Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Angus Bowmer and the outdoor theatre, the keystone of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival he created.
GenreRepertory theatre
BeginsEach April
EndsEach December
Frequencyannual
Location(s)Ashland, Oregon
Inaugurated1935
Attendance400,000 (annual)
Budget$32 million (annual)
Websitewww.osfashland.org

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) is a regional repertory theatre in Ashland, Oregon, United States, founded in 1935 by Angus L. Bowmer. The Festival now offers matinee and evening performances of a wide range of classic and contemporary plays not limited to Shakespeare. During the Festival, between five and eleven plays are offered in daily rotation six days a week in its three theatres.[1] It welcomed its millionth visitor in 1971, its 10-millionth in 2001, and its 20-millionth visitor in 2015.

  1. ^ Leary, K. (2009). Images of America: Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing.