William Shakespeare
The Winter's Tale Hugh C. Evans William Shakespeare
Volpone Nagle Jackson Ben Jonson
1966 Othello Richard D. Risso William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre
A Midsummer Night's Dream Hugh C. Evans William Shakespeare
The Two Gentlemen of Verona Nagle Jackson William Shakespeare
Henry VI, Part III Jerry Turner William Shakespeare
The Beggar's Opera Carl Ritchie John Gay Varsity Theatre
1967 Antony and Cleopatra Jerry Turner William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre
Pericles, Prince of Tyre Nagle Jackson William Shakespeare
Richard III Hugh C. Evans William Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew Richard D. Risso William Shakespeare
The Maid of the Mill Carl Ritchie Samuel Arnold Varsity Theatre
1968 As You Like It William Kinsolving William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre
Cymbeline James Sandoe William Shakespeare
Hamlet Patrick Hines William Shakespeare
Henry VIII Richard D. Risso William Shakespeare
Lock Up Your Daughters Carl Ritchie Henry Fielding Varsity Theatre
1969 King John Edward S. Brubaker William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre
Romeo and Juliet Patrick Hines William Shakespeare
The Tempest Richard D. Risso William Shakespeare
Twelfth Night Hugh C. Evans William Shakespeare
Virtue in Danger Carl Ritchie Paul Dehn

James Bernard

Varsity Theatre

The 1970s edit

The 1970s began with the first season in the new Angus Bowmer Theatre.[12] In 1977, after being used for company-only play performances and staged readings, the Black Swan Theatre became another venue presenting shows as a part of the main OSF season. The Black Swan was used for more experimental or intimate productions.[13][non-primary source needed]

OSF Production History: 1960–1969[12][non-primary source needed]
Year Play Playwright Director Theatre
1970 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Tom Stoppard Angus L. Bowmer Angus Bowmer Theatre
Antigone Jean Anouilh Larry Oliver
The Fantasticks Tom Jones

Harvey Schmidt

Peter Nyberg
The Imaginary Invalid Molière Raye Birk
The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare Angus L. Bowmer
You Can't Take It with You George S. Kaufman

Moss Hart

Pat Patton
The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams Larry Oliver
Julius Caesar William Shakespeare Larry Oliver Elizabethan Theatre
Richard II William Shakespeare Jackson Nagle
The Comedy of Errors William Shakespeare Jackson Nagle
1971 A Man for All Seasons Robert Bolt Pat Patton Angus Bowmer Theatre
Arsenic and Old Lace Joseph Kesselring Philip Davidson
A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare Raye Birk
Under Milk Wood Dylan Thomas Larry Oliver
The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams Larry Oliver
U.S.A. John Dos Passos

Paul Shyre

Jerry Turner
Henry IV, Part I William Shakespeare Pat Patton Elizabethan Theatre
Macbeth William Shakespeare Philip Davidson
Much Ado About Nothing William Shakespeare Larry Oliver
1972 Room Service Allen Boretz

John Murray

Laird Williamson Angus Bowmer Theatre
The Crucible Arthur Miller Pat Patton
The Playboy of the Western World J.M. Synge Jerry Turner
Uncle Vanya Anton Chekhov Larry Oliver
Troilus and Cressida William Shakespeare Jerry Turner
Our Town Thornton Wilder Pat Patton
Love's Labor's Lost William Shakespeare Laird Williamson Elizabethan Theatre
The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare Robert Benedetti
Henry IV, Part II William Shakespeare William Roberts
1973 Othello William Shakespeare Jerry Turner Angus Bowmer Theatre
The Alchemist Ben Jonson Laird Williamson
The Dance of Death August Strindberg Jerry Turner
The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde James Edmondson
Our Town Thornton Wilder Pat Patton
Waiting for Godot Samuel Beckett Andrew J. Traister
As You Like It William Shakespeare Pat Patton Elizabethan Theatre
Henry V William Shakespeare Laird Williamson
The Merry Wives of Windsor William Shakespeare Thomas B. Markus
O Rare Ben Jonson David McPherson Thomas B. Markus Christian Science Church
1974 The Two Gentlemen of Verona William Shakespeare Laird Williamson Angus Bowmer Theatre
Hedda Gabler Henrik Ibsen Margaret Booker
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Bert Shevelove

Larry Gelbart

Stephen Sondheim

Jerry Turner
The Time of Your Life William Saroyan Pat Patton
Waiting for Godot Samuel Beckett Andrew J. Traister
Hamlet William Shakespeare Jerry Turner Elizabethan Theatre
Twelfth Night William Shakespeare James Edmondson
Titus Andronicus William Shakespeare Laird Williamson
1975 Charley's Aunt Thomas Brandon Pat Patton Angus Bowmer Theatre
Long Day's Journey Into Night Eugene O'Neil Jerry Turner
Oedipus the King Sophocles Robert B. Loper
The Petrified Forest Robert E. Sherwood Jerry Turner
The Winter's Tale William Shakespeare Audrey Stanley
All's Well That Ends Well William Shakespeare Jon Jory Elizabethan Theatre
Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare James Edmondson
Henry VI, Part I William Shakespeare Will Huddleston
1976 Brand Henrik Ibsen Jerry Turner Angus Bowmer Theatre
The Devil's Disciple George Bernard Shaw Michael Leibert
The Little Foxes Lillian Hellman James Moll
The Tavern George M. Cohan Pat Patton
The Comedy of Errors William Shakespeare Will Huddleston
Much Ado About Nothing William Shakespeare James Edmondson Elizabethan Theatre
King Lear William Shakespeare Pat Patton
Henry VI, Part II William Shakespeare Jerry Turner
1977 A Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee Williams Elizabeth Huddle Angus Bowmer Theatre
Angel Street Patrick Hamilton Pat Patton
The Rivals Richard Brinsley Sheridan William Glover
Measure for Measure William Shakespeare Jerry Turner
A Taste of Honey Shelagh Delaney James Edmondson Black Swan Theatre
A Moon for the Misbegotten Eugene O'Neil Jerry Turner
The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare Michael Addison Elizabethan Theatre
Henry VI, Part III William Shakespeare Pat Patton
Antony and Cleopatra William Shakespeare Robert B. Loper
A Moon for the Misbegotten Eugene O'Neil Jerry Turner Tao House
1978 Mother Courage and Her Children Bertolt Brecht Jerry Turner Angus Bowmer Theatre
Private Lives Noël Coward Dennis Bigelow
Tartuffe Molière Sabin Epstein
Miss Julie August Strindberg Elizabeth Huddle
Timon of Athens William Shakespeare Jerry Turner
Night of the Tribades Per Olav Enquist Jerry Turner Black Swan Theatre
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds Paul Zindel Willam Glover
Richard III William Shakespeare Pat Patton Elizabethan Theatre
The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare Judd Parkin
The Tempest William Shakespeare Michael Addison
1979 Born Yesterday Garson Kanin James Moll Angus Bowmer Theatre
The Play's the Thing Ferenc Molnár Dennis Bigelow
The Wild Duck Henrik Ibsen
Macbeth William Shakespeare Pat Patton
Miss Julie August Strindberg
Indulgences in the Louisville Harem John Orlock Michael Kevin Black Swan Theatre
Root of the Mandrake Niccolò Machiavelli Judd Parkin
Who's Happy Now? Oliver Hailey

Tennessee Williams

Michael Leibert
As You Like It William Shakespeare Audrey Stanley Elizabethan Theatre
A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare Dennis Bigelow
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus Christopher Marlowe Jerry Turner

The 1980s edit

OSF Production History: 1980–1989[14][non-primary source needed]
Year Play Theatre
1980 As You Like It Angus Bowmer Theatre
Coriolanus Angus Bowmer Theatre
Juno and the Paycock Angus Bowmer Theatre
Laundry and Bourbon Angus Bowmer Theatre
Lone Star Black Swan Theatre
Love's Labor's Lost Elizabethan Theatre
Of Mice and Men Angus Bowmer Theatre
Richard II Elizabethan Theatre
Ring Round the Moon Angus Bowmer Theatre
Seascape Black Swan Theatre
Sizwe Bansi Is Dead Black Swan Theatre
The Merry Wives of Windsor Elizabethan Theatre
The Merry Wives of Windsor Angus Bowmer Theatre
The Philadelphia Story Angus Bowmer Theatre
1981 'Tis Pity She's a Whore Angus Bowmer Theatre
Artichoke Black Swan
Death of a Salesman Angus Bowmer Theatre
Henry IV, Part One Elizabethan Theatre
Othello Angus Bowmer Theatre
The Birthday Party Black Swan
The Island Angus Bowmer Theatre
Two Gentlemen of Verona Elizabethan Theatre
Twelfth Night Angus Bowmer Theatre
Twelfth Night Elizabethan Theatre
Wild Oats Angus Bowmer Theatre
1982 Blithe Spirit Angus Bowmer Theatre
Henry V Elizabethan Theatre
Hold Me! Black Swan
Inherit the Wind Angus Bowmer Theatre
Julius Caesar Angus Bowmer Theatre
Othello Angus Bowmer Theatre
Romeo and Juliet Elizabethan Theatre
Spokesong Angus Bowmer Theatre
Comedy of Errors Elizabethan Theatre
The Father Black Swan
The Matchmaker Angus Bowmer Theatre
Wings Black Swan
1983 Ah, Wilderness! Angus Bowmer Theatre
Cymbeline Elizabethan Theatre
Don Juan in Hell Black Swan
Dracula Angus Bowmer Theatre
Dreamhouse Black Swan
Hamlet Angus Bowmer Theatre
Man and Superman Angus Bowmer Theatre
Much Ado about Nothing Elizabethan Theatre
Richard III Elizabethan Theatre
The Entertainer Black Swan
The Matchmaker Angus Bowmer Theatre
What the Butler Saw Angus Bowmer Theatre
1984 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Angus Bowmer Theatre
Dracula Angus Bowmer Theatre
Hay Fever Angus Bowmer Theatre
Henry VIII Elizabethan Theatre
London Assurance Angus Bowmer Theatre
Seascape with Sharks and Dancer Black Swan
The Revenger's Tragedy Angus Bowmer Theatre
Taming of the Shrew Elizabethan Theatre
Winter's Tale Elizabethan Theatre
Translations Black Swan
Troilus and Cressida Angus Bowmer Theatre
1985 All's Well That Ends Well Black Swan
An Enemy of the People Angus Bowmer Theatre
Crimes of the Heart Angus Bowmer Theatre
King John Elizabethan
King Lear Angus Bowmer Theatre
Light up the Sky Angus Bowmer Theatre
Lizzie Borden in the Late Afternoon Black Swan
Strange Snow Black Swan
The Majestic Kid Black Swan
Merchant of Venice Elizabethan Theatre
Trelawny of the "Wells" Angus Bowmer Theatre
1986 An Enemy of the People Angus Bowmer Theatre
As You Like It Elizabethan Theatre
Broadway Angus Bowmer Theatre
Measure for Measure Elizabethan Theatre
On the Verge Angus Bowmer Theatre
Sea Marks Black Swan Theatre
Strange Snow Black Swan Theatre
The Tempest Angus Bowmer Theatre
Threepenny Opera Angus Bowmer Theatre
Three Sisters Angus Bowmer Theatre
Titus Andronicus Elizabethan Theatre
1987 "Master Harold"...and the Boys Black Swan Theatre
A Midsummer Night's Dream Elizabethan Theatre
Ballerina Black Swn Theatre
Curse of the Starving Class Angus Bowmer Theatre
Macbeth Elizabethan Theatre
Richard II Angus Bowmer Theatre
She Stoops to Conquer Angus Bowmer Theatre
Taking Steps Black Swan Theatre
The Hostage Angus Bowmer Theatre
Member of the Wedding Angus Bowmer Theatre
Shoemakers' Holiday Elizabethan Theatre
1988 A Penny for a Song Angus Bowmer Theatre
Boy Meets Girl Angus Bowmer Theatre
Enrico IV Angus Bowmer Theatre
Ghosts Black Swan Theatre
Henry IV, Part One Elizabethan Theatre
Love's Labor's Lost Elizabethan Theatre
Orphans Black Swan Theatre
Romeo and Juliet Angus Bowmer Theatre
The Iceman Cometh Angus Bowmer Theatre
The Marriage of Bette and Boo Black Swan Theatre
Twelfth Night Elizabethan Theatre
1989 All My Sons Angus Bowmer Theatre
And a Nightingale Sang... Angus Bowmer Theatre
Breaking the Silence Angus Bowmer Theatre
Cyrano de Bergerac Angus Bowmer Theatre
Henry IV, Part II Elizabethan Theatre
Hunting Cockroaches Black Swan Theatre
Much Ado About Nothing Elizabethan Theatre
Not About Heroes Black Swan Theatre
Pericles, Prince of Tyre Angus Bowmer Theatre
The Road to Mecca Black Swan Theatre
Two Gentlemen of Verona Elizabethan Theatre

