Category Archives: Events

Events or happenings I’ve attended or observed.

Avant-garde Othello

Posted on September 22, 2016 by djnpub

On a cool fall evening, I saw the last play in CalShakes season, a very unconventional production of Othello. This was the first play directed by Eric Ting, the new Artistic Director, and probably foreshadows the nature of things to … Continue reading →

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Another Winter’s Tale

Posted on September 18, 2016 by djnpub

For the last play of this year’s OSF adventure, for the second time this summer, I saw a production of The Winter’s Tale. [Trailer] This was another excellent show making this week a solid seven out of seven wonderful plays. … Continue reading →

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Twelfth Night

Posted on September 16, 2016 by djnpub

It seemed like so many plays to see when I first got here, but it’s flown by and I have only one more to see tomorrow night. This afternoon I saw a very funny production of Twelfth Night. [Trailer] This … Continue reading →

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Hamlet

Posted on September 15, 2016 by djnpub

In the morning of my 6th day in Ashland I did a little exploring and took a drive up Mt. Ashland experiencing some nice mountain scenery. In the evening I attended OSF’s exciting production of Hamlet. It seemed both traditional … Continue reading →

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Richard II

Posted on September 14, 2016 by djnpub

Tonight I saw OSF’s production of Richard II. [Trailer] This is basically as bread and butter of a Shakespeare history play is it gets, starting off the Henriad sequence of plays. This was a wonderful production, carried off by really … Continue reading →

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Great Expectations

Posted on September 13, 2016 by djnpub

After a break day (where I totally wussed out of going to Crater Lake), I saw my next play in my OSF adventure, Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect, but was somewhat excited knowing the … Continue reading →

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Time on Tomorrow :)

Posted on September 11, 2016 by djnpub

On my second day in Ashland, I saw one of the last two plays of Shakespeare’s canon that I’ve never seen before, Timon of Athens. Not quite knowing what to expect, I was treated to a powerful, entertaining tragedy. [Trailer, … Continue reading →

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Vietgone

Posted on September 10, 2016 by djnpub

Forcing myself out of bed earlier than I wanted to on a Saturday morning I undertook the 6 hour trek up to Ashland for a week of what will hopefully be great theater. This evening I saw the first play … Continue reading →

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You Never Can Tell

Posted on August 18, 2016 by djnpub

Tonight I saw the next play in the CalShakes season, George Bernard Shaw’s You Never Can Tell. This was an fun farcical play with some hardcore feminist/socialist views on women, marriage, families and children. The setting was transformed to a … Continue reading →

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Tempest

Posted on August 7, 2016 by djnpub

I saw the last play, on the last night of their season, of the Livermore Shakespeare Festival. It was The Tempest. It was a solid and enjoyable production. Two years ago I saw 3 productions of this play in one … Continue reading →

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