Shakespeare in Oregon...

Founded in 1935, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) is one of the oldest and largest theatres of its kind in the world. A non-profit organization, the OSF stages an eight-and-a-half-month season annually and welcomes approximately 360,000 theatregoers each year. For the 2006 season, OSF offers 11 plays to choose from, including four from William Shakespeare: The Winter's Tale, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, and King John. Presently playing at the Angus Bowmer Theatre is The Winter's Tale, a story of betrayal and irrational paranoia, remorse and atonement, secret identities, and a wrong made right a generation later. The play will continue until October 29, 2006. The next Shakespeare play to take the stage will be The Merry Wives of Windsor June 6.