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Victor Malana Maog discusses OSF’s 2020 production of “Poor Yella Rednecks,” a new comedy by “Vietgone” playwright Qui Nguyen. #PoorYellaRednecksOSF osfashland.org/2020

Nicholas C. Avila discusses his vision for OSF’s 2020 production of “The Tempest.” #TheTempestOSF osfashland.org/2020

Playwright Karen Zacarías and director Shariffa Ali discuss OSF’s 2020 production of “The Copper Children,” a world-premiere American Revolutions commission based on the now-forgotten true story of a “Trial of the Century” custody case that stirred the nation. #CopperChildrenOSF osfashland.org/2020

Playwright Sarah B. Mantell and director Jessica Kubzansky discuss OSF’s 2020 production of “Everything That Never Happened,” a new play that reveals everything you didn’t see take place in Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice.” #EverythingThatNeverHappenedOSF osfashland.org/2020

Monty Cole discusses OSF’s 2020 production of “black odyssey,” in which playwright Marcus Gardley reimagines and reclaims Homer’s ancient story for our times. #BlackOdysseyOSF osfashland.org/2020

Lavina Jadhwani discusses her vision for OSF’s 2020 production of “Peter and the Starcatcher,” a music-filled prequel to Peter Pan. #PeterAndTheStarcatcherOSF osfashland.org/2020

Joseph Haj discusses his vision for OSF’s 2020 production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” #MidsummerNightsDreamOSF osfashland.org/2020

Rosa Joshi, Kate Wisniewski, and Betsy Schwartz discuss OSF’s 2020 production of “Bring Down the House,” Shakespeare’s Henry VI plays performed in two parts. The three women are co-founders of upstart crow collective, which originally conceived and devised the two-play event, to be directed by Joshi. #BringDownTheHouseOSF osfashland.org/2020

OSF Artistic Director Nataki Garrett discusses “Confederates,” playwright Dominique Morisseau’s world-premiere American Revolutions co-commission with Penumbra Theatre, which Garrett will direct at OSF in 2020. #ConfederatesOSF osfashland.org/2020

Dawn Monique Williams discusses OSF’s 2020 production of “Bernhardt/Hamlet,” playwright Theresa Rebeck’s fact-meets-fiction exploration of legendary actress Sarah Bernhardt’s determination to play Hamlet in the late 19th century. #BernhardtHamletOSF osfashland.org/2020

OSF’s incoming and outgoing artistic directors, Nataki Garrett and Bill Rauch, discuss their brief period of leadership intersection before Bill heads to New York and Nataki fully takes the artistic reigns as the 84-year-old Festival’s fifth artistic director.

HAIRSPRAY - THE BROADWAY MUSICAL runs March 2 to Oct. 27, 2019, in the Angus Bowmer Theatre. Tickets & info: osfashland.org/Hairspray

MOTHER ROAD runs March 3 to Oct. 26, 2019, in the Angus Bowmer Theatre. Tickets & info: osfashland.org/MotherRoad LA COMEDIA OF ERRORS runs June 23 to Oct. 26, 2019, in the Thomas Theatre and in other locations on the OSF campus. This Community Visit Project pilot production will also be performed in local community spaces. Tickets & info: osfashland.org/LaComediaOfErrors

BETWEEN TWO KNEES runs April 3 to Oct. 27, 2019, in the Thomas Theatre. Tickets & info: osfashland.org/BetweenTwoKnees Learn more about the 1491s: http://www.1491s.com/

INDECENT runs July 4 to Oct. 26, 2019, in the Angus Bowmer Theatre. Tickets & info: osfashland.org/Indecent

AS YOU LIKE IT runs March 1 to Oct. 27, 2019, in the Angus Bowmer Theatre. Tickets & info: osfashland.org/AsYouLikeIt

HOW TO CATCH CREATION runs July 23 to Oct. 26, 2019, in the Thomas Theatre. Tickets & info: osfashland.org/HowToCatchCreation

MACBETH runs May 28 to Oct. 11, 2019, in the Allen Elizabethan Theatre. Tickets & info: osfashland.org/Macbeth

CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND runs March 6 to Oct. 27, 2019, in the Thomas Theatre. Tickets & info: osfashland.org/CambodianRockBand

Universes Podcast by Oregon Shakespeare Festival

An interview with actor Jordan Barbour, who is appearing as Mark Antony in this season’s production of "Julius Caesar" and the Beast in "Disney’s Beauty and the Beast."

An interview with actor Jennie Greenberry, who is appearing as Belle in "Disney’s Beauty and the Beast" and various roles in “The Merry Wives of Windsor."

An interview with actor and resident fight director U. Jonathan Toppo, currently appearing in “Shakespeare in Love” and “The Merry Wives of Windsor.”

An interview OSF’s director of development Torrie Allen , who talks about his previous career as an opera and musical theatre singer, and his transition to the other side of the spotlight as an arts executive.

Episode 12: OSF senior editor Catherine Foster interviews Off the Rails playwright Randy Reinholz, the creator of OSF’s first-ever play by a Native American writer, opening July 30 in the Angus Bowmer Theatre.

An interview with actor Michele Mais, who is appearing as Mistress Quickly and Ensemble in this season’s productions of "Henry IV, Part One" and "Henry IV, Part Two. Please note this podcast contains some social/political commentary.

An interview with actor Lauren Modica, who is appearing as Peto, Glendower and Ensemble in this season’s productions of "Henry IV, Part One" and "Henry IV, Part Two."

“Actor Daniel José Molina talks about playing Prince Hal in this season’s Henry IV, Parts One and Two, and looks ahead to Henry V in 2018.”

A podcast interview with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's resident playwright Luis Alfaro, author of this season's "Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles."

A podcast interview with Sabina Zuniga Varela, currently starring in "Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles" at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

Lighting designer Jim Ingalls is designing lights for 2017's "Julius Caesar", his seventh show at OSF. Jim is an internationally renowned lighting designer who is equally at home designing theater, opera and ballet.

Actor Kate Hurster talks about the 2017 OSF production of Julius Caesar, the craft of acting, her love of baking bread and much more!

Amrita Ramanan, OSF's Director of Literary Development, talks about the role of the dramaturg in the rehearsal process, shares the story of her development as a theatre artist, and tells of her involvement in "Art of the Rural". Recorded in December, 2016.

Part One of a two-part interview with Alison Carey, director of OSF's "American Revolutions: the United States History Cycle". In this interview brings us up to date on the latest commissions from the American Revolutions program and what the commissioning process is like. Recorded in December, 2016.

Part Two of an interview with Alison Carey, director of OSF's "American Revolutions: the United States History Cycle". In this part, Alison speaks about her passion for creating theater that addresses climate change, global warming and the environment. She talks about her collaborators in the field and tells of her recent trip to Marrakech to participate in the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Recorded in December, 2016.