angus bowmer theatre Mother Road World Premiere As You Like It Octavio Solis William Shakespeare March 3 – October 26 (opens March 10) March 1 – October 26 (opens March 8) Directed by Bill Rauch Directed by Rosa Joshi An epic tale for the 21st century Love is merely a madness Inspired by John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, this world-premiere Director Rosa Joshi (who helmed 2018’s widely praised Henry V) drama by Southern Oregon–based playwright Octavio Solis (El Paso Blue, delves into the search for true love in a wondrous world of wit, Gibraltar, Quixote) finds hardworking and hard-living William Joad with transformation and imagination. Exiled from the controlling no blood kin to inherit the family farm. No one, that is, until he finds confines of the court, Duke Senior and her daughter Rosalind seek an unexpected relation: Martín Jodes—a young Mexican-American refuge—and find much more—in the unconstrained Forest of man descended from Steinbeck’s protagonist Tom Joad. Directed by Bill Arden. Also fleeing danger at home, Orlando encounters a young Rauch in his last season as artistic director, this powerful story about man named Ganymede and seeks help in love— unaware that land, family and survival inventively reverses the Joads’ mythic journey Ganymede is actually his heart’s desire, Rosalind, in disguise. “All from California back to Oklahoma. Cast includes Mark Murphey (William the world’s a stage” and all society’s rules of conformity are off in Joad), Armando Durán (Abelardo) and Fidel Gomez (Curtis). this exuberant theatrical journey into one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies. Cast includes Jessica Ko (Rosalind), Kate Hurster Indecent (Celia) and Román Zaragoza (Orlando). Paula Vogel July 4 – October 27 (opens July 7) Hairspray – The Broadway Musical Directed by Shana Cooper Book by Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan Music by Marc Shaiman The true story of a groundbreaking— Lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman and scandalous—Yiddish play Based on the New Line Cinema film Reminding us of the joint power and legacy of art and culture, this written and directed by John Waters American Revolutions commission by Paula Vogel returns home after March 2 – October 27 (opens March 9) acclaimed and award-winning productions across the country, including Directed by Christopher Liam Moore a Tony-winning run on Broadway. A spirited and revolutionary love story that celebrates Yiddish language and literature, Indecent charts You can’t stop the beat! the real-life controversy surrounding Sholem Asch’s play The God of It’s 1962, and Baltimore teenager Tracy Turnblad lives in a world Vengeance and the Jewish artists who faced persecution when bringing that tells her plus-sized gals shouldn’t be dancing on television it to Broadway in 1932. Directed by Shana Cooper (Julius Caesar, The and that racial segregation is here to stay. When she wins a spot Unfortunates), this collage of theatre, music, dance and poetry is a on The Corny Collins Show, Tracy becomes a star and teams up heart-stirring affirmation of the impact of art in a time of chaos. Cast with her friends Penny, Seaweed, Motormouth Maybelle and hunky includes Anthony Heald (The Elder Male), William DeMeritt (The Male Link Larkin to use her newfound fame to challenge the status quo. Ingenue) and Tatiana Wechsler (The Female Ingenue). Director Christopher Liam Moore (The Book of Will, Shakespeare in Love) honors John Waters’s original subversive vision for the story in a wildly joyful production that celebrates radical inclusion at its Pilot Community Visit Program heart. Cast includes Eddie Lopez (Corny Collins), K. T. Vogt (Prudy Pingleton) and Jonathan Luke Stevens (Link Larkin). La Comedia of Errors William Shakespeare The Book of Will (2018): Catherine Castellanos, Jordan Barbour, Bilingual Play on! translation by Luis Alfaro David Kelly, Kate Hurster, Jeffrey King, Cristofer Jean. June 25 – October 26 (opens July 2) Directed by Bill Rauch World Premiere | Play on!

A short play about a long separation Two sets of identical twins, separated at birth, unknowingly begin interacting with each other’s family and friends, leading to a not- so-serious case of mistaken identities. This bilingual (Spanish and English) adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s zaniest comedies springs from the brilliant and playful mind of Luis Alfaro (Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles; Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner). Commissioned as part of our Play on! Shakespeare translation program and set in Southern Oregon, this Community Visit Program pilot production shares its cast and director (OSF Artistic Director Bill Rauch) with the world premiere of Octavio Solis’s Mother Road and will feature intimate, actor-and-text focused performances with live music in OSF’s Thomas Theatre, alternate spaces on the OSF campus and in local communities. 3

