A scene from the OSF 2006 production of "Cyrano de Bergerac."The Oregon Shakespeare Festival will open its 2007 season with four productions on two stages the weekend of Feb. 23. Kicking off the weekend will be William Shakespeare's comedy "As You Like It," directed by guest artist J.R. Sullivan. The show will open at 8:00 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23, in the Angus Bowmer Theatre.
Opening at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24, in the Angus Bowmer Theatre is Aristic Director Libby Appel's new adaptation of Anton Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard," which she is directing. At 8 p.m. Saturday, Tom Stoppard's witty farce "On the Razzle," directed by Laird Williamson, will open.
Completing the weekend's openings will be David Lindsay-Abaire's new drama, "Rabbit Hole," opening at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25, in the New Theatre, directed by James Edmondson.
The OSF will open seven more plays on its three stages — the outdoor Elizabethan Stage, the Angus Bowmer Theatre and the intimate New Theatre — including three Shakespeare productions on the Elizabethan Stage opening the weekend of June 15-17 ("The Tempest," "The Taming of the Shrew" and "Romeo and Juliet.")
Also in the Angus Bowmer Theatre this season will be August Wilson's "Gem of the Ocean," (opening April 2) and Molière's "Tartuffe."
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"These plays are my parting gift," says Appel, who will be leaving OSF at the end of the 2007 season.
Tickets remain available to previews and most opening performances. Patrons can save 40 percent on preview tickets. Check ticket availability at www.osfashland.org for all shows. Tickets may be purchased online or by calling the box office at 482-4331.
Previews, three for each show, begin Friday, Feb. 16, with "As You Like It." Matinees will begin at 1:30 p.m. through June 3; 2 p.m. after that date.
Value season seats range in price from $22.50 to $48.75, with discounts children ages 6 to 17.
