Production history of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Production history of plays performed by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, as of September 2021^[update].

The early years (1930s)

In the early years, OSF only produced works of Shakespeare.^{[1][non-primary source needed]}

OSF Production History: 1935–1940^[1]

Year	Play	Director	Theatre
1935	The Merchant of Venice	Angus L. Bowmer	Elizabethan Theatre
	Twelfth Night	Angus L. Bowmer
1936	Romeo and Juliet	Angus L. Bowmer	Elizabethan Theatre
	The Merchant of Venice	Angus L. Bowmer
	Twelfth Night	Angus L. Bowmer
1937	Romeo and Juliet	Angus L. Bowmer	Elizabethan Theatre
	The Taming of the Shrew	Angus L. Bowmer
	Twelfth Night	Angus L. Bowmer
1938	Hamlet	Angus L. Bowmer	Elizabethan Theatre
	The Taming of the Shrew	Angus L. Bowmer
	Twelfth Night	Angus L. Bowmer
	The Merchant of Venice	Angus L. Bowmer
1939[2]	As You Like It	Angus L. Bowmer	Elizabethan Theatre
	The Taming of the Shrew	Angus L. Bowmer
	Hamlet	Angus L. Bowmer
	The Comedy of Errors	Angus L. Bowmer
1940[3]^[non-primary source needed]	As You Like It	William Cottrell	Elizabethan Theatre
	The Comedy of Errors	William Cottrell
	The Merry Wives of Windsor	William Cottrell
	Much Ado About Nothing	William Cottrell

In July 1939, OSF was invited to present their production of The Taming of the Shrew at the Golden Gate International Exposition. The performance was broadcast nationally over NBC Radio. The interest drawn up by the national broadcast may have been the necessary exposure that allowed the Festival to return following World War II.^[4]

The post-war years (late 1940s and 1950s)

The festival did not present any productions from 1941 to 1946. This was due to World War II and a fire that burned down the festival's original Elizabethan Theatre.^[5]

In 1951, actors from the summer acting company formed the Vining Repertory. This "edition" of the festival was created to present plays in indoor venues that allowed the season to utilize more of the year when winter weather would prohibit outdoor performances. They performed for three seasons in a local venue known as the Lithia Theatre before a fire destroyed the stage, stock, and records. The name "Vining Repertory" was in honor of the brothers who founded the Lithia Theatre and who had died just before the creation of this "sub-company".^{[6][7][non-primary source needed]}

OSF Production History: 1947–1959^[3]^[7]