The 1990s edit

OSF Production History: 1990–1999[15][non-primary source needed]
Year Play Theatre
1990 God's Country Angus Bowmer Theatre
Peer Gynt
The Merry Wives of Windsor
The House of Blue Leaves
Aristocrats
At Long Last Leo Black Swan Theatre
The Second Man
The Voice of the Prairie
Henry V Elizabethan Stage
The Winter's Tale
The Comedy of Errors
1991 Major Barbara Angus Bowmer Theatre
Other People's Money
Our Town
The Merchant of Venice
Some Americans Abroad Black Swan Theatre
Two Rooms
Woman in Mind
Julius Caesar Elizabethan Stage
The First Part of Henry VI
The Taming of the Shrew
1992 All's Well That Ends Well Angus Bowmer Theatre
La Bete
The Ladies of the Camellias
The Playboy of the Western World
Toys in the Attic
Heathen Valley Black Swan Theatre
Restoration
The Firebugs
As You Like It Elizabethan Stage
Othello
The Conclusion of Henry VI
1993 A Flea in Her Ear Angus Bowmer Theatre
Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Lips Together, Teeth Apart
Richard III
The Illusion
Cymbeline Black Swan Theatre
Light in the Village
The Baltimore Waltz
A Midsummer Night's Dream Elizabethan Stage
Antony and Cleopatra
The White Devil
1994 Fifth of July Angus Bowmer Theatre
Hamlet
You Can't Take It With You
The Pool of Bethesda
The Rehearsal
Tales of the Lost Formicans Black Swan Theatre
Oleanna
The Colored Museum
Much Ado About Nothing Elizabethan Stage
The Tempest
The Two Noble Kinsmen
1995 Pravda Angus Bowmer Theatre
The Skin of Our Teeth
This Day and Age
Twelfth Night
Blood Wedding
Emma's Child Black Swan Theatre
From the Mississippi Delta
The Cure at Troy
Macbeth Elizabethan Stage
Richard II
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1996 Arcadia Angus Bowmer Theatre
Awake and Sing!
Molière Plays Paris
The Winter's Tale
This Day and Age
The Darker Face of the Earth
A Pair of Threes: Three Viewings and Three Hotels Black Swan Theatre
Cabaret Verboten
Strindberg in Hollywood
Coriolanus Elizabethan Stage
Love's Labor's Lost
Romeo and Juliet
1997 Death of a Salesman Angus Bowmer Theatre
King Lear
Pentecost
Rough Crossing
The Magic Fire
Blues for an Alabama Sky Black Swan Theatre
The Turn of the Screw
Nora
The Two Gentlemen of Verona Elizabethan Stage
Timon of Athens
As You Like It
1998 A Touch of the Poet Angus Bowmer Theatre
Les Blancs
Midsummer Night's Dream
The School for Scandal
Uncle Vanya
Sailing to Byzantium Black Swan Theatre
Vilna's Got a Golem
Measure for Measure
Cymbeline Elizabethan Stage
Henry IV, Part One
The Comedy of Errors
1999 Chicago Angus Bowmer Theatre
Good Person of Szechuan
Othello
Pericles
Seven Guitars
El Paso Blue Black Swan Theatre
Rosmersholm
Tongue of a Bird
Three Musketeers Elizabethan Stage
Henry IV, Part Two
Much Ado About Nothing

The 2000s edit

The early 2000s saw the decommissioning of the Black Swan Theatre as a venue for the regular season and the construction and opening of the New Theatre that would later be renamed as the Thomas Theatre in 2013. The Black Swan closed at the end of the 2001 season on October 28, and the New Theatre started performances in March 2002.[16][non-primary source needed]

The decade also saw a change in leadership. In 2007, Libby Appel ended her tenure as the Artistic Director. The 2008 season was the first for Bill Rauch, who became the fifth person to assume the role.[17]

OSF Production History: 1990–1999[16]
Year Play Playwright Director Theatre
2000[18] Henry V William Shakespeare Libby Appel Angus Bowmer Theatre
The Man Who Came to Dinner George S. Kaufman

Moss Hart

Warner Shook
The Night of the Iguana Tennessee Williams Penny Metropulos
Force of Nature Steven Dietz James Edmondson
The Trojan Women Euripides Liz Diamond
Wit Margaret Edison John Dillon Black Swan Theatre
Crumbs from the Table of Joy Lynn Nottage Seret Scott
Stop Kiss Diana Son Loretta Greco
Hamlet William Shakespeare Libby Appel Elizabethan Stage
Twelfth Night William Shakespeare Timothy Bond
The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare Kenneth Albers
2001[19] The Tempest William Shakespeare Penny Metropulos Angus Bowmer Theatre
Enter the Guardsman Scott Wentworth

Marion Alder

Craig Bohmler

Peter Amster
Life is a Dream Pedro Calderón de la Barca Laird Williamson
Oo-Bla-Dee Regina Taylor Timothy Bond
Three Sisters Anton Chekhov Libby Appel
The Trip to Bountiful Horton Foote Libby Appel Black Swan Theatre

final season

Fuddy Meers David Lindsay-Abaire James Edmondson
Two Sisters and a Piano Nilo Cruz Andrea Frye
The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare Michael Donald Edwards Elizabethan Stage
Troilus and Cressida William Shakespeare Kenneth Albers
The Merry Wives of Windsor William Shakespeare Lillian Groag
2002[20] Julius Caesar William Shakespeare Laird Williamson Angus Bowmer Theatre
Noises Off Michael Frayn Kenneth Albers
Idiot's Delight Robert E. Sherwood Peter Amster
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Edward Albee Timothy Bond
Saturday, Sunday, Monday Eduardo De Filippo Libby Appel
Macbeth William Shakespeare Libby Appel New Theatre

debut season

Handler Robert Schenkkan Bill Rauch
Playboy of the West Indies Mustapha Matura Kenny Leon
The Winter's Tale William Shakespeare Michael Donald Edwards Elizabethan Stage
Titus Andronicus William Shakespeare James Edmondson
As You Like It William Shakespeare Penny Metropulos
2003[21] Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare Loretta Greco Angus Bowmer Theatre
Daughters of the Revolution

Continental Divide, Part 2

David Edgar Tony Taccone
Present Laughter Noël Coward Peter Amster
Hedda Gabler Henrik Ibsen Bill Rauch
The Piano Lesson August Wilson Timothy Bond
Mothers Against

Continental Divide, Part 1

David Edgar Tony Taccone New Theatre
Antony and Cleopatra William Shakespeare Penny Metropulos
Lorca in a Green Dress Nilo Cruz Penny Metropulos
Richard II William Shakespeare Libby Appel Elizabethan Stage
Wild Oats John O'Keeffe James Edmondson
A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare Kenneth Albers
2004[22] The Comedy of Errors[23] William Shakespeare Bill Rauch Angus Bowmer Theatre
The Royal Family Edna Ferber

George S. Kaufman

Peter Amster
The Visit Friedrich Dürrenmatt Kenneth Albers
A Raisin in the Sun Lorraine Hansberry Andrea Frye
Oedipus Complex[24] Frank Galati Frank Galati
Topdog/Underdog Suzan-Lori Parks Timothy Bond New Theatre
Henry VI

Part One: Talbot & Joan

William Shakespeare Libby Appel

Scott Kaiser

Humble Boy Charlotte Jones Penny Metropulos
King Lear William Shakespeare James Edmondson Elizabethan Stage[25]
Henry VI

Parts Two & Three: Henry & Margaret

William Shakespeare Libby Appel

Scott Kaiser

Much Ado About Nothing William Shakespeare Laird Williamson
2005[26] Richard III William Shakespeare Libby Appel Angus Bowmer Theatre
The Philanderer George Bernard Shaw Penny Metropulos
Room Service John Murray

Allen Boretz

J.R. Sullivan
Napoli Milionaria! (Napes Millionaires!) Eduardo De Filippo Libby Appel
The Belle's Stratagem Hannah Cowley Davis McCallum
By the Waters of Babylon Robert Schenkkan Bill Rauch New Theatre
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom August Wilson Timothy Bond
Gibraltar Octavio Solis Liz Diamond
Twelfth Night William Shakespeare Peter Amster Elizabethan Stage
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus Christopher Marlowe James Edmondson
Love's Labor's Lost William Shakespeare Kenneth Albers
2006[27] The Winter's Tale William Shakespeare Libby Appel Angus Bowmer Theatre
The Diary of Anne Frank Frances Goodrich

Albert Hackett

James Edmondson
The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde Peter Amster
Intimate Apparel Lynn Nottage Timothy Bond
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde David Edgar Penny Metropulos
UP Bridget Carpenter Michael Barakiva New Theatre
Bus Stop William Inge Libby Appel
King John William Shakespeare John Sipes
The Merry Wives of Windsor William Shakespeare Andrew Tsao Elizabethan Stage
Cyrano de Bergerac Edmond Rostand Laird Williamson
The Two Gentlemen of Verona William Shakespeare Bill Rauch
2007[28] As You Like It William Shakespeare J.R. Sullivan Angus Bowmer Theatre
The Cherry Orchard Anton Chekhov Libby Appel
On The Razzle Tom Stoppard Laird Williamson
Gem of the Ocean August Wilson Timothy Bond
Tartuffe Molière

adapted and translated by

Ranjit Bolt

Peter Amster
Rabbit Hole David Lindsay-Abaire James Edmondson New Theatre
Tracy's Tiger Linda Alper

Douglas Langworthy

Penny Metropulos

Sterling Tinsley

Penny Metropulos
Distracted Lisa Loomer Liz Diamond
The Tempest William Shakespeare Libby Appel

Final show as Artistic Director

Elizabethan Stage
The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare Kate Buckley
Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare Bill Rauch
2008 A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare Mark Rucker Angus Bowmer Theatre
The Clay Cart Sudraka Bill Rauch
Fences August Wilson Leah C. Gardiner
A View From the Bridge Arthur Miller Libby Appel
The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler Jeff Whitty Bill Rauch
Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter Julie Myatt Jessica Thebus New Theatre
Coriolanus William Shakespeare Laird Williamson
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Luis Alfaro Tracy Young
Othello William Shakespeare Lisa Peterson Elizabethan Stage
Our Town Thornton Wilder Chay Yew
The Comedy of Errors William Shakespeare Penny Metropulos
2009[29] Macbeth William Shakespeare Gale Edwards Angus Bowmer Theatre
Death and the King's Horseman Wole Soyinka Chuck Smith
The Music Man Meredith Wilson

Franklin Lacey

Bill Rauch
Equivocation Bill Cain Bill Rauch
Paradise Lost Clifford Odets Libby Appel
Dead Man's Cell Phone Sarah Ruhl Christopher Liam Moore New Theatre
Servant of Two Masters Carlo Goldoni Tracy Young
All's Well That Ends Well William Shakespeare Amanda Dehnert
Henry VIII William Shakespeare John Sipes Elizabethan Stage
Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Laird Williamson
Much Ado About Nothing William Shakespeare Kate Buckley

The 2010s edit

Several theaters underwent name changes for the 2013 season. The New Theatre finally gained a formal name as the Thomas Theatre.[30][non-primary source needed] The Elizabethan Stage and Allen Pavillion were united under one name as the Allen Elizabethan Theatre, thanks to a $3 Million grant from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation.[31][non-primary source needed]

In 2014, the Festival announced their Canon in a Decade initiative. In the next ten years, from 2015 to 2024, the Festival would be producing the complete Shakespeare Canon to honor the 80th anniversary of the festival.[32][non-primary source needed] This project is in progress, and may have been affected by shut downs due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In August 2019, Bill Rauch left the position of Artistic Director. Nataki Garrett is his successor, and she is the sixth person to hold the position.[33][non-primary source needed]

OSF Production History: 2010–2019[34][non-primary source needed]
Year Play Playwright Director Theatre
2010 Hamlet William Shakespeare Bill Rauch Angus Bowmer Theatre
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen

Joseph Hanreddy (adapter)

J. R. Sullivan (adapter)

Libby Appel
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Tennessee Williams Christopher Liam Moore
She Loves Me Joe Masteroff

Jerry Bock

Sheldon Harnick

Rebecca Bayla Taichman
Throne of Blood Akira Kurasawa

Hideo Oguni

Shinobu Hashimoto

Ryuzo Kikushima

Ping Chong

director and adaptor

Well Lisa Kron James Edmondson New Theatre
Ruined Lynn Nottage Liesl Tommy
American Night: The Ballad of Juan José Richard Montoya,

Ric Salinas,

Herbert Siguenza

Jo Bonney
Twelfth Night William Shakespeare Darko Tresnjak Elizabethan Stage
Henry IV, Part One William Shakespeare Penny Metropulos
The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare Bill Rauch
2011 Measure for Measure William Shakespeare Bill Rauch Angus Bowmer Theatre
The Imaginary Invalid Molière

adapted by

Oded Gross & Tracy Young

Tracy Young
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee

adapted by

Christopher Sergel

Marion McClinton
August: Osage County Tracy Letts Christopher Liam Moore
The African Company Presents Richard III Carlyle Brown Seret Scott
The Language Archive Julia Cho Laurie Woolery New Theatre
Julius Caesar William Shakespeare Amanda Dehnert
Ghost Light Tony Taccone Johnathan Moscone
Love's Labor's Lost William Shakespeare Shana Cooper Elizabethan Stage
Henry IV, Part Two William Shakespeare Lisa Peterson
The Pirates of Penzance Arthur Sullivan

W. S. Gilbert

Bill Rauch
2012 Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare Laird Williamson Angus Bowmer Theatre
All the Way Robert Schenkkan Bill Rauch
The White Snake adapted by

Mary Zimmerman

Mary Zimmerman
Animal Crackers George S. Kaufman
Morrie Ryskind
adapted by
Henry Wishcamper
Allison Narver
Medea/Macbeth/Cinderella Euripides
William Shakespeare
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Bill Rauch
Tracy Young
directors and adaptors
Party People UNIVERSES
(Steven Sapp
Mildred Ruiz Sapp
William Ruiz aka Ninja)
Liesl Tommy New Theatre
Seagull Anton Chekhov

adapted by

Libby Appel

Libby Appel

Rob Melrose

Troilus and Cressida William Shakespeare Rob Melrose
Henry V William Shakespeare Joseph Haj Elizabethan Stage
As You Like it William Shakespeare Jessica Thebus
The Very Merry Wives of Windsor, Iowa William Shakespeare Christopher Liam Moore
2013 The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare David Ivers Angus Bowmer Theatre
My Fair Lady George Bernard Shaw

Frederick Loewe

Alan Jay Lerner

Amanda Dehnert
Two Trains Running August Wilson Lou Bellamy
A Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee Williams Christopher Liam Moore
The Tenth Muse Tanya Saracho Laurie Woolery
King Lear William Shakespeare Bill Rauch Thomas Theatre

formerly "New Theatre"

The Unfortunates Jon Beavers

Casey Hurt

Ian Merrican

Ramiz Monsef

Shana Cooper
The Liquid Plain Naomi Wallace Kwame Kwei-Armah
Cymbeline William Shakespeare Bill Rauch Elizabethan Stage
The Heart of Robin Hood David Farr Joel Sass
A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare Christopher Liam Moore
2014 The Tempest William Shakespeare Tony Taccone Angus Bowmer Theatre
The Cocoanuts Irving Berlin

George S. Kaufman

Mark Bedard (adapter)

David Ivers
The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window Lorraine Hansberry Juliette Carillo
A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle (author)

Tracy Young (adapter)

Tracy Young
The Great Society Robert Schenkkan Bill Rauch
The Comedy of Errors William Shakespeare Kent Gash Thomas Theatre
Water by the Spoonful Quiara Alegría Hudes Shishir Kurup
Family Album Stew

Joanna Settle

Heidi Rodewald

Joanna Settle
Richard III William Shakespeare James Bundy Allen Elizabethan Theatre

formerly "Elizabethan Stage"

Into the Woods James LaPine

Stephen Sondheim

Amanda Dehnert
The Two Gentlemen of Verona William Shakespeare Sarah Rasmussen
2015 Much Ado About Nothing William Shakespeare Lileana Blain-Cruz Angus Bowmer Theatre
Guys and Dolls Frank Loesser

Jo Swerling

Abe Burrows

Mary Zimmerman
Fingersmith Alexa Junge Bill Rauch
Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land Stan Lai Stan Lai
Sweat Lynn Nottage Kate Whoriskey
Pericles William Shakespeare Joseph Haj Thomas Theatre
Long Day's Journey into Night Eugene O'Neill Christopher Liam Moore
The Happiest Song Plays Last Quiara Alegría Hudes Shishir Kurup
Antony and Cleopatra William Shakespeare Bill Rauch Allen Elizabethan Theatre
Head over Heels Jeff Whitty

The Go-Go's

Ed Sylvanus Iskandar
The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas Marcela Lorca
2016[35] Twelfth Night William Shakespeare Christopher Liam Moore Angus Bowmer Theatre
Great Expectations Penny Metropulos (adapter)

Linda Alper (adapter)

Charles Dickens (author)

Penny Metropulos
The River Bride Marisela Treviño Orta Laurie Woolery
Roe Lisa Loomer Bill Rauch
Timon of Athens William Shakespeare Amanda Dehnert
Yeoman of the Guard Arthur Sullivan and W. S. Gilbert

Sean Graney, Andra Velis,

& Matt Kahler (adapters)

Sean Graney Thomas Theatre
Vietgone Qui Nguyen May Adrales
Richard II William Shakespeare Bill Rauch
Hamlet William Shakespeare Lisa Peterson Allen Elizabethan Theatre
The Wiz William F. Brown

Charlie Smalls

Frank L. Baum

Robert O'Hara
The Winter's Tale William Shakespeare Desdemona Chiang
2017[36] Julius Caesar William Shakespeare Shana Cooper Angus Bowmer Theatre
Shakespeare in Love Marc Norman

Tom Stoppard

Lee Hall

Christopher Liam Moore
Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles Luis Alfaro Juliette Carillo
UniSon UNIVERSES Robert O'Hara
Off the Rails Randy Reinholz Bill Rauch
Henry IV, Part One William Shakespeare Lileana Blain-Cruz Thomas Theatre
Hannah and the Dread Gazebo Jiehae Park Chay Yew
Henry IV, Part Two William Shakespeare Carl Cofield
The Merry Wives of Windsor William Shakespeare Dawn Monique Williams Allen Elizabethan Theatre
The Odyssey Homer

Mary Zimmerman (adapter)

Mary Zimmerman
Disney's Beauty and the Beast Alan Menken

Howard Ashman

Tim Rice

Linda Woolverton

Eric Tucker
2018[37] Othello William Shakespeare Bill Rauch Angus Bowmer Theatre
Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen

Kate Hamill (adapter)

Hana Sharif
Destiny of Desire Karen Zacarias José Luis Valenzuela
Oklahoma! Richard Rodgers

Oscar Hammerstein II

Bill Rauch
Snow in Midsummer[38] Francis Ya-Chu Cowhig Justin Audibert
Henry V William Shakespeare Rosa Joshi Thomas Theatre
Manahatta Mary Kathryn Nagle Laurie Woolery
The Way the Mountain Moved Idris Goodwin May Adrales
Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare Dámaso Rodríguez Allen Elizabethan Theatre
The Book of Will Lauren Gunderson Christopher Liam Moore
Love's Labor's Lost William Shakespeare Amanda Dehnert
2019[39] As You Like It William Shakespeare Rosa Joshi Angus Bowmer Theatre
Hairspray Marc Shaiman
Scott Wittman
John Waters
Christopher Liam Moore
Mother Road Octavio Solis Bill Rauch
Indecent Paula Vogel Shana Cooper
Cambodian Rock Band Lauren Yee Chay Yew Thomas Theatre
Between Two Knees 1491s Eric Ting
How to Catch Creation[40] Christina Anderson Nataki Garrett
Macbeth William Shakespeare José Luis Valenzuela Allen Elizabethan Theatre
Alice In Wonderland Eva Le Gallienne

Florinda Friebus

Sara Bruner
All's Well That Ends Well William Shakespeare Tracy Young
La Comedy of Errors
A bilingual English & Spanish version
of Comedy of Errors.
William Shakespeare
adapted and translated by
Luis Alfaro
Bill Rauch Community Visit Project

The 2020s edit

The Festival opened the 2020 season on February 28. On March 11, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the performances and remaining openings of all shows to be cancelled indefinitely.[41] By the end of March, the Festival was hoping to present a smaller season that would open Labor Day weekend. The plan was to present the four shows that had already opened with the addition of Shakespeare's The Tempest in the outdoor Allen Elizabethan Theatre. On May 8, it became apparent that ongoing social distancing restrictions in Oregon would prohibit a fall season and all shows for 2020 were cancelled.[42]

In February 2021, the Festival announced a hybrid season that would allow for flexibility surrounding ongoing social distancing mandates.[43] The Festival offered month-long streaming access to archive videos of previous shows in the early part of the year on their newly-launched streaming platform, O!. The archive streams included Julius Caesar (2017 season), Manahatta (2018 season), and Snow in Midsummer (2018 season). Also announced were tentative plans for three fully-staged shows to open in the followed by OSF's first ever Christmas show. In later May 2021, the OSF announced they would be proceeding with only one play, Fannie: The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer, a one woman show opening July 1 and playing through mid-October in the outdoor Allen Elizabethan Theatre.[44] Concurrently, the outdoor theatre would also offer performances every Wednesday hosting performing groups typically featured in the Green Show.[45] This press release also re-affirmed their plans for a Christmas show written by three members of their acting company titled It's Christmas, Carol!.

Year Play Playwright Director Theatre
2020[46][non-primary source needed] A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare Joseph Haj Angus Bowmer Theatre
The Copper Children Karen Zacarías Shariffa Ali
Peter and the Starcatcher Rick Elice
Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Wayne Barker
Lavina Jadhwani
Bring Down the House (Parts 1 & 2)
A two-part adaptation of Shakespeare's
three Henry VI plays.
William Shakespeare
Rosa Joshi (adapter)
Kate Wisniewski (adapter)
& Upstart Crow Collective
Rosa Joshi Thomas Theatre
2021[41] Fannie: The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer Cheryl L. West Henry Godinez Allen Elizabethan Theatre
It's Christmas, Carol! Mark Bedard
Brett Hinkley
John Tufts
Pirrone Yousefzadeh Angus Bowmer Theatre
2022[47] Once On This Island Lynn Ahrens
Stephen Flaherty
Lili-Anne Brown Angus Bowmer Theatre
How I Learned What I Learned August Wilson Tim Bond
King John William Shakespeare Rosa Joshi
It's Christmas Carol! Mark Bedard
Brett Hinkley
John Tufts
Pirrone Yousefzadeh
Unseen Mona Mansour Evren Odcikin Thomas Theatre
Confederates Dominique Morisseau Nataki Garrett
The Tempest William Shakespeare Nicholas C. Avila Allen Elizabethan Theatre
Revenge Song Qui Nguyen Robert Ross Parker
2023[48] Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare Nataki Garrett Angus Bowmer Theatre
Rent Jonathan Larson Tiffany Nichole Greene
It's Christmas Carol! Mark Bedard
Brett Hinkley
John Tufts
Pirrone Yousefzadeh
The Three Musketeers Alexandre Dumas
Kirsten Childs
Kent Gash Allen Elizabethan Theatre
Twelfth Night William Shakespeare Dawn Monique Williams
Where We Belong Madeline Sayet Mei Ann Teo Thomas Theatre

Cumulative Shakespeare canon productions edit

A list of the number of times the Oregon Shakespeare Festival has produced each of Shakespeare's plays is available below. It counts only main stage productions produced in Ashland and at OSF Portland.[2]

The Festival has completed the canon of the first folio four times: the first time with Troilus and Cressida in 1958, and the remaining times with Timon of Athens in 1978, 1997, and 2016.[2]

OSF Production History of Shakespeare's Plays[2][49][non-primary source needed]
Play Number Seasons
Twelfth Night 18 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1951, 1959, 1964, 1969, 1974, 1981, 1988, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2016, 2023
As You Like It 16 1939, 1940, 1950, 1957, 1962, 1968, 1973, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1992, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2019
Romeo and Juliet 15 1936, 1937, 1949, 1956, 1963, 1969, 1975, 1982, 1988, 1996, 2003, 2007, 2012, 2018, 2023
The Comedy of Errors 14 1939, 1940, 1950, 1962, 1970, 1976, 1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2004, 2008, 2014, 2019
The Taming of the Shrew 14 1937, 1938, 1939, 1949, 1953, 1960, 1967, 1972, 1978, 1984, 1991, 2000, 2007, 2013
The Merchant of Venice 14 1935, 1936, 1938, 1947, 1948, 1953, 1958, 1964, 1970, 1977, 1985, 1991, 2001, 2010
A Midsummer Night's Dream 13 1949, 1955, 1961, 1966, 1971, 1979, 1987, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008, 2013, 2020
Much Ado About Nothing 13 1940, 1952, 1958, 1965, 1971, 1976, 1983, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2015
Hamlet 12 1938, 1939, 1947, 1954, 1961, 1968, 1974, 1983, 1994, 2000, 2010, 2016
Othello 11 1948, 1949, 1957, 1966, 1973, 1981, 1982, 1992, 1999, 2008, 2018
Love's Labour's Lost 11 1947, 1948, 1956, 1963, 1972, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2005, 2011, 2018
The Tempest 11 1952, 1960, 1969, 1978, 1986, 1991, 1994, 2001, 2007, 2014, 2022
Macbeth 10 1947, 1955, 1965, 1971, 1979, 1987, 1995, 2002, 2009, 2019
The Merry Wives of Windsor 10 1940, 1954, 1963, 1973, 1980, 1990, 1995, 2001, 2006, 2017
The Winter's Tale 9 1954, 1965, 1975, 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002, 2006, 2016
King Lear 9 1951, 1958, 1964, 1976, 1985, 1992, 1997, 2004, 2013
Henry V 8 1952, 1963, 1973, 1982, 1990, 2000, 2012, 2018
Julius Caesar 8 1952, 1960, 1970, 1982, 1991, 2002, 2011, 2017
Henry IV, Part 1 8 1950, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1988, 1998, 2010, 2017
Richard II 8 1949, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1987, 1995, 2003, 2016
The Two Gentlemen of Verona 8 1957, 1966, 1974, 1981, 1989, 1997, 2006, 2014
All's Well That Ends Well 7 1955, 1961, 1975, 1985, 1992, 2009, 2019
Henry IV, Part 2 7 1951, 1962, 1972, 1989, 1999, 2011, 2017
Antony and Cleopatra 7 1950, 1959, 1967, 1977, 1993, 2003, 2015
Richard III 7 1956, 1967, 1978, 1983, 1993, 2005, 2014
Henry VI, Part 1 6 1953, 1964, 1975, 1991, 2004, 2020
Henry VI, Part 2 6 1954, 1965, 1976, 1991 and 92, 2004, 2020
Henry VI, Part 3 6 1955, 1966, 1977, 1992, 2004, 2020
Cymbeline 6 1956, 1968, 1983, 1993, 1998, 2013
Measure for Measure 6 1951, 1959, 1977, 1986, 1998, 2011
King John 6 1948, 1959, 1969, 1985, 2006, 2022
Pericles, Prince of Tyre* 5 1957, 1967, 1989, 1999, 2015
Troilus and Cressida 5 1958, 1972, 1984, 2001, 2012
Coriolanus 5 1953, 1962, 1980, 1996, 2008
Timon of Athens 4 1955, 1978, 1997, 2016
Henry VIII 4 1957, 1968, 1984, 2009
Titus Andronicus 4 1956, 1974, 1986, 2002
The Two Noble Kinsmen* 1 1994

*indicates shows not part of the First Folio canon.

Venues edit

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External links edit

  • The OSF Archive

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This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Production history of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2023 Learn how and when to remove this message Production history of plays performed by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival as of September 2021 update Contents 1 The early years 1930s 2 The post war years late 1940s and 1950s 3 The 1960s 4 The 1970s 5 The 1980s 6 The 1990s 7 The 2000s 8 The 2010s 9 The 2020s 10 Cumulative Shakespeare canon productions 11 Venues 12 References 13 External linksThe early years 1930s editIn the early years OSF only produced works of Shakespeare 1 non primary source needed OSF Production History 1935 1940 1 Year Play Director Theatre 1935 The Merchant of Venice Angus L Bowmer Elizabethan Theatre Twelfth Night Angus L Bowmer 1936 Romeo and Juliet Angus L Bowmer Elizabethan Theatre The Merchant of Venice Angus L Bowmer Twelfth Night Angus L Bowmer 1937 Romeo and Juliet Angus L Bowmer Elizabethan Theatre The Taming of the Shrew Angus L Bowmer Twelfth Night Angus L Bowmer 1938 Hamlet Angus L Bowmer Elizabethan Theatre The Taming of the Shrew Angus L Bowmer Twelfth Night Angus L Bowmer The Merchant of Venice Angus L Bowmer 1939 2 As You Like It Angus L Bowmer Elizabethan Theatre The Taming of the Shrew Angus L Bowmer Hamlet Angus L Bowmer The Comedy of Errors Angus L Bowmer 1940 3 non primary source needed As You Like It William Cottrell Elizabethan Theatre The Comedy of Errors William Cottrell The Merry Wives of Windsor William Cottrell Much Ado About Nothing William Cottrell In July 1939 OSF was invited to present their production of The Taming of the Shrew at the Golden Gate International Exposition The performance was broadcast nationally over NBC Radio The interest drawn up by the national broadcast may have been the necessary exposure that allowed the Festival to return following World War II 4 The post war years late 1940s and 1950s editThe festival did not present any productions from 1941 to 1946 This was due to World War II and a fire that burned down the festival s original Elizabethan Theatre 5 In 1951 actors from the summer acting company formed the Vining Repertory This edition of the festival was created to present plays in indoor venues that allowed the season to utilize more of the year when winter weather would prohibit outdoor performances They performed for three seasons in a local venue known as the Lithia Theatre before a fire destroyed the stage stock and records The name Vining Repertory was in honor of the brothers who founded the Lithia Theatre and who had died just before the creation of this sub company 6 7 non primary source needed OSF Production History 1947 1959 3 7 Year Play Director Playwright Theatre 1947 Hamlet Frank Lambrett Smith William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre Love s Labour s Lost Angus L Bowmer William Shakespeare Macbeth Angus L Bowmer William Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice Angus L Bowmer William Shakespeare 1948 King John Allen Fletcher William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre Love s Labor s Lost Angus L Bowmer William Shakespeare Othello Angus L Bowmer William Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice Angus L Bowmer William Shakespeare 1949 A Midsummer Night s Dream James Sandoe William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre Othello Allen Fletcher William Shakespeare Richard II James Sandoe William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet Richard Graham William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew Allen Fletcher William Shakespeare 1950 Antony and Cleopatra James Sandoe William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre As You Like It Angus L Bowmer William Shakespeare Henry IV Part I Allen Fletcher William Shakespeare The Comedy of Errors Richard Graham William Shakespeare 1951 King Lear Angus L Bowmer William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre Measure for Measure James Sandoe William Shakespeare Henry IV Part II Philip Hanson William Shakespeare Twelfth Night Richard Graham William Shakespeare Fall 1951 Antigone William Oyler Jean Anouilh Adapted byLewis Galantiere Lithia Theatre Vining Repertory On Monday Next Richard Graham Philip King Ten Little Indians Philip Hanson Agatha Christie The Late Christopher Bean H Paul Kliss Sidney Howard Spring 1952 Arsenic and Old Lace Barbara Curtis Joseph Kesselring Lithia Theatre Vining Repertory Claudia Philip Hanson Rose Franken Death of a Salesman H Paul Kliss Arthur Miller The Importance of Being Earnest Richard Graham Oscar Wilde 1952 Henry V Philip Hanson William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre Julius Caesar Allen Fletcher William Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing Angus L Bowmer William Shakespeare The Tempest Richard Graham William Shakespeare Fall 1952 Dracula Philip Hanson Hamilton Deane John L Balderston Lithia Theatre Vining Repertory The Glass Menagerie Richard Graham Tennessee Williams The Show Off John E Taylor George Kelly The Vinegar Tree H Paul Kliss Paul Osborn 1953 Coriolanus Allen Fletcher William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre Henry VI Part I James Sandoe William Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice Richard Graham William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew Philip Hanson William Shakespeare 1954 Henry VI Part II James Sandoe William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre Hamlet Angus L Bowmer William Shakespeare The Merry Wives of Windsor Allen Fletcher William Shakespeare The Winter s Tale H Paul Kliss William Shakespeare 1955 7 A Midsummer Night s Dream James Sandoe William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre All s Well That Ends Well Robert B Loper William Shakespeare Henry VI Part III James Sandoe William Shakespeare Macbeth H Paul Kliss William Shakespeare Timon of Athens Robert B Loper William Shakespeare 1956 Cymbeline B Iden Payne William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre Love s Labor s Lost Allen Fletcher William Shakespeare Richard III Allen Fletcher William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet Hal J Todd William Shakespeare Titus Andronicus Hal J Todd William Shakespeare 1957 As You Like It Angus L Bowmer William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre Henry VIII Robert B Loper William Shakespeare Othello James Sandoe William Shakespeare Pericles Prince of Tyre Robert B Loper William Shakespeare The Two Gentlemen of Verona James Sandoe William Shakespeare 1958 King Lear Robert B Loper William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre Much Ado About Nothing Robert B Loper William Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice James Sandoe William Shakespeare Troilus and Cressida James Sandoe William Shakespeare 1959 Antony and Cleopatra James Sandoe William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre King John Richard D Risso William Shakespeare Measure for Measure James Sandoe William Shakespeare The Maske of the New World 8 First non Shakespeare productionin the Elizabethan Theatre Jerry Turner Carl Ritchie Twelfth Night Angus L Bowmer William ShakespeareThe 1960s editThe 60s confirmed the demand for an indoor venue that permitted performances in colder months Vining Rep continued for another year in a new venue a local movie theatre called the Varsity Theatre with the dressing rooms in a trailer behind the venue 9 Later in the decade the festival used the Varsity for matinee performances of Ballad Operas but were soon able to raise enough money to build a new indoor space The Angus Bowmer Theatre 10 OSF Production History 1960 1969 11 non primary source needed Year Play Director Playwright Theatre 1960 Julius Caesar Jerry Turner William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre Richard II Richard D Risso William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew Robert B Loper William Shakespeare The Tempest James Sandoe William Shakespeare The Tragedy of the Duchess of Malfi James Sandoe John Webster 1961 A Midsummer Night s Dream B Iden Payne William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre All s Well That Ends Well Charles G Taylor William Shakespeare Hamlet Robert B Loper William Shakespeare Henry IV Part I Richard D Risso William Shakespeare The Alchemist Edward S Brubaker Ben Jonson Late 1961 Night of the Auk Carl Ritchie Arch Oboler Varsity Theatre Vining Repertory Rashomon William Kinsolving Michael Kanin Fay Kanin The Boy Friend William Kinsolving Sandy Wilson The Miser Dorothy Stolp Moliere 1962 As You Like It Jerry Turner William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre Coriolanus J H Crouch William Shakespeare Henry IV Part II Edward S Brubaker William Shakespeare The Comedy of Errors Rod Alexander William Shakespeare A Thieves Ballad Carl Ritchie Carl Ritchie Les Carlson 1963 Henry V Jerry Turner William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre Love s Labor s Lost Rod Alexander William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet Robert B Loper William Shakespeare The Merry Wives of Windsor Edward S Brubaker William Shakespeare 1964 Henry VI Part I Jerry Turner William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre King Lear Angus L Bowmer William Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice Rod Alexander William Shakespeare Twelfth Night Robert B Loper William Shakespeare The Knight of the Burning Pestle Edward S Brubaker Francis Beaumont John Fletcher Lovers Made Men Carl Ritchie Ben Jonson Varsity Theatre 1965 Henry VI Part II Edward S Brubaker William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre Macbeth Richard D Risso William Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing James Moll William Shakespeare The Winter s Tale Hugh C Evans William Shakespeare Volpone Nagle Jackson Ben Jonson 1966 Othello Richard D Risso William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre A Midsummer Night s Dream Hugh C Evans William Shakespeare The Two Gentlemen of Verona Nagle Jackson William Shakespeare Henry VI Part III Jerry Turner William Shakespeare The Beggar s Opera Carl Ritchie John Gay Varsity Theatre 1967 Antony and Cleopatra Jerry Turner William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre Pericles Prince of Tyre Nagle Jackson William Shakespeare Richard III Hugh C Evans William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew Richard D Risso William Shakespeare The Maid of the Mill Carl Ritchie Samuel Arnold Varsity Theatre 1968 As You Like It William Kinsolving William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre Cymbeline James Sandoe William Shakespeare Hamlet Patrick Hines William Shakespeare Henry VIII Richard D Risso William Shakespeare Lock Up Your Daughters Carl Ritchie Henry Fielding Varsity Theatre 1969 King John Edward S Brubaker William Shakespeare Elizabethan Theatre Romeo and Juliet Patrick Hines William Shakespeare The Tempest Richard D Risso William Shakespeare Twelfth Night Hugh C Evans William Shakespeare Virtue in Danger Carl Ritchie Paul Dehn James Bernard Varsity TheatreThe 1970s editThe 1970s began with the first season in the new Angus Bowmer Theatre 12 In 1977 after being used for company only play performances and staged readings the Black Swan Theatre became another venue presenting shows as a part of the main OSF season The Black Swan was used for more experimental or intimate productions 13 non primary source needed OSF Production History 1960 1969 12 non primary source needed Year Play Playwright Director Theatre 1970 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Tom Stoppard Angus L Bowmer Angus Bowmer Theatre Antigone Jean Anouilh Larry Oliver The Fantasticks Tom Jones Harvey Schmidt Peter Nyberg The Imaginary Invalid Moliere Raye Birk The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare Angus L Bowmer You Can t Take It with You George S Kaufman Moss Hart Pat Patton The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams Larry Oliver Julius Caesar William Shakespeare Larry Oliver Elizabethan Theatre Richard II William Shakespeare Jackson Nagle The Comedy of Errors William Shakespeare Jackson Nagle 1971 A Man for All Seasons Robert Bolt Pat Patton Angus Bowmer Theatre Arsenic and Old Lace Joseph Kesselring Philip Davidson A Midsummer Night s Dream William Shakespeare Raye Birk Under Milk Wood Dylan Thomas Larry Oliver The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams Larry Oliver U S A John Dos Passos Paul Shyre Jerry Turner Henry IV Part I William Shakespeare Pat Patton Elizabethan Theatre Macbeth William Shakespeare Philip Davidson Much Ado About Nothing William Shakespeare Larry Oliver 1972 Room Service Allen Boretz John Murray Laird Williamson Angus Bowmer Theatre The Crucible Arthur Miller Pat Patton The Playboy of the Western World J M Synge Jerry Turner Uncle Vanya Anton Chekhov Larry Oliver Troilus and Cressida William Shakespeare Jerry Turner Our Town Thornton Wilder Pat Patton Love s Labor s Lost William Shakespeare Laird Williamson Elizabethan Theatre The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare Robert Benedetti Henry IV Part II William Shakespeare William Roberts 1973 Othello William Shakespeare Jerry Turner Angus Bowmer Theatre The Alchemist Ben Jonson Laird Williamson The Dance of Death August Strindberg Jerry Turner The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde James Edmondson Our Town Thornton Wilder Pat Patton Waiting for Godot Samuel Beckett Andrew J Traister As You Like It William Shakespeare Pat Patton Elizabethan Theatre Henry V William Shakespeare Laird Williamson The Merry Wives of Windsor William Shakespeare Thomas B Markus O Rare Ben Jonson David McPherson Thomas B Markus Christian Science Church 1974 The Two Gentlemen of Verona William Shakespeare Laird Williamson Angus Bowmer Theatre Hedda Gabler Henrik Ibsen Margaret Booker A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Bert Shevelove Larry GelbartStephen Sondheim Jerry Turner The Time of Your Life William Saroyan Pat Patton Waiting for Godot Samuel Beckett Andrew J Traister Hamlet William Shakespeare Jerry Turner Elizabethan Theatre Twelfth Night William Shakespeare James Edmondson Titus Andronicus William Shakespeare Laird Williamson 1975 Charley s Aunt Thomas Brandon Pat Patton Angus Bowmer Theatre Long Day s Journey Into Night Eugene O Neil Jerry Turner Oedipus the King Sophocles Robert B Loper The Petrified Forest Robert E Sherwood Jerry Turner The Winter s Tale William Shakespeare Audrey Stanley All s Well That Ends Well William Shakespeare Jon Jory Elizabethan Theatre Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare James Edmondson Henry VI Part I William Shakespeare Will Huddleston 1976 Brand Henrik Ibsen Jerry Turner Angus Bowmer Theatre The Devil s Disciple George Bernard Shaw Michael Leibert The Little Foxes Lillian Hellman James Moll The Tavern George M Cohan Pat Patton The Comedy of Errors William Shakespeare Will Huddleston Much Ado About Nothing William Shakespeare James Edmondson Elizabethan Theatre King Lear William Shakespeare Pat Patton Henry VI Part II William Shakespeare Jerry Turner 1977 A Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee Williams Elizabeth Huddle Angus Bowmer Theatre Angel Street Patrick Hamilton Pat Patton The Rivals Richard Brinsley Sheridan William Glover Measure for Measure William Shakespeare Jerry Turner A Taste of Honey Shelagh Delaney James Edmondson Black Swan Theatre A Moon for the Misbegotten Eugene O Neil Jerry Turner The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare Michael Addison Elizabethan Theatre Henry VI Part III William Shakespeare Pat Patton Antony and Cleopatra William Shakespeare Robert B Loper A Moon for the Misbegotten Eugene O Neil Jerry Turner Tao House 1978 Mother Courage and Her Children Bertolt Brecht Jerry Turner Angus Bowmer Theatre Private Lives Noel Coward Dennis Bigelow Tartuffe Moliere Sabin Epstein Miss Julie August Strindberg Elizabeth Huddle Timon of Athens William Shakespeare Jerry Turner Night of the Tribades Per Olav Enquist Jerry Turner Black Swan Theatre The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds Paul Zindel Willam Glover Richard III William Shakespeare Pat Patton Elizabethan Theatre The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare Judd Parkin The Tempest William Shakespeare Michael Addison 1979 Born Yesterday Garson Kanin James Moll Angus Bowmer Theatre The Play s the Thing Ferenc Molnar Dennis Bigelow The Wild Duck Henrik Ibsen Macbeth William Shakespeare Pat Patton Miss Julie August Strindberg Indulgences in the Louisville Harem John Orlock Michael Kevin Black Swan Theatre Root of the Mandrake Niccolo Machiavelli Judd Parkin Who s Happy Now Oliver Hailey Tennessee Williams Michael Leibert As You Like It William Shakespeare Audrey Stanley Elizabethan Theatre A Midsummer Night s Dream William Shakespeare Dennis Bigelow The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus Christopher Marlowe Jerry TurnerThe 1980s editThis section relies largely or entirely upon a single source Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources at this section September 2015 Learn how and when to remove this message OSF Production History 1980 1989 14 non primary source needed Year Play Theatre 1980 As You Like It Angus Bowmer Theatre Coriolanus Angus Bowmer Theatre Juno and the Paycock Angus Bowmer Theatre Laundry and Bourbon Angus Bowmer Theatre Lone Star Black Swan Theatre Love s Labor s Lost Elizabethan Theatre Of Mice and Men Angus Bowmer Theatre Richard II Elizabethan Theatre Ring Round the Moon Angus Bowmer Theatre Seascape Black Swan Theatre Sizwe Bansi Is Dead Black Swan Theatre The Merry Wives of Windsor Elizabethan Theatre The Merry Wives of Windsor Angus Bowmer Theatre The Philadelphia Story Angus Bowmer Theatre 1981 Tis Pity She s a Whore Angus Bowmer Theatre Artichoke Black Swan Death of a Salesman Angus Bowmer Theatre Henry IV Part One Elizabethan Theatre Othello Angus Bowmer Theatre The Birthday Party Black Swan The Island Angus Bowmer Theatre Two Gentlemen of Verona Elizabethan Theatre Twelfth Night Angus Bowmer Theatre Twelfth Night Elizabethan Theatre Wild Oats Angus Bowmer Theatre 1982 Blithe Spirit Angus Bowmer Theatre Henry V Elizabethan Theatre Hold Me Black Swan Inherit the Wind Angus Bowmer Theatre Julius Caesar Angus Bowmer Theatre Othello Angus Bowmer Theatre Romeo and Juliet Elizabethan Theatre Spokesong Angus Bowmer Theatre Comedy of Errors Elizabethan Theatre The Father Black Swan The Matchmaker Angus Bowmer Theatre Wings Black Swan 1983 Ah Wilderness Angus Bowmer Theatre Cymbeline Elizabethan Theatre Don Juan in Hell Black Swan Dracula Angus Bowmer Theatre Dreamhouse Black Swan Hamlet Angus Bowmer Theatre Man and Superman Angus Bowmer Theatre Much Ado about Nothing Elizabethan Theatre Richard III Elizabethan Theatre The Entertainer Black Swan The Matchmaker Angus Bowmer Theatre What the Butler Saw Angus Bowmer Theatre 1984 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Angus Bowmer Theatre Dracula Angus Bowmer Theatre Hay Fever Angus Bowmer Theatre Henry VIII Elizabethan Theatre London Assurance Angus Bowmer Theatre Seascape with Sharks and Dancer Black Swan The Revenger s Tragedy Angus Bowmer Theatre Taming of the Shrew Elizabethan Theatre Winter s Tale Elizabethan Theatre Translations Black Swan Troilus and Cressida Angus Bowmer Theatre 1985 All s Well That Ends Well Black Swan An Enemy of the People Angus Bowmer Theatre Crimes of the Heart Angus Bowmer Theatre King John Elizabethan King Lear Angus Bowmer Theatre Light up the Sky Angus Bowmer Theatre Lizzie Borden in the Late Afternoon Black Swan Strange Snow Black Swan The Majestic Kid Black Swan Merchant of Venice Elizabethan Theatre Trelawny of the Wells Angus Bowmer Theatre 1986 An Enemy of the People Angus Bowmer Theatre As You Like It Elizabethan Theatre Broadway Angus Bowmer Theatre Measure for Measure Elizabethan Theatre On the Verge Angus Bowmer Theatre Sea Marks Black Swan Theatre Strange Snow Black Swan Theatre The Tempest Angus Bowmer Theatre Threepenny Opera Angus Bowmer Theatre Three Sisters Angus Bowmer Theatre Titus Andronicus Elizabethan Theatre 1987 Master Harold and the Boys Black Swan Theatre A Midsummer Night s Dream Elizabethan Theatre Ballerina Black Swn Theatre Curse of the Starving Class Angus Bowmer Theatre Macbeth Elizabethan Theatre Richard II Angus Bowmer Theatre She Stoops to Conquer Angus Bowmer Theatre Taking Steps Black Swan Theatre The Hostage Angus Bowmer Theatre Member of the Wedding Angus Bowmer Theatre Shoemakers Holiday Elizabethan Theatre 1988 A Penny for a Song Angus Bowmer Theatre Boy Meets Girl Angus Bowmer Theatre Enrico IV Angus Bowmer Theatre Ghosts Black Swan Theatre Henry IV Part One Elizabethan Theatre Love s Labor s Lost Elizabethan Theatre Orphans Black Swan Theatre Romeo and Juliet Angus Bowmer Theatre The Iceman Cometh Angus Bowmer Theatre The Marriage of Bette and Boo Black Swan Theatre Twelfth Night Elizabethan Theatre 1989 All My Sons Angus Bowmer Theatre And a Nightingale Sang Angus Bowmer Theatre Breaking the Silence Angus Bowmer Theatre Cyrano de Bergerac Angus Bowmer Theatre Henry IV Part II Elizabethan Theatre Hunting Cockroaches Black Swan Theatre Much Ado About Nothing Elizabethan Theatre Not About Heroes Black Swan Theatre Pericles Prince of Tyre Angus Bowmer Theatre The Road to Mecca Black Swan Theatre Two Gentlemen of Verona Elizabethan TheatreThe 1990s editThis section relies largely or entirely upon a single source Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources at this section September 2015 Learn how and when to remove this message OSF Production History 1990 1999 15 non primary source needed Year Play Theatre 1990 God s Country Angus Bowmer Theatre Peer Gynt The Merry Wives of Windsor The House of Blue Leaves Aristocrats At Long Last Leo Black Swan Theatre The Second Man The Voice of the Prairie Henry V Elizabethan Stage The Winter s Tale The Comedy of Errors 1991 Major Barbara Angus Bowmer Theatre Other People s Money Our Town The Merchant of Venice Some Americans Abroad Black Swan Theatre Two Rooms Woman in Mind Julius Caesar Elizabethan Stage The First Part of Henry VI The Taming of the Shrew 1992 All s Well That Ends Well Angus Bowmer Theatre La Bete The Ladies of the Camellias The Playboy of the Western World Toys in the Attic Heathen Valley Black Swan Theatre Restoration The Firebugs As You Like It Elizabethan Stage Othello The Conclusion of Henry VI 1993 A Flea in Her Ear Angus Bowmer Theatre Joe Turner s Come and Gone Lips Together Teeth Apart Richard III The Illusion Cymbeline Black Swan Theatre Light in the Village The Baltimore Waltz A Midsummer Night s Dream Elizabethan Stage Antony and Cleopatra The White Devil 1994 Fifth of July Angus Bowmer Theatre Hamlet You Can t Take It With You The Pool of Bethesda The Rehearsal Tales of the Lost Formicans Black Swan Theatre Oleanna The Colored Museum Much Ado About Nothing Elizabethan Stage The Tempest The Two Noble Kinsmen 1995 Pravda Angus Bowmer Theatre The Skin of Our Teeth This Day and Age Twelfth Night Blood Wedding Emma s Child Black Swan Theatre From the Mississippi Delta The Cure at Troy Macbeth Elizabethan Stage Richard II The Merry Wives of Windsor 1996 Arcadia Angus Bowmer Theatre Awake and Sing Moliere Plays Paris The Winter s Tale This Day and Age The Darker Face of the Earth A Pair of Threes Three Viewings and Three Hotels Black Swan Theatre Cabaret Verboten Strindberg in Hollywood Coriolanus Elizabethan Stage Love s Labor s Lost Romeo and Juliet 1997 Death of a Salesman Angus Bowmer Theatre King Lear Pentecost Rough Crossing The Magic Fire Blues for an Alabama Sky Black Swan Theatre The Turn of the Screw Nora The Two Gentlemen of Verona Elizabethan Stage Timon of Athens As You Like It 1998 A Touch of the Poet Angus Bowmer Theatre Les Blancs Midsummer Night s Dream The School for Scandal Uncle Vanya Sailing to Byzantium Black Swan Theatre Vilna s Got a Golem Measure for Measure Cymbeline Elizabethan Stage Henry IV Part One The Comedy of Errors 1999 Chicago Angus Bowmer Theatre Good Person of Szechuan Othello Pericles Seven Guitars El Paso Blue Black Swan Theatre Rosmersholm Tongue of a Bird Three Musketeers Elizabethan Stage Henry IV Part Two Much Ado About NothingThe 2000s editThe early 2000s saw the decommissioning of the Black Swan Theatre as a venue for the regular season and the construction and opening of the New Theatre that would later be renamed as the Thomas Theatre in 2013 The Black Swan closed at the end of the 2001 season on October 28 and the New Theatre started performances in March 2002 16 non primary source needed The decade also saw a change in leadership In 2007 Libby Appel ended her tenure as the Artistic Director The 2008 season was the first for Bill Rauch who became the fifth person to assume the role 17 OSF Production History 1990 1999 16 Year Play Playwright Director Theatre 2000 18 Henry V William Shakespeare Libby Appel Angus Bowmer Theatre The Man Who Came to Dinner George S Kaufman Moss Hart Warner Shook The Night of the Iguana Tennessee Williams Penny Metropulos Force of Nature Steven Dietz James Edmondson The Trojan Women Euripides Liz Diamond Wit Margaret Edison John Dillon Black Swan Theatre Crumbs from the Table of Joy Lynn Nottage Seret Scott Stop Kiss Diana Son Loretta Greco Hamlet William Shakespeare Libby Appel Elizabethan Stage Twelfth Night William Shakespeare Timothy Bond The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare Kenneth Albers 2001 19 The Tempest William Shakespeare Penny Metropulos Angus Bowmer Theatre Enter the Guardsman Scott Wentworth Marion AlderCraig Bohmler Peter Amster Life is a Dream Pedro Calderon de la Barca Laird Williamson Oo Bla Dee Regina Taylor Timothy Bond Three Sisters Anton Chekhov Libby Appel The Trip to Bountiful Horton Foote Libby Appel Black Swan Theatre final season Fuddy Meers David Lindsay Abaire James Edmondson Two Sisters and a Piano Nilo Cruz Andrea Frye The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare Michael Donald Edwards Elizabethan Stage Troilus and Cressida William Shakespeare Kenneth Albers The Merry Wives of Windsor William Shakespeare Lillian Groag 2002 20 Julius Caesar William Shakespeare Laird Williamson Angus Bowmer Theatre Noises Off Michael Frayn Kenneth Albers Idiot s Delight Robert E Sherwood Peter Amster Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf Edward Albee Timothy Bond Saturday Sunday Monday Eduardo De Filippo Libby Appel Macbeth William Shakespeare Libby Appel New Theatre debut season Handler Robert Schenkkan Bill Rauch Playboy of the West Indies Mustapha Matura Kenny Leon The Winter s Tale William Shakespeare Michael Donald Edwards Elizabethan Stage Titus Andronicus William Shakespeare James Edmondson As You Like It William Shakespeare Penny Metropulos 2003 21 Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare Loretta Greco Angus Bowmer Theatre Daughters of the Revolution Continental Divide Part 2 David Edgar Tony Taccone Present Laughter Noel Coward Peter Amster Hedda Gabler Henrik Ibsen Bill Rauch The Piano Lesson August Wilson Timothy Bond Mothers Against Continental Divide Part 1 David Edgar Tony Taccone New Theatre Antony and Cleopatra William Shakespeare Penny Metropulos Lorca in a Green Dress Nilo Cruz Penny Metropulos Richard II William Shakespeare Libby Appel Elizabethan Stage Wild Oats John O Keeffe James Edmondson A Midsummer Night s Dream William Shakespeare Kenneth Albers 2004 22 The Comedy of Errors 23 William Shakespeare Bill Rauch Angus Bowmer Theatre The Royal Family Edna Ferber George S Kaufman Peter Amster The Visit Friedrich Durrenmatt Kenneth Albers A Raisin in the Sun Lorraine Hansberry Andrea Frye Oedipus Complex 24 Frank Galati Frank Galati Topdog Underdog Suzan Lori Parks Timothy Bond New Theatre Henry VI Part One Talbot amp Joan William Shakespeare Libby Appel Scott Kaiser Humble Boy Charlotte Jones Penny Metropulos King Lear William Shakespeare James Edmondson Elizabethan Stage 25 Henry VI Parts Two amp Three Henry amp Margaret William Shakespeare Libby Appel Scott Kaiser Much Ado About Nothing William Shakespeare Laird Williamson 2005 26 Richard III William Shakespeare Libby Appel Angus Bowmer Theatre The Philanderer George Bernard Shaw Penny Metropulos Room Service John Murray Allen Boretz J R Sullivan Napoli Milionaria Napes Millionaires Eduardo De Filippo Libby Appel The Belle s Stratagem Hannah Cowley Davis McCallum By the Waters of Babylon Robert Schenkkan Bill Rauch New Theatre Ma Rainey s Black Bottom August Wilson Timothy Bond Gibraltar Octavio Solis Liz Diamond Twelfth Night William Shakespeare Peter Amster Elizabethan Stage The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus Christopher Marlowe James Edmondson Love s Labor s Lost William Shakespeare Kenneth Albers 2006 27 The Winter s Tale William Shakespeare Libby Appel Angus Bowmer Theatre The Diary of Anne Frank Frances Goodrich Albert Hackett James Edmondson The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde Peter Amster Intimate Apparel Lynn Nottage Timothy Bond Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde David Edgar Penny Metropulos UP Bridget Carpenter Michael Barakiva New Theatre Bus Stop William Inge Libby Appel King John William Shakespeare John Sipes The Merry Wives of Windsor William Shakespeare Andrew Tsao Elizabethan Stage Cyrano de Bergerac Edmond Rostand Laird Williamson The Two Gentlemen of Verona William Shakespeare Bill Rauch 2007 28 As You Like It William Shakespeare J R Sullivan Angus Bowmer Theatre The Cherry Orchard Anton Chekhov Libby Appel On The Razzle Tom Stoppard Laird Williamson Gem of the Ocean August Wilson Timothy Bond Tartuffe Moliere adapted and translated byRanjit Bolt Peter Amster Rabbit Hole David Lindsay Abaire James Edmondson New Theatre Tracy s Tiger Linda Alper Douglas LangworthyPenny MetropulosSterling Tinsley Penny Metropulos Distracted Lisa Loomer Liz Diamond The Tempest William Shakespeare Libby Appel Final show as Artistic Director Elizabethan Stage The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare Kate Buckley Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare Bill Rauch 2008 A Midsummer Night s Dream William Shakespeare Mark Rucker Angus Bowmer Theatre The Clay Cart Sudraka Bill Rauch Fences August Wilson Leah C Gardiner A View From the Bridge Arthur Miller Libby Appel The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler Jeff Whitty Bill Rauch Welcome Home Jenny Sutter Julie Myatt Jessica Thebus New Theatre Coriolanus William Shakespeare Laird Williamson Breakfast Lunch amp Dinner Luis Alfaro Tracy Young Othello William Shakespeare Lisa Peterson Elizabethan Stage Our Town Thornton Wilder Chay Yew The Comedy of Errors William Shakespeare Penny Metropulos 2009 29 Macbeth William Shakespeare Gale Edwards Angus Bowmer Theatre Death and the King s Horseman Wole Soyinka Chuck Smith The Music Man Meredith Wilson Franklin Lacey Bill Rauch Equivocation Bill Cain Bill Rauch Paradise Lost Clifford Odets Libby Appel Dead Man s Cell Phone Sarah Ruhl Christopher Liam Moore New Theatre Servant of Two Masters Carlo Goldoni Tracy Young All s Well That Ends Well William Shakespeare Amanda Dehnert Henry VIII William Shakespeare John Sipes Elizabethan Stage Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Laird Williamson Much Ado About Nothing William Shakespeare Kate BuckleyThe 2010s editSeveral theaters underwent name changes for the 2013 season The New Theatre finally gained a formal name as the Thomas Theatre 30 non primary source needed The Elizabethan Stage and Allen Pavillion were united under one name as the Allen Elizabethan Theatre thanks to a 3 Million grant from the Paul G Allen Family Foundation 31 non primary source needed In 2014 the Festival announced their Canon in a Decade initiative In the next ten years from 2015 to 2024 the Festival would be producing the complete Shakespeare Canon to honor the 80th anniversary of the festival 32 non primary source needed This project is in progress and may have been affected by shut downs due to the COVID 19 pandemic In August 2019 Bill Rauch left the position of Artistic Director Nataki Garrett is his successor and she is the sixth person to hold the position 33 non primary source needed OSF Production History 2010 2019 34 non primary source needed Year Play Playwright Director Theatre 2010 Hamlet William Shakespeare Bill Rauch Angus Bowmer Theatre Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen Joseph Hanreddy adapter J R Sullivan adapter Libby Appel Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Tennessee Williams Christopher Liam Moore She Loves Me Joe Masteroff Jerry BockSheldon Harnick Rebecca Bayla Taichman Throne of Blood Akira Kurasawa Hideo OguniShinobu HashimotoRyuzo Kikushima Ping Chong director and adaptor Well Lisa Kron James Edmondson New Theatre Ruined Lynn Nottage Liesl Tommy American Night The Ballad of Juan Jose Richard Montoya Ric Salinas Herbert Siguenza Jo Bonney Twelfth Night William Shakespeare Darko Tresnjak Elizabethan Stage Henry IV Part One William Shakespeare Penny Metropulos The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare Bill Rauch 2011 Measure for Measure William Shakespeare Bill Rauch Angus Bowmer Theatre The Imaginary Invalid Moliere adapted byOded Gross amp Tracy Young Tracy Young To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee adapted byChristopher Sergel Marion McClinton August Osage County Tracy Letts Christopher Liam Moore The African Company Presents Richard III Carlyle Brown Seret Scott The Language Archive Julia Cho Laurie Woolery New Theatre Julius Caesar William Shakespeare Amanda Dehnert Ghost Light Tony Taccone Johnathan Moscone Love s Labor s Lost William Shakespeare Shana Cooper Elizabethan Stage Henry IV Part Two William Shakespeare Lisa Peterson The Pirates of Penzance Arthur Sullivan W S Gilbert Bill Rauch 2012 Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare Laird Williamson Angus Bowmer Theatre All the Way Robert Schenkkan Bill Rauch The White Snake adapted by Mary Zimmerman Mary Zimmerman Animal Crackers George S KaufmanMorrie Ryskindadapted byHenry Wishcamper Allison Narver Medea Macbeth Cinderella EuripidesWilliam ShakespeareRodgers and Hammerstein Bill RauchTracy Youngdirectors and adaptors Party People UNIVERSES Steven SappMildred Ruiz SappWilliam Ruiz aka Ninja Liesl Tommy New Theatre Seagull Anton Chekhov adapted byLibby Appel Libby Appel Rob Melrose Troilus and Cressida William Shakespeare Rob Melrose Henry V William Shakespeare Joseph Haj Elizabethan Stage As You Like it William Shakespeare Jessica Thebus The Very Merry Wives of Windsor Iowa William Shakespeare Christopher Liam Moore 2013 The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare David Ivers Angus Bowmer Theatre My Fair Lady George Bernard Shaw Frederick LoeweAlan Jay Lerner Amanda Dehnert Two Trains Running August Wilson Lou Bellamy A Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee Williams Christopher Liam Moore The Tenth Muse Tanya Saracho Laurie Woolery King Lear William Shakespeare Bill Rauch Thomas Theatre formerly New Theatre The Unfortunates Jon Beavers Casey HurtIan MerricanRamiz Monsef Shana Cooper The Liquid Plain Naomi Wallace Kwame Kwei Armah Cymbeline William Shakespeare Bill Rauch Elizabethan Stage The Heart of Robin Hood David Farr Joel Sass A Midsummer Night s Dream William Shakespeare Christopher Liam Moore 2014 The Tempest William Shakespeare Tony Taccone Angus Bowmer Theatre The Cocoanuts Irving Berlin George S KaufmanMark Bedard adapter David Ivers The Sign in Sidney Brustein s Window Lorraine Hansberry Juliette Carillo A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L Engle author Tracy Young adapter Tracy Young The Great Society Robert Schenkkan Bill Rauch The Comedy of Errors William Shakespeare Kent Gash Thomas Theatre Water by the Spoonful Quiara Alegria Hudes Shishir Kurup Family Album Stew Joanna SettleHeidi Rodewald Joanna Settle Richard III William Shakespeare James Bundy Allen Elizabethan Theatre formerly Elizabethan Stage Into the Woods James LaPine Stephen Sondheim Amanda Dehnert The Two Gentlemen of Verona William Shakespeare Sarah Rasmussen 2015 Much Ado About Nothing William Shakespeare Lileana Blain Cruz Angus Bowmer Theatre Guys and Dolls Frank Loesser Jo SwerlingAbe Burrows Mary Zimmerman Fingersmith Alexa Junge Bill Rauch Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land Stan Lai Stan Lai Sweat Lynn Nottage Kate Whoriskey Pericles William Shakespeare Joseph Haj Thomas Theatre Long Day s Journey into Night Eugene O Neill Christopher Liam Moore The Happiest Song Plays Last Quiara Alegria Hudes Shishir Kurup Antony and Cleopatra William Shakespeare Bill Rauch Allen Elizabethan Theatre Head over Heels Jeff Whitty The Go Go s Ed Sylvanus Iskandar The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas Marcela Lorca 2016 35 Twelfth Night William Shakespeare Christopher Liam Moore Angus Bowmer Theatre Great Expectations Penny Metropulos adapter Linda Alper adapter Charles Dickens author Penny Metropulos The River Bride Marisela Trevino Orta Laurie Woolery Roe Lisa Loomer Bill Rauch Timon of Athens William Shakespeare Amanda Dehnert Yeoman of the Guard Arthur Sullivan and W S Gilbert Sean Graney Andra Velis amp Matt Kahler adapters Sean Graney Thomas Theatre Vietgone Qui Nguyen May Adrales Richard II William Shakespeare Bill Rauch Hamlet William Shakespeare Lisa Peterson Allen Elizabethan Theatre The Wiz William F Brown Charlie SmallsFrank L Baum Robert O Hara The Winter s Tale William Shakespeare Desdemona Chiang 2017 36 Julius Caesar William Shakespeare Shana Cooper Angus Bowmer Theatre Shakespeare in Love Marc Norman Tom StoppardLee Hall Christopher Liam Moore Mojada A Medea in Los Angeles Luis Alfaro Juliette Carillo UniSon UNIVERSES Robert O Hara Off the Rails Randy Reinholz Bill Rauch Henry IV Part One William Shakespeare Lileana Blain Cruz Thomas Theatre Hannah and the Dread Gazebo Jiehae Park Chay Yew Henry IV Part Two William Shakespeare Carl Cofield The Merry Wives of Windsor William Shakespeare Dawn Monique Williams Allen Elizabethan Theatre The Odyssey Homer Mary Zimmerman adapter Mary Zimmerman Disney s Beauty and the Beast Alan Menken Howard AshmanTim RiceLinda Woolverton Eric Tucker 2018 37 Othello William Shakespeare Bill Rauch Angus Bowmer Theatre Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen Kate Hamill adapter Hana Sharif Destiny of Desire Karen Zacarias Jose Luis Valenzuela Oklahoma Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II Bill Rauch Snow in Midsummer 38 Francis Ya Chu Cowhig Justin Audibert Henry V William Shakespeare Rosa Joshi Thomas Theatre Manahatta Mary Kathryn Nagle Laurie Woolery The Way the Mountain Moved Idris Goodwin May Adrales Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare Damaso Rodriguez Allen Elizabethan Theatre The Book of Will Lauren Gunderson Christopher Liam Moore Love s Labor s Lost William Shakespeare Amanda Dehnert 2019 39 As You Like It William Shakespeare Rosa Joshi Angus Bowmer Theatre Hairspray Marc ShaimanScott WittmanJohn Waters Christopher Liam Moore Mother Road Octavio Solis Bill Rauch Indecent Paula Vogel Shana Cooper Cambodian Rock Band Lauren Yee Chay Yew Thomas Theatre Between Two Knees 1491s Eric Ting How to Catch Creation 40 Christina Anderson Nataki Garrett Macbeth William Shakespeare Jose Luis Valenzuela Allen Elizabethan Theatre Alice In Wonderland Eva Le Gallienne Florinda Friebus Sara Bruner All s Well That Ends Well William Shakespeare Tracy Young La Comedy of ErrorsA bilingual English amp Spanish versionof Comedy of Errors William Shakespeareadapted and translated byLuis Alfaro Bill Rauch Community Visit ProjectThe 2020s editThe Festival opened the 2020 season on February 28 On March 11 the COVID 19 pandemic forced the performances and remaining openings of all shows to be cancelled indefinitely 41 By the end of March the Festival was hoping to present a smaller season that would open Labor Day weekend The plan was to present the four shows that had already opened with the addition of Shakespeare s The Tempest in the outdoor Allen Elizabethan Theatre On May 8 it became apparent that ongoing social distancing restrictions in Oregon would prohibit a fall season and all shows for 2020 were cancelled 42 In February 2021 the Festival announced a hybrid season that would allow for flexibility surrounding ongoing social distancing mandates 43 The Festival offered month long streaming access to archive videos of previous shows in the early part of the year on their newly launched streaming platform O The archive streams included Julius Caesar 2017 season Manahatta 2018 season and Snow in Midsummer 2018 season Also announced were tentative plans for three fully staged shows to open in the followed by OSF s first ever Christmas show In later May 2021 the OSF announced they would be proceeding with only one play Fannie The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer a one woman show opening July 1 and playing through mid October in the outdoor Allen Elizabethan Theatre 44 Concurrently the outdoor theatre would also offer performances every Wednesday hosting performing groups typically featured in the Green Show 45 This press release also re affirmed their plans for a Christmas show written by three members of their acting company titled It s Christmas Carol Year Play Playwright Director Theatre 2020 46 non primary source needed A Midsummer Night s Dream William Shakespeare Joseph Haj Angus Bowmer Theatre The Copper Children Karen Zacarias Shariffa Ali Peter and the Starcatcher Rick EliceDave Barry and Ridley PearsonWayne Barker Lavina Jadhwani Bring Down the House Parts 1 amp 2 A two part adaptation of Shakespeare sthree Henry VI plays William ShakespeareRosa Joshi adapter Kate Wisniewski adapter amp Upstart Crow Collective Rosa Joshi Thomas Theatre 2021 41 Fannie The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer Cheryl L West Henry Godinez Allen Elizabethan Theatre It s Christmas Carol Mark BedardBrett HinkleyJohn Tufts Pirrone Yousefzadeh Angus Bowmer Theatre 2022 47 Once On This Island Lynn AhrensStephen Flaherty Lili Anne Brown Angus Bowmer Theatre How I Learned What I Learned August Wilson Tim Bond King John William Shakespeare Rosa Joshi It s Christmas Carol Mark BedardBrett HinkleyJohn Tufts Pirrone Yousefzadeh Unseen Mona Mansour Evren Odcikin Thomas Theatre Confederates Dominique Morisseau Nataki Garrett The Tempest William Shakespeare Nicholas C Avila Allen Elizabethan Theatre Revenge Song Qui Nguyen Robert Ross Parker 2023 48 Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare Nataki Garrett Angus Bowmer Theatre Rent Jonathan Larson Tiffany Nichole Greene It s Christmas Carol Mark BedardBrett HinkleyJohn Tufts Pirrone Yousefzadeh The Three Musketeers Alexandre DumasKirsten Childs Kent Gash Allen Elizabethan Theatre Twelfth Night William Shakespeare Dawn Monique Williams Where We Belong Madeline Sayet Mei Ann Teo Thomas TheatreCumulative Shakespeare canon productions editA list of the number of times the Oregon Shakespeare Festival has produced each of Shakespeare s plays is available below It counts only main stage productions produced in Ashland and at OSF Portland 2 The Festival has completed the canon of the first folio four times the first time with Troilus and Cressida in 1958 and the remaining times with Timon of Athens in 1978 1997 and 2016 2 OSF Production History of Shakespeare s Plays 2 49 non primary source needed Play Number Seasons Twelfth Night 18 1935 1936 1937 1938 1951 1959 1964 1969 1974 1981 1988 1993 1995 2000 2005 2010 2016 2023 As You Like It 16 1939 1940 1950 1957 1962 1968 1973 1979 1980 1986 1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 2019 Romeo and Juliet 15 1936 1937 1949 1956 1963 1969 1975 1982 1988 1996 2003 2007 2012 2018 2023 The Comedy of Errors 14 1939 1940 1950 1962 1970 1976 1982 1990 1994 1998 2004 2008 2014 2019 The Taming of the Shrew 14 1937 1938 1939 1949 1953 1960 1967 1972 1978 1984 1991 2000 2007 2013 The Merchant of Venice 14 1935 1936 1938 1947 1948 1953 1958 1964 1970 1977 1985 1991 2001 2010 A Midsummer Night s Dream 13 1949 1955 1961 1966 1971 1979 1987 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2020 Much Ado About Nothing 13 1940 1952 1958 1965 1971 1976 1983 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2015 Hamlet 12 1938 1939 1947 1954 1961 1968 1974 1983 1994 2000 2010 2016 Othello 11 1948 1949 1957 1966 1973 1981 1982 1992 1999 2008 2018 Love s Labour s Lost 11 1947 1948 1956 1963 1972 1980 1988 1996 2005 2011 2018 The Tempest 11 1952 1960 1969 1978 1986 1991 1994 2001 2007 2014 2022 Macbeth 10 1947 1955 1965 1971 1979 1987 1995 2002 2009 2019 The Merry Wives of Windsor 10 1940 1954 1963 1973 1980 1990 1995 2001 2006 2017 The Winter s Tale 9 1954 1965 1975 1984 1990 1996 2002 2006 2016 King Lear 9 1951 1958 1964 1976 1985 1992 1997 2004 2013 Henry V 8 1952 1963 1973 1982 1990 2000 2012 2018 Julius Caesar 8 1952 1960 1970 1982 1991 2002 2011 2017 Henry IV Part 1 8 1950 1961 1971 1981 1988 1998 2010 2017 Richard II 8 1949 1960 1970 1980 1987 1995 2003 2016 The Two Gentlemen of Verona 8 1957 1966 1974 1981 1989 1997 2006 2014 All s Well That Ends Well 7 1955 1961 1975 1985 1992 2009 2019 Henry IV Part 2 7 1951 1962 1972 1989 1999 2011 2017 Antony and Cleopatra 7 1950 1959 1967 1977 1993 2003 2015 Richard III 7 1956 1967 1978 1983 1993 2005 2014 Henry VI Part 1 6 1953 1964 1975 1991 2004 2020 Henry VI Part 2 6 1954 1965 1976 1991 and 92 2004 2020 Henry VI Part 3 6 1955 1966 1977 1992 2004 2020 Cymbeline 6 1956 1968 1983 1993 1998 2013 Measure for Measure 6 1951 1959 1977 1986 1998 2011 King John 6 1948 1959 1969 1985 2006 2022 Pericles Prince of Tyre 5 1957 1967 1989 1999 2015 Troilus and Cressida 5 1958 1972 1984 2001 2012 Coriolanus 5 1953 1962 1980 1996 2008 Timon of Athens 4 1955 1978 1997 2016 Henry VIII 4 1957 1968 1984 2009 Titus Andronicus 4 1956 1974 1986 2002 The Two Noble Kinsmen 1 1994 indicates shows not part of the First Folio canon Venues editAllen Elizabethan Theatre Elizabethan Theatre Elizabethan Stage Angus Bowmer Theatre Black Swan Theatre Thomas Theatre The New Theatre Lithia Theatre Varsity Theatre Tao House Danville California Portland Center Stage OSF Portland Kennedy Center Bill Patton Garden for Act 2 of 2011 s Ghost Light References edit a b Oregon Shakespeare Festival Production History 1930s Oregon Shakespeare Festival Retrieved 11 May 2020 non primary source needed a b c d Production History of Shakespeare Plays Oregon Shakespeare Festival 2014 Season Press Kit 2014 a b Oregon Shakespeare Festival Production History 1940s Oregon Shakespeare Festival Retrieved 11 May 2020 non primary source needed History of OSF Ashland Shakespeare Review 20 July 2012 Retrieved 12 May 2020 A brief history of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival The Oregonian 20 February 2010 Retrieved 12 May 2020 Leary Kathleen F Richard Amy E 2009 Images of America Oregon Shakespeare Festival 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