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Oct 23, 2025
2026 Season Announcement
Inaugural Season in the Samuel H. Scripps Theater Center Announced!
Jul 24, 2018
Davis McCallum on the “Chameleonic Shape-Shifting” of Rep with WAMC
HVSF Artistic Director and RICHARD II Director Davis McCallum joined WAMC’s Joe Donahue in-studio for July 24th’s episode of The Roundtable! Get his take on the “chameleonic shape-shifting” of our company as they weave in and out of...
Jul 20, 2018
Robyn Kerr Talks ROBIN HOOD, RIP VAN WINKLE with “Token Theatre Friends”
2018 Company Member Robyn Kerr (Marion, ROBIN HOOD; Geertje, RIP VAN WINKLE) sat down with American Theatre’s Token Theatre Friends – Jose Solís and Diep Tran – to talk about her roles in David Farr’s THE HEART OF ROBIN HOOD and Seth...
Jul 19, 2018
TAMING is New York Times Critic’s Pick!
Originally published on July 19, 2018 by Jesse Green in The New York Times (“Review: Taming ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ Under a Tent”). When last we dropped in on Kate, Petruchio, Bianca and the gang, they were contestants in some kind...
Jul 06, 2018
Wall Street Journal: RICHARD II “cuts straight to the heart”
Originally published on July 5, 2018 by Terry Teachout in The Wall Street Journal (“A New Twist On Shakespeare: Playing It Straight”). Seven years ago, it was still inherently newsy when the Oregon Shakespeare Festival put on a “Julius...
Jul 06, 2018
Wall Street Journal: “TAMING plays it the way the author wrote it”
Originally published on July 5, 2018 by Terry Teachout in The Wall Street Journal (“A New Twist On Shakespeare: Playing It Straight”). In the #MeToo moment, how can “The Taming of the Shrew” be staged without setting off alarm bells of...
Jul 03, 2018
Casting Announced for RIP VAN WINKLE
Forty local citizen actors to take the stage this Labor Day Weekend alongside professional actors and designers in Seth Bockley’s newly-commissioned adaptation.
Jul 02, 2018
TAMING’s Love in the Time of Misogyny by Deb Lucke
Originally published on June 22, 2018 by Deb Lucke in The Highlands Current. Writer and Illustrator Deb Lucke (The Lunch Witch) caught up with the cast of THE TAMING OF THE SHREW during a pre-show rehearsal in June. For best viewing on mobile,...
Jun 26, 2018
Weekly Trivia Contest
Try your hand at our weekly trivia quiz to test your knowledge on Richard II. After completing the quiz, you will be automatically entered to win two free tickets to a weeknight show of your choosing. One submission per household. Check every...
Jun 22, 2018
Julia Coffey and Liz Wisan on Performing Shakespeare in 2018
Originally published on June 19, 2018 by Sarah Rebell, with photography by Jessica Nash, The Interval [HVSF Actors] Julia Coffey and Liz Wisan are no strangers to Shakespeare. Combined, their credits include As You Like It, Macbeth, Merchant of...
Jun 16, 2018
Help Build Sets, Props, Masks, Puppets, and Costumes for RIP VAN WINKLE
Join your neighbors, fellow artists, crafters, makers, stitchers, and builders on our RIP VAN WINKLE Community Design/Build Team! We’re seeking a team of committed volunteers to create the sets, props, masks, costumes, and puppets for this...
May 19, 2018
Fit for a King: The New Theater Tent
When our 2018 Season planning began last fall, we realized we had a slight problem: the tension cables used to give the HVSF Theater Tent its shape (and keep it from floating downriver) were outdated and in need of love if they were to best serve...
May 12, 2018
Meet the Young Local Talents in this Season’s ROBIN HOOD
One Saturday in February, dozens of kids from all over the region auditioned for the roles of Sarah and Jethro Summers in this season’s THE HEART OF ROBIN HOOD, bringing an energy and youthful creativity we don’t often get to feature at the...