Year	Play	Director	Playwright	Theatre
1947	Hamlet	Frank Lambrett-Smith	William Shakespeare	Elizabethan Theatre
	Love's Labour's Lost	Angus L. Bowmer	William Shakespeare
	Macbeth	Angus L. Bowmer	William Shakespeare
	The Merchant of Venice	Angus L. Bowmer	William Shakespeare
1948	King John	Allen Fletcher	William Shakespeare	Elizabethan Theatre
	Love's Labor's Lost	Angus L. Bowmer	William Shakespeare
	Othello	Angus L. Bowmer	William Shakespeare
	The Merchant of Venice	Angus L. Bowmer	William Shakespeare
1949	A Midsummer Night's Dream	James Sandoe	William Shakespeare	Elizabethan Theatre
	Othello	Allen Fletcher	William Shakespeare
	Richard II	James Sandoe	William Shakespeare
	Romeo and Juliet	Richard Graham	William Shakespeare
	The Taming of the Shrew	Allen Fletcher	William Shakespeare
1950	Antony and Cleopatra	James Sandoe	William Shakespeare	Elizabethan Theatre
	As You Like It	Angus L. Bowmer	William Shakespeare
	Henry IV, Part I	Allen Fletcher	William Shakespeare
	The Comedy of Errors	Richard Graham	William Shakespeare
1951	King Lear	Angus L. Bowmer	William Shakespeare	Elizabethan Theatre
	Measure for Measure	James Sandoe	William Shakespeare
	Henry IV, Part II	Philip Hanson	William Shakespeare
	Twelfth Night	Richard Graham	William Shakespeare
Fall 1951	Antigone	William Oyler	Jean Anouilh Adapted by Lewis Galantiere	Lithia Theatre Vining Repertory
	On Monday Next	Richard Graham	Philip King
	Ten Little Indians	Philip Hanson	Agatha Christie
	The Late Christopher Bean	H. Paul Kliss	Sidney Howard
Spring 1952	Arsenic and Old Lace	Barbara Curtis	Joseph Kesselring	Lithia Theatre Vining Repertory
	Claudia	Philip Hanson	Rose Franken
	Death of a Salesman	H. Paul Kliss	Arthur Miller
	The Importance of Being Earnest	Richard Graham	Oscar Wilde
1952	Henry V	Philip Hanson	William Shakespeare	Elizabethan Theatre
	Julius Caesar	Allen Fletcher	William Shakespeare
	Much Ado About Nothing	Angus L. Bowmer	William Shakespeare
	The Tempest	Richard Graham	William Shakespeare
Fall 1952	Dracula	Philip Hanson	Hamilton Deane John L. Balderston	Lithia Theatre Vining Repertory
	The Glass Menagerie	Richard Graham	Tennessee Williams
	The Show-Off	John E. Taylor	George Kelly
	The Vinegar Tree	H. Paul Kliss	Paul Osborn
1953	Coriolanus	Allen Fletcher	William Shakespeare	Elizabethan Theatre
	Henry VI, Part I	James Sandoe	William Shakespeare
	The Merchant of Venice	Richard Graham	William Shakespeare
	The Taming of the Shrew	Philip Hanson	William Shakespeare
1954	Henry VI, Part II	James Sandoe	William Shakespeare	Elizabethan Theatre
	Hamlet	Angus L. Bowmer	William Shakespeare
	The Merry Wives of Windsor	Allen Fletcher	William Shakespeare
	The Winter's Tale	H. Paul Kliss	William Shakespeare
1955[7]	A Midsummer Night's Dream	James Sandoe	William Shakespeare	Elizabethan Theatre
	All's Well That Ends Well	Robert B. Loper	William Shakespeare
	Henry VI, Part III	James Sandoe	William Shakespeare
	Macbeth	H. Paul Kliss	William Shakespeare
	Timon of Athens	Robert B. Loper	William Shakespeare
1956	Cymbeline	B. Iden Payne	William Shakespeare	Elizabethan Theatre
	Love's Labor's Lost	Allen Fletcher	William Shakespeare
	Richard III	Allen Fletcher	William Shakespeare
	Romeo and Juliet	Hal J. Todd	William Shakespeare
	Titus Andronicus	Hal J. Todd	William Shakespeare
1957	As You Like It	Angus L. Bowmer	William Shakespeare	Elizabethan Theatre
	Henry VIII	Robert B. Loper	William Shakespeare
	Othello	James Sandoe	William Shakespeare
	Pericles, Prince of Tyre	Robert B. Loper	William Shakespeare
	The Two Gentlemen of Verona	James Sandoe	William Shakespeare
1958	King Lear	Robert B. Loper	William Shakespeare	Elizabethan Theatre
	Much Ado About Nothing	Robert B. Loper	William Shakespeare
	The Merchant of Venice	James Sandoe	William Shakespeare
	Troilus and Cressida	James Sandoe	William Shakespeare
1959	Antony and Cleopatra	James Sandoe	William Shakespeare	Elizabethan Theatre
	King John	Richard D. Risso	William Shakespeare
	Measure for Measure	James Sandoe	William Shakespeare
	The Maske of the New World[8] First non-Shakespeare production in the Elizabethan Theatre	Jerry Turner	Carl Ritchie
	Twelfth Night	Angus L. Bowmer	William Shakespeare

The 1960s

The 60s confirmed the demand for an indoor venue that permitted performances in colder months. Vining Rep continued for another year in a new venue: a local movie theatre called the Varsity Theatre with the dressing rooms in a trailer behind the venue.^[9] Later in the decade, the festival used the Varsity for matinee performances of Ballad Operas, but were soon able to raise enough money to build a new indoor space: The Angus Bowmer Theatre.^[10]

OSF Production History: 1960–1969^[11]^[non-primary source needed]

Year	Play	Director	Playwright	Theatre
1960	Julius Caesar	Jerry Turner	William Shakespeare	Elizabethan Theatre
	Richard II	Richard D. Risso	William Shakespeare
	The Taming of the Shrew	Robert B. Loper	William Shakespeare
	The Tempest	James Sandoe	William Shakespeare
	The Tragedy of the Duchess of Malfi	James Sandoe	John Webster
1961	A Midsummer Night's Dream	B. Iden Payne	William Shakespeare	Elizabethan Theatre
	All's Well That Ends Well	Charles G. Taylor	William Shakespeare
	Hamlet	Robert B. Loper	William Shakespeare
	Henry IV, Part I	Richard D. Risso	William Shakespeare
	The Alchemist	Edward S. Brubaker	Ben Jonson
Late 1961	Night of the Auk	Carl Ritchie	Arch Oboler	Varsity Theatre Vining Repertory
	Rashomon	William Kinsolving	Michael Kanin Fay Kanin
	The Boy Friend	William Kinsolving	Sandy Wilson
	The Miser	Dorothy Stolp	Molière
1962	As You Like It	Jerry Turner	William Shakespeare	Elizabethan Theatre
	Coriolanus	J. H. Crouch	William Shakespeare
	Henry IV, Part II	Edward S. Brubaker	William Shakespeare
	The Comedy of Errors	Rod Alexander	William Shakespeare
	A Thieves Ballad	Carl Ritchie	Carl Ritchie Les Carlson
1963	Henry V	Jerry Turner	William Shakespeare	Elizabethan Theatre
	Love's Labor's Lost	Rod Alexander	William Shakespeare
	Romeo and Juliet	Robert B. Loper	William Shakespeare
	The Merry Wives of Windsor	Edward S. Brubaker	William Shakespeare
1964	Henry VI, Part I	Jerry Turner	William Shakespeare	Elizabethan Theatre
	King Lear	Angus L. Bowmer	William Shakespeare
	The Merchant of Venice	Rod Alexander	William Shakespeare
	Twelfth Night	Robert B. Loper	William Shakespeare
	The Knight of the Burning Pestle	Edward S. Brubaker	Francis Beaumont John Fletcher
	Lovers Made Men	Carl Ritchie	Ben Jonson	Varsity Theatre
1965	Henry VI, Part II	Edward S. Brubaker	William Shakespeare	Elizabethan Theatre
	Macbeth	Richard D. Risso	William Shakespeare
	Much Ado About Nothing	James Moll	William Shakespeare
	The Winter's Tale	Hugh C. Evans	William Shakespeare
	Volpone	Nagle Jackson	Ben Jonson
1966	Othello	Richard D. Risso	William Shakespeare	Elizabethan Theatre
	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Hugh C. Evans	William Shakespeare
	The Two Gentlemen of Verona	Nagle Jackson	William Shakespeare
	Henry VI, Part III	Jerry Turner	William Shakespeare
	The Beggar's Opera	Carl Ritchie	John Gay	Varsity Theatre
1967	Antony and Cleopatra	Jerry Turner	William Shakespeare	Elizabethan Theatre
	Pericles, Prince of Tyre	Nagle Jackson	William Shakespeare
	Richard III	Hugh C. Evans	William Shakespeare
	The Taming of the Shrew	Richard D. Risso	William Shakespeare
	The Maid of the Mill	Carl Ritchie	Samuel Arnold	Varsity Theatre
1968	As You Like It	William Kinsolving	William Shakespeare	Elizabethan Theatre
	Cymbeline	James Sandoe	William Shakespeare
	Hamlet	Patrick Hines	William Shakespeare
	Henry VIII	Richard D. Risso	William Shakespeare
	Lock Up Your Daughters	Carl Ritchie	Henry Fielding	Varsity Theatre
1969	King John	Edward S. Brubaker	William Shakespeare	Elizabethan Theatre
	Romeo and Juliet	Patrick Hines	William Shakespeare
	The Tempest	Richard D. Risso	William Shakespeare
	Twelfth Night	Hugh C. Evans	William Shakespeare
	Virtue in Danger	Carl Ritchie	Paul Dehn James Bernard	Varsity Theatre

The 1970s

The 1970s began with the first season in the new Angus Bowmer Theatre.^[12] In 1977, after being used for company-only play performances and staged readings, the Black Swan Theatre became another venue presenting shows as a part of the main OSF season. The Black Swan was used for more experimental or intimate productions.^{[13][non-primary source needed]}

OSF Production History: 1960–1969^[12]^[non-primary source needed]