Jenny Graham Jenny 3 thomas theatre allen elizabethan theatre Cambodian Rock Band Macbeth Lauren Yee William Shakespeare Featuring songs by Dengue Fever May 28 – October 11 (opens June 7) March 6 – October 27 (opens March 9) Directed by José Luis Valenzuela Engage: Directed by Chay Yew Fair is foul, and foul is fair A musical journey 30 years in the making Spurred by prophecy and consumed by ambition, Macbeth murders This epic play/rock concert thrusts us into the life of a young woman the Scottish king and claims the throne. Fueled by guilt and paranoia, trying to piece together her family history 30 years after her father the new king and his wife embark on an increasingly bloody campaign fled Cambodia. Featuring actor/musicians who perform a mix of to hold onto power. José Luis Valenzuela (Destiny of Desire) directs “the contemporary Dengue Fever hits and classic Cambodian oldies, Scottish play,” in which the impulse to destroy rather than change playwright Lauren Yee brings to vivid life the Cambodian rock scene of grips the Macbeths, wreaking havoc on their minds and on everyone the ’60s and ’70s, a movement cut short by the Khmer Rouge’s brutal in their way. Renowned for making the epic feel operatic, Valenzuela’s attempt to erase the music (and musicians) once and for all. This story intriguing and ritualistic take on Shakespeare’s evocative tragedy is about survivors, the resilient bond of family and the enduring power plumbs the depths of human psychology and the pitfalls of unchecked of music. Directed by Chay Yew (Hannah and the Dread Gazebo). Cast ambition and violence. Cast includes Danforth Comins (Macbeth), Amy includes Moses Villarama (Ted) and Daisuke Tsuji (Duch). Kim Waschke (Lady Macbeth) and Al Espinosa (Banquo).

Between Two Knees Alice in Wonderland World Premiere | American Revolutions Eva Le Gallienne and Florida Friebus; adapted from Lewis Carroll The 1491s May 29 – October 12 (opens June 8) April 3 – October 27 (opens April 7) Directed by Sara Bruner Directed by Eric Ting Curiouser and curiouser It’s OK to laugh How do we use our imaginations to make sense of the madness of In this American Revolutions commission, sketch-comedy troupe our world? Join Alice down the rabbit hole as she discovers the magic the 1491s tell an intergenerational story of familial love, loss and of Wonderland in the Allen Elizabethan Theatre. This adaptation by connection that spans the massacre at Wounded Knee, forced Eva Le Gallienne and Florida Friebus honors the beloved and iconic reeducation via Indian boarding schools, all of the World Wars so text while introducing us to an Alice who will delight present-day far, the Civil Rights Movement, the terror that was Lawrence Welk, audiences of all generations. Director Sara Bruner, a five-season OSF Vietnam and the 1973 takeover at Wounded Knee. Also, it’s funny. actor, brings her strong sense of curiosity, playfulness and theatricality Directed by California Shakespeare Theater Artistic Director Eric Ting to this music-filled, ensemble-driven celebration of Lewis Carroll and and infused with the 1491s’ boldly uninhibited, fearless and subversive the OSF company. Cast includes Emily Ota (Alice), Miriam A. Laube (Red approach to comedic storytelling, this world-premiere production Queen) and Cristofer Jean (White Knight). takes a hard look at the impacts of systematic oppression after the point that textbooks typically stop teaching Native history. Also, there All’s Well That Ends Well are nunjas. Cast includes Sheila Tousey (Irma’s Mother), Derek Garza William Shakespeare (Young Isaiah) and Shaun Taylor-Corbett (William). May 30 – October 13 (opens June 9) Directed by Tracy Young How to Catch Creation Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none Christina Anderson When Helena cures an ailing king, he rewards her with the mate of her July 23 – October 26 (opens July 27) choosing. She only has eyes for Bertram, but the young man does Directed by Nataki Garrett not return her love. What will become of clever Helena as she navigates The birth of a legacy this complex comedy of courtships, class, mistaken identities, pain, loss, Spanning more than 40 years, this is a story of love, longing, having your war and love? With original compositions and movement, Tracy Young heart broken and of simply existing. Playwright Christina Anderson, (A Wrinkle in Time, The Imaginary Invalid, The Servant of Two Masters) winner of the Lorraine Hansberry Award, explores the universal act directs this humorous, inventive and edgy production of Shakespeare’s of creation—of life, of family, of art—through the experiences of a nuanced love story. Cast includes Royer Bockus (Helena), Vilma Silva black, queer, feminist writer whose life is changed in the 1960s when (Countess Rossillion) and Lauren Modica (Widow). her girlfriend tells her some unexpected news. Decades later, the implications of that moment still echo in the lives of four individuals. Helmed by first-time OSF director Nataki Garrett, How to Catch Creation summer performances: As part of an ongoing effort to is a poetic and nuanced examination of family, connection, parenthood avoid cancellations due to summer wildfire smoke, in 2019 and the right to start over. Cast includes Chris Butler (Griffin), Christiana Clark (Tami) and William Thomas Hodgson (Stokes). OSF will offer performances of Macbeth, Alice in Wonderland and All’s Well That Ends Well in both our outdoor Allen play content and suitability: For more about the subject matter of Elizabethan Theatre and at an alternate indoor location in any play, please view our Suitability Suggestions on the OSF website Ashland on select dates, late July through early September, at osfashland.org/ss19 or contact the Box Office for details. including new added matinees. For up-to-date information casting is subject to change. For the latest cast lists, check osfashland.org on show locations, see osfashland.org. 4starting in November.