Oregon Country Fair 2022
Glimpses of OCF's joyous return
Theater: Page 9
Dangerous Knowledge
In Seeking Red, a young woman seeks the uncomfortable truth about her mother
“Everyone deserves to know who they are,” exclaims Grey Rhodes, the protagonist of a powerful new drama making its West Coast premiere at Cottage Theatre. … Continue reading
A Little Rusty
It’s a family affair when Seeking Red makes its West Coast premiere at Cottage Theatre
Regulars at Cottage Theatre are well acquainted with the Rust family. The multi-talented Tony Rust has starred in, sung in, directed and designed the sets … Continue reading
Seeing Their Scars
Two women — and two goats — confront trauma in a bright new play at OCT
In Alabaster, a comic drama concocted by the prolific Southern writer Audrey Cefaly, Alabaster is a fictional town in Alabama, blown to smithereens by a … Continue reading
The Bard is Back
After taking 2021 off, a much-changed OSF kicks off a new season
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival is back. After two years of pandemic shutdown, made worse by summer wildfire closures and the layoffs of 90 percent of … Continue reading
Headed for the Great White Way
A 28-year-old playwright who grew up in Eugene hits the big time next month when her new play opens on Broadway
Broadway is the stuff of legend in American theater. We have songs about the difficulty of making it there, like “On Broadway,” first made popular … Continue reading
Thank You for the Music
Cottage Theatre opens, after a COVID-induced break, with the infectiously fun Mamma Mia
If Shakespeare had written a musical, it’d probably look like Mamma Mia. This may sound blasphemous to the strict Shakespearean types, but the Bard’s comedies … Continue reading
Island in the Sun
The Broadway classic South Pacific hits the Hult Center
After months of a gloomy winter, it might be time for the sunny island of Bali Ha’i, the fictional setting of South Pacific. But watch … Continue reading
Nora’s Back
OCT opens a sparkling production of a contemporary sequel to Ibsen’s classic A Doll’s House
Two years ago, for the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in America, the University of Oregon produced A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen. The Norwegian … Continue reading
Love in the Basement
Buyer & Cellar at OCT provides perfect theater for the our isolated world
By Rick Levin A dear friend of mine tells this story about his self-awakening: It was a Saturday night in Euclid, Ohio, sometime in the mid … Continue reading