Year	Play	Playwright	Director	Theatre
1970	Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead	Tom Stoppard	Angus L. Bowmer	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Antigone	Jean Anouilh	Larry Oliver
	The Fantasticks	Tom Jones Harvey Schmidt	Peter Nyberg
	The Imaginary Invalid	Molière	Raye Birk
	The Merchant of Venice	William Shakespeare	Angus L. Bowmer
	You Can't Take It with You	George S. Kaufman Moss Hart	Pat Patton
	The Glass Menagerie	Tennessee Williams	Larry Oliver
	Julius Caesar	William Shakespeare	Larry Oliver	Elizabethan Theatre
	Richard II	William Shakespeare	Jackson Nagle
	The Comedy of Errors	William Shakespeare	Jackson Nagle
1971	A Man for All Seasons	Robert Bolt	Pat Patton	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Arsenic and Old Lace	Joseph Kesselring	Philip Davidson
	A Midsummer Night's Dream	William Shakespeare	Raye Birk
	Under Milk Wood	Dylan Thomas	Larry Oliver
	The Glass Menagerie	Tennessee Williams	Larry Oliver
	U.S.A.	John Dos Passos Paul Shyre	Jerry Turner
	Henry IV, Part I	William Shakespeare	Pat Patton	Elizabethan Theatre
	Macbeth	William Shakespeare	Philip Davidson
	Much Ado About Nothing	William Shakespeare	Larry Oliver
1972	Room Service	Allen Boretz John Murray	Laird Williamson	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	The Crucible	Arthur Miller	Pat Patton
	The Playboy of the Western World	J.M. Synge	Jerry Turner
	Uncle Vanya	Anton Chekhov	Larry Oliver
	Troilus and Cressida	William Shakespeare	Jerry Turner
	Our Town	Thornton Wilder	Pat Patton
	Love's Labor's Lost	William Shakespeare	Laird Williamson	Elizabethan Theatre
	The Taming of the Shrew	William Shakespeare	Robert Benedetti
	Henry IV, Part II	William Shakespeare	William Roberts
1973	Othello	William Shakespeare	Jerry Turner	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	The Alchemist	Ben Jonson	Laird Williamson
	The Dance of Death	August Strindberg	Jerry Turner
	The Importance of Being Earnest	Oscar Wilde	James Edmondson
	Our Town	Thornton Wilder	Pat Patton
	Waiting for Godot	Samuel Beckett	Andrew J. Traister
	As You Like It	William Shakespeare	Pat Patton	Elizabethan Theatre
	Henry V	William Shakespeare	Laird Williamson
	The Merry Wives of Windsor	William Shakespeare	Thomas B. Markus
	O Rare Ben Jonson	David McPherson	Thomas B. Markus	Christian Science Church
1974	The Two Gentlemen of Verona	William Shakespeare	Laird Williamson	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Hedda Gabler	Henrik Ibsen	Margaret Booker
	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum	Bert Shevelove Larry Gelbart Stephen Sondheim	Jerry Turner
	The Time of Your Life	William Saroyan	Pat Patton
	Waiting for Godot	Samuel Beckett	Andrew J. Traister
	Hamlet	William Shakespeare	Jerry Turner	Elizabethan Theatre
	Twelfth Night	William Shakespeare	James Edmondson
	Titus Andronicus	William Shakespeare	Laird Williamson
1975	Charley's Aunt	Thomas Brandon	Pat Patton	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Long Day's Journey Into Night	Eugene O'Neil	Jerry Turner
	Oedipus the King	Sophocles	Robert B. Loper
	The Petrified Forest	Robert E. Sherwood	Jerry Turner
	The Winter's Tale	William Shakespeare	Audrey Stanley
	All's Well That Ends Well	William Shakespeare	Jon Jory	Elizabethan Theatre
	Romeo and Juliet	William Shakespeare	James Edmondson
	Henry VI, Part I	William Shakespeare	Will Huddleston
1976	Brand	Henrik Ibsen	Jerry Turner	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	The Devil's Disciple	George Bernard Shaw	Michael Leibert
	The Little Foxes	Lillian Hellman	James Moll
	The Tavern	George M. Cohan	Pat Patton
	The Comedy of Errors	William Shakespeare	Will Huddleston
	Much Ado About Nothing	William Shakespeare	James Edmondson	Elizabethan Theatre
	King Lear	William Shakespeare	Pat Patton
	Henry VI, Part II	William Shakespeare	Jerry Turner
1977	A Streetcar Named Desire	Tennessee Williams	Elizabeth Huddle	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Angel Street	Patrick Hamilton	Pat Patton
	The Rivals	Richard Brinsley Sheridan	William Glover
	Measure for Measure	William Shakespeare	Jerry Turner
	A Taste of Honey	Shelagh Delaney	James Edmondson	Black Swan Theatre
	A Moon for the Misbegotten	Eugene O'Neil	Jerry Turner
	The Merchant of Venice	William Shakespeare	Michael Addison	Elizabethan Theatre
	Henry VI, Part III	William Shakespeare	Pat Patton
	Antony and Cleopatra	William Shakespeare	Robert B. Loper
	A Moon for the Misbegotten	Eugene O'Neil	Jerry Turner	Tao House
1978	Mother Courage and Her Children	Bertolt Brecht	Jerry Turner	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Private Lives	Noël Coward	Dennis Bigelow
	Tartuffe	Molière	Sabin Epstein
	Miss Julie	August Strindberg	Elizabeth Huddle
	Timon of Athens	William Shakespeare	Jerry Turner
	Night of the Tribades	Per Olav Enquist	Jerry Turner	Black Swan Theatre
	The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds	Paul Zindel	Willam Glover
	Richard III	William Shakespeare	Pat Patton	Elizabethan Theatre
	The Taming of the Shrew	William Shakespeare	Judd Parkin
	The Tempest	William Shakespeare	Michael Addison
1979	Born Yesterday	Garson Kanin	James Moll	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	The Play's the Thing	Ferenc Molnár	Dennis Bigelow
	The Wild Duck	Henrik Ibsen
	Macbeth	William Shakespeare	Pat Patton
	Miss Julie	August Strindberg
	Indulgences in the Louisville Harem	John Orlock	Michael Kevin	Black Swan Theatre
	Root of the Mandrake	Niccolò Machiavelli	Judd Parkin
	Who's Happy Now?	Oliver Hailey Tennessee Williams	Michael Leibert
	As You Like It	William Shakespeare	Audrey Stanley	Elizabethan Theatre
	A Midsummer Night's Dream	William Shakespeare	Dennis Bigelow
	The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus	Christopher Marlowe	Jerry Turner

The 1980s

OSF Production History: 1980–1989^[14]^[non-primary source needed]

Year	Play	Theatre
1980	As You Like It	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Coriolanus	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Juno and the Paycock	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Laundry and Bourbon	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Lone Star	Black Swan Theatre
	Love's Labor's Lost	Elizabethan Theatre
	Of Mice and Men	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Richard II	Elizabethan Theatre
	Ring Round the Moon	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Seascape	Black Swan Theatre
	Sizwe Bansi Is Dead	Black Swan Theatre
	The Merry Wives of Windsor	Elizabethan Theatre
	The Merry Wives of Windsor	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	The Philadelphia Story	Angus Bowmer Theatre
1981	'Tis Pity She's a Whore	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Artichoke	Black Swan
	Death of a Salesman	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Henry IV, Part One	Elizabethan Theatre
	Othello	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	The Birthday Party	Black Swan
	The Island	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Two Gentlemen of Verona	Elizabethan Theatre
	Twelfth Night	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Twelfth Night	Elizabethan Theatre
	Wild Oats	Angus Bowmer Theatre
1982	Blithe Spirit	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Henry V	Elizabethan Theatre
	Hold Me!	Black Swan
	Inherit the Wind	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Julius Caesar	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Othello	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Romeo and Juliet	Elizabethan Theatre
	Spokesong	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Comedy of Errors	Elizabethan Theatre
	The Father	Black Swan
	The Matchmaker	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Wings	Black Swan
1983	Ah, Wilderness!	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Cymbeline	Elizabethan Theatre
	Don Juan in Hell	Black Swan
	Dracula	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Dreamhouse	Black Swan
	Hamlet	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Man and Superman	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Much Ado about Nothing	Elizabethan Theatre
	Richard III	Elizabethan Theatre
	The Entertainer	Black Swan
	The Matchmaker	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	What the Butler Saw	Angus Bowmer Theatre
1984	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Dracula	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Hay Fever	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Henry VIII	Elizabethan Theatre
	London Assurance	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Seascape with Sharks and Dancer	Black Swan
	The Revenger's Tragedy	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Taming of the Shrew	Elizabethan Theatre
	Winter's Tale	Elizabethan Theatre
	Translations	Black Swan
	Troilus and Cressida	Angus Bowmer Theatre
1985	All's Well That Ends Well	Black Swan
	An Enemy of the People	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Crimes of the Heart	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	King John	Elizabethan
	King Lear	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Light up the Sky	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Lizzie Borden in the Late Afternoon	Black Swan
	Strange Snow	Black Swan
	The Majestic Kid	Black Swan
	Merchant of Venice	Elizabethan Theatre
	Trelawny of the "Wells"	Angus Bowmer Theatre
1986	An Enemy of the People	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	As You Like It	Elizabethan Theatre
	Broadway	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Measure for Measure	Elizabethan Theatre
	On the Verge	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Sea Marks	Black Swan Theatre
	Strange Snow	Black Swan Theatre
	The Tempest	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Threepenny Opera	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Three Sisters	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Titus Andronicus	Elizabethan Theatre
1987	"Master Harold"...and the Boys	Black Swan Theatre
	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Elizabethan Theatre
	Ballerina	Black Swn Theatre
	Curse of the Starving Class	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Macbeth	Elizabethan Theatre
	Richard II	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	She Stoops to Conquer	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Taking Steps	Black Swan Theatre
	The Hostage	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Member of the Wedding	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Shoemakers' Holiday	Elizabethan Theatre
1988	A Penny for a Song	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Boy Meets Girl	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Enrico IV	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Ghosts	Black Swan Theatre
	Henry IV, Part One	Elizabethan Theatre
	Love's Labor's Lost	Elizabethan Theatre
	Orphans	Black Swan Theatre
	Romeo and Juliet	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	The Iceman Cometh	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	The Marriage of Bette and Boo	Black Swan Theatre
	Twelfth Night	Elizabethan Theatre
1989	All My Sons	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	And a Nightingale Sang...	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Breaking the Silence	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Cyrano de Bergerac	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Henry IV, Part II	Elizabethan Theatre
	Hunting Cockroaches	Black Swan Theatre
	Much Ado About Nothing	Elizabethan Theatre
	Not About Heroes	Black Swan Theatre
	Pericles, Prince of Tyre	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	The Road to Mecca	Black Swan Theatre
	Two Gentlemen of Verona	Elizabethan Theatre

The 1990s

OSF Production History: 1990–1999^[15]^[non-primary source needed]

