It’s a Miracle!
Milagro tells the story of a Eugene girl’s miraculous bicultural life
OK, show of hands: Who in the arts world hasn’t ever daydreamed of writing a musical and having it go to Broadway? Eugene singer Evynne … Continue reading
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Smoked Out
Wildfire smoke in Ashland canceled all but two August performances of the only play running this summer at Oregon Shakespeare Festival
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, which shut down most of this season and last due to COVID, has been slammed by wildfire smoke as it tries … Continue reading
‘Good Times and Bum Times’
Performing arts groups and venues demonstrate resilience and flexibility in face of COVID-19 resurgence
The entertainment industry’s current predicament could be symbolized by a half glass of water. Planning and preparing amid a minefield of COVID-19 regulation changes and … Continue reading
Drawing Back the Curtains
At long last, local theaters open their doors to live audiences
After 16 months of tiny audience numbers, virtual shows or nothing at all, Eugene-area performance venues are making a comeback. Local theaters and their leaders … Continue reading
A Very Earnest Fannie
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival rebounds from the pandemic with a rushed and borrowed show — and no Shakespeare
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival has had a very rough couple of years. Already hurting from the late summer wildfires whose billowing smoke shut down performances … Continue reading
The Show (Finally) Goes On
Eugene area theaters will see live shows this summer and fall
After a year of dark, empty stages, local theaters have at last begun to open again with live shows on the books as we continue … Continue reading
Fighting to Vote
Dorothy Velasco’s new short play She Flies With Her Own Wings tells the story of women’s suffrage in Oregon
The story of women’s suffrage in Oregon was made for drama. The leading suffragist here, Portland’s Abigail Scott Duniway, spent decades in the late 19th … Continue reading
VLT Gets a Facelift
Very Little Theatre is being remodeled for the first time since being built in 1950
Eugene’s Very Little Theatre is beginning a $1.5 million renovation next spring, with a $200,000 lead donation from Herb Merker and Marcy Hammock. Designed by … Continue reading
Post-Pandemic Performance
Former OSF head Bill Rauch talks Zoom, making new arts world connections and what the new normal might mean for live theater
In the theater world, timing is everything, as Bill Rauch certainly knows. The visionary who ran the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for a decade moved to … Continue reading
Virtually Shameless
Eugene’s No Shame Theatre remotely celebrates 11 years, broadcasting on Facebook Live
Rule No. 1: All works must be original. No. 2: No breaking anything, including the law. No. 3: Go over five minutes and the lights … Continue reading