tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15300294.post-1123704160618138632005-08-10T13:02:00.000-07:002005-08-10T13:02:40.620-07:00The Oregon Shakespeare Festival opened its outdoor season on the Elizabethan Stage with Shakespeare’s glorious comedy “Twelfth Night” (through Oct. 9), followed closely by Christopher Marlowe’s epic masterpiece “The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus” (through Oct. 7). Closing the weekend will be Shakespeare’s high-spirited “Love’s Labor’s Lost” (through Oct. 8). Visit www.osfashland.org for availability and to buy online.<br /><br />The three outdoor productions will join six other productions in the repertory. Playing at the New Theatre are the world premiere production of Robert Schenkkan’s “By the Waters of Babylon” and August Wilson’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” Currently running in the Angus Bowmer Theatre are William Shakespeare’s “Richard III,” Murray &amp; Boretz’s “Room Service,” George Bernard Shaw’s “The Philanderer” and Eduardo de Filippo’s “Napoli Milionaria!”<br /><br />June also heralded the opening of the outdoor Green Show, under the artistic direction of David Hochoy and the musical direction of Sue Carney and Patricia Maureen O’Scannell. The Green Show features OSF’s resident music ensemble, the Terra Nova Consort, and resident dance ensemble Dance Kaleidoscope. The show is free and held in the courtyard prior to each outdoor performance on the Elizabethan Stage. Performances begin at 7:15 p.m. through Sept. 4 and at 6:45 p.m. Sept. 6-Oct. 9 (music only).<br /><br />OSF presents an exhibit of Shakespeare’s First Folio (published in 1623) on loan from the private collection of Paul G. Allen. The exhibit includes information on the history of the Folio and printing practices of the time. The Folio is on exhibit 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays through Oct. 8. Tickets are $4. For information, call 482-4331.<br /><br /><strong>THE SHOWS</strong><br /><br />“Twelfth Night,” directed by guest artist Peter Amster. Amster has directed four productions at OSF, most recently “Present Laughter” and “The Royal Family.”<br /><br />This will be OSF’s 15th production of “Twelfth Night,” the Bard’s most produced play at OSF.<br /><br />“The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus,” directed by OSF associate artist James Edmondson. The play was last produced at OSF 26 years ago, when Edmondson played Mephostophilis.<br /><br />Twenty-five actors are cast, including Jonathan Haugen as Faustus, Ray Porter as Mephostophilis, Brent Harris as Lucifer and Demetra Pittman as Chorus.<br /><br />“Love’s Labor’s Lost,” directed by Kenneth Albers. The play contains more than 200 puns and is the most heavily rhymed of the Bard’s plays. Set in the 1940s, scenic design is by guest artist Marjorie Bradley Kellogg, who designed last season’s set for “King Lear.”<br /><br />Costumes are by guest artist Susan E. Mickey in her 12th season at OSF. Music composition is by John Tanner.Millis McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077979355912892273noreply@blogger.com