Year	Play	Theatre
1990	God's Country	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Peer Gynt
	The Merry Wives of Windsor
	The House of Blue Leaves
	Aristocrats
	At Long Last Leo	Black Swan Theatre
	The Second Man
	The Voice of the Prairie
	Henry V	Elizabethan Stage
	The Winter's Tale
	The Comedy of Errors
1991	Major Barbara	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Other People's Money
	Our Town
	The Merchant of Venice
	Some Americans Abroad	Black Swan Theatre
	Two Rooms
	Woman in Mind
	Julius Caesar	Elizabethan Stage
	The First Part of Henry VI
	The Taming of the Shrew
1992	All's Well That Ends Well	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	La Bete
	The Ladies of the Camellias
	The Playboy of the Western World
	Toys in the Attic
	Heathen Valley	Black Swan Theatre
	Restoration
	The Firebugs
	As You Like It	Elizabethan Stage
	Othello
	The Conclusion of Henry VI
1993	A Flea in Her Ear	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Joe Turner's Come and Gone
	Lips Together, Teeth Apart
	Richard III
	The Illusion
	Theresa Bassoon
	Cymbeline	Black Swan Theatre
	Light in the Village
	The Baltimore Waltz
	Mad Forest
	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Elizabethan Stage
	Antony and Cleopatra
	The White Devil
1994	Fifth of July	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Hamlet
	You Can't Take It With You
	The Pool of Bethesda
	The Rehearsal
	Tales of the Lost Formicans	Black Swan Theatre
	Oleanna
	The Colored Museum
	Much Ado About Nothing	Elizabethan Stage
	The Tempest
	The Two Noble Kinsmen
1995	Pravda	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	The Skin of Our Teeth
	This Day and Age
	Twelfth Night
	Blood Wedding
	Emma's Child	Black Swan Theatre
	From the Mississippi Delta
	The Cure at Troy
	Macbeth	Elizabethan Stage
	Richard II
	The Merry Wives of Windsor
1996	Arcadia	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Awake and Sing!
	Molière Plays Paris
	The Winter's Tale
	This Day and Age
	The Darker Face of the Earth
	A Pair of Threes: Three Viewings and Three Hotels	Black Swan Theatre
	Cabaret Verboten
	Strindberg in Hollywood
	Coriolanus	Elizabethan Stage
	Love's Labor's Lost
	Romeo and Juliet
1997	Death of a Salesman	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	King Lear
	Pentecost
	Rough Crossing
	The Magic Fire
	Blues for an Alabama Sky	Black Swan Theatre
	The Turn of the Screw
	Nora
	The Two Gentlemen of Verona	Elizabethan Stage
	Timon of Athens
	As You Like It
1998	A Touch of the Poet	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Les Blancs
	Midsummer Night's Dream
	The School for Scandal
	Uncle Vanya
	Sailing to Byzantium	Black Swan Theatre
	Vilna's Got a Golem
	Measure for Measure
	Cymbeline	Elizabethan Stage
	Henry IV, Part One
	The Comedy of Errors
1999	Chicago	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Good Person of Szechuan
	Othello
	Pericles
	Seven Guitars
	El Paso Blue	Black Swan Theatre
	Rosmersholm
	Tongue of a Bird
	Three Musketeers	Elizabethan Stage
	Henry IV, Part Two
	Much Ado About Nothing

The 2000s

The early 2000s saw the decommissioning of the Black Swan Theatre as a venue for the regular season and the construction and opening of the New Theatre that would later be renamed as the Thomas Theatre in 2013. The Black Swan closed at the end of the 2001 season on October 28, and the New Theatre started performances in March 2002.^{[16][non-primary source needed]}

The decade also saw a change in leadership. In 2007, Libby Appel ended her tenure as the Artistic Director. The 2008 season was the first for Bill Rauch, who became the fifth person to assume the role.^[17]

OSF Production History: 1990–1999^[16]

Year	Play	Playwright	Director	Theatre
2000[18]	Henry V	William Shakespeare	Libby Appel	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	The Man Who Came to Dinner	George S. Kaufman Moss Hart	Warner Shook
	The Night of the Iguana	Tennessee Williams	Penny Metropulos
	Force of Nature	Steven Dietz	James Edmondson
	The Trojan Women	Euripides	Liz Diamond
	Wit	Margaret Edison	John Dillon	Black Swan Theatre
	Crumbs from the Table of Joy	Lynn Nottage	Seret Scott
	Stop Kiss	Diana Son	Loretta Greco
	Hamlet	William Shakespeare	Libby Appel	Elizabethan Stage
	Twelfth Night	William Shakespeare	Timothy Bond
	The Taming of the Shrew	William Shakespeare	Kenneth Albers
2001[19]	The Tempest	William Shakespeare	Penny Metropulos	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Enter the Guardsman	Scott Wentworth Marion Alder Craig Bohmler	Peter Amster
	Life is a Dream	Pedro Calderón de la Barca	Laird Williamson
	Oo-Bla-Dee	Regina Taylor	Timothy Bond
	Three Sisters	Anton Chekhov	Libby Appel
	The Trip to Bountiful	Horton Foote	Libby Appel	Black Swan Theatre final season
	Fuddy Meers	David Lindsay-Abaire	James Edmondson
	Two Sisters and a Piano	Nilo Cruz	Andrea Frye
	The Merchant of Venice	William Shakespeare	Michael Donald Edwards	Elizabethan Stage
	Troilus and Cressida	William Shakespeare	Kenneth Albers
	The Merry Wives of Windsor	William Shakespeare	Lillian Groag
2002[20]	Julius Caesar	William Shakespeare	Laird Williamson	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Noises Off	Michael Frayn	Kenneth Albers
	Idiot's Delight	Robert E. Sherwood	Peter Amster
	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Edward Albee	Timothy Bond
	Saturday, Sunday, Monday	Eduardo De Filippo	Libby Appel
	Macbeth	William Shakespeare	Libby Appel	New Theatre debut season
	Handler	Robert Schenkkan	Bill Rauch
	Playboy of the West Indies	Mustapha Matura	Kenny Leon
	The Winter's Tale	William Shakespeare	Michael Donald Edwards	Elizabethan Stage
	Titus Andronicus	William Shakespeare	James Edmondson
	As You Like It	William Shakespeare	Penny Metropulos
2003[21]	Romeo and Juliet	William Shakespeare	Loretta Greco	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Daughters of the Revolution Continental Divide, Part 2	David Edgar	Tony Taccone
	Present Laughter	Noël Coward	Peter Amster
	Hedda Gabler	Henrik Ibsen	Bill Rauch
	The Piano Lesson	August Wilson	Timothy Bond
	Mothers Against Continental Divide, Part 1	David Edgar	Tony Taccone	New Theatre
	Antony and Cleopatra	William Shakespeare	Penny Metropulos
	Lorca in a Green Dress	Nilo Cruz	Penny Metropulos
	Richard II	William Shakespeare	Libby Appel	Elizabethan Stage
	Wild Oats	John O'Keeffe	James Edmondson
	A Midsummer Night's Dream	William Shakespeare	Kenneth Albers
2004[22]	The Comedy of Errors[23]	William Shakespeare	Bill Rauch	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	The Royal Family	Edna Ferber George S. Kaufman	Peter Amster
	The Visit	Friedrich Dürrenmatt	Kenneth Albers
	A Raisin in the Sun	Lorraine Hansberry	Andrea Frye
	Oedipus Complex[24]	Frank Galati	Frank Galati
	Topdog/Underdog	Suzan-Lori Parks	Timothy Bond	New Theatre
	Henry VI Part One: Talbot & Joan	William Shakespeare	Libby Appel Scott Kaiser
	Humble Boy	Charlotte Jones	Penny Metropulos
	King Lear	William Shakespeare	James Edmondson	Elizabethan Stage[25]
	Henry VI Parts Two & Three: Henry & Margaret	William Shakespeare	Libby Appel Scott Kaiser
	Much Ado About Nothing	William Shakespeare	Laird Williamson
2005[26]	Richard III	William Shakespeare	Libby Appel	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	The Philanderer	George Bernard Shaw	Penny Metropulos
	Room Service	John Murray Allen Boretz	J.R. Sullivan
	Napoli Milionaria! (Napes Millionaires!)	Eduardo De Filippo	Libby Appel
	The Belle's Stratagem	Hannah Cowley	Davis McCallum
	By the Waters of Babylon	Robert Schenkkan	Bill Rauch	New Theatre
	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom	August Wilson	Timothy Bond
	Gibraltar	Octavio Solis	Liz Diamond
	Twelfth Night	William Shakespeare	Peter Amster	Elizabethan Stage
	The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus	Christopher Marlowe	James Edmondson
	Love's Labor's Lost	William Shakespeare	Kenneth Albers
2006[27]	The Winter's Tale	William Shakespeare	Libby Appel	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	The Diary of Anne Frank	Frances Goodrich Albert Hackett	James Edmondson
	The Importance of Being Earnest	Oscar Wilde	Peter Amster
	Intimate Apparel	Lynn Nottage	Timothy Bond
	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	David Edgar	Penny Metropulos
	UP	Bridget Carpenter	Michael Barakiva	New Theatre
	Bus Stop	William Inge	Libby Appel
	King John	William Shakespeare	John Sipes
	The Merry Wives of Windsor	William Shakespeare	Andrew Tsao	Elizabethan Stage
	Cyrano de Bergerac	Edmond Rostand	Laird Williamson
	The Two Gentlemen of Verona	William Shakespeare	Bill Rauch
2007[28]	As You Like It	William Shakespeare	J.R. Sullivan	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	The Cherry Orchard	Anton Chekhov	Libby Appel
	On The Razzle	Tom Stoppard	Laird Williamson
	Gem of the Ocean	August Wilson	Timothy Bond
	Tartuffe	Molière adapted and translated by Ranjit Bolt	Peter Amster
	Rabbit Hole	David Lindsay-Abaire	James Edmondson	New Theatre
	Tracy's Tiger	Linda Alper Douglas Langworthy Penny Metropulos Sterling Tinsley	Penny Metropulos
	Distracted	Lisa Loomer	Liz Diamond
	The Tempest	William Shakespeare	Libby Appel Final show as Artistic Director	Elizabethan Stage
	The Taming of the Shrew	William Shakespeare	Kate Buckley
	Romeo and Juliet	William Shakespeare	Bill Rauch
2008	A Midsummer Night's Dream	William Shakespeare	Mark Rucker	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	The Clay Cart	Sudraka	Bill Rauch
	Fences	August Wilson	Leah C. Gardiner
	A View From the Bridge	Arthur Miller	Libby Appel
	The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler	Jeff Whitty	Bill Rauch
	Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter	Julie Myatt	Jessica Thebus	New Theatre
	Coriolanus	William Shakespeare	Laird Williamson
	Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner	Luis Alfaro	Tracy Young
	Othello	William Shakespeare	Lisa Peterson	Elizabethan Stage
	Our Town	Thornton Wilder	Chay Yew
	The Comedy of Errors	William Shakespeare	Penny Metropulos
2009[29]	Macbeth	William Shakespeare	Gale Edwards	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Death and the King's Horseman	Wole Soyinka	Chuck Smith
	The Music Man	Meredith Wilson Franklin Lacey	Bill Rauch
	Equivocation	Bill Cain	Bill Rauch
	Paradise Lost	Clifford Odets	Libby Appel
	Dead Man's Cell Phone	Sarah Ruhl	Christopher Liam Moore	New Theatre
	Servant of Two Masters	Carlo Goldoni	Tracy Young
	All's Well That Ends Well	William Shakespeare	Amanda Dehnert
	Henry VIII	William Shakespeare	John Sipes	Elizabethan Stage
	Don Quixote	Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra	Laird Williamson
	Much Ado About Nothing	William Shakespeare	Kate Buckley

The 2010s

Several theaters underwent name changes for the 2013 season. The New Theatre finally gained a formal name as the Thomas Theatre.^{[30][non-primary source needed]} The Elizabethan Stage and Allen Pavilion were united under one name as the Allen Elizabethan Theatre, thanks to a $3 Million grant from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation.^{[31][non-primary source needed]}

In 2014, the Festival announced their Canon in a Decade initiative. In the next ten years, from 2015 to 2024, the Festival would be producing the complete Shakespeare Canon to honor the 80th anniversary of the festival.^{[32][non-primary source needed]} This project is in progress, and may have been affected by shut downs due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In August 2019, Bill Rauch left the position of Artistic Director. Nataki Garrett is his successor, and she is the sixth person to hold the position.^{[33][non-primary source needed]}

OSF Production History: 2010–2019^[34]^[non-primary source needed]

Year	Play	Playwright	Director	Theatre
2010	Hamlet	William Shakespeare	Bill Rauch	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Pride and Prejudice	Jane Austen Joseph Hanreddy (adapter) J. R. Sullivan (adapter)	Libby Appel
	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof	Tennessee Williams	Christopher Liam Moore
	She Loves Me	Joe Masteroff Jerry Bock Sheldon Harnick	Rebecca Bayla Taichman
	Throne of Blood	Akira Kurasawa Hideo Oguni Shinobu Hashimoto Ryuzo Kikushima	Ping Chong director and adaptor
	Well	Lisa Kron	James Edmondson	New Theatre
	Ruined	Lynn Nottage	Liesl Tommy
	American Night: The Ballad of Juan José	Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas, Herbert Siguenza	Jo Bonney
	Twelfth Night	William Shakespeare	Darko Tresnjak	Elizabethan Stage
	Henry IV, Part One	William Shakespeare	Penny Metropulos
	The Merchant of Venice	William Shakespeare	Bill Rauch
2011	Measure for Measure	William Shakespeare	Bill Rauch	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	The Imaginary Invalid	Molière adapted by Oded Gross & Tracy Young	Tracy Young
	To Kill a Mockingbird	Harper Lee adapted by Christopher Sergel	Marion McClinton
	August: Osage County	Tracy Letts	Christopher Liam Moore
	The African Company Presents Richard III	Carlyle Brown	Seret Scott
	The Language Archive	Julia Cho	Laurie Woolery	New Theatre
	Julius Caesar	William Shakespeare	Amanda Dehnert
	Ghost Light	Tony Taccone	Johnathan Moscone
	Love's Labor's Lost	William Shakespeare	Shana Cooper	Elizabethan Stage
	Henry IV, Part Two	William Shakespeare	Lisa Peterson
	The Pirates of Penzance	Arthur Sullivan W. S. Gilbert	Bill Rauch
2012	Romeo and Juliet	William Shakespeare	Laird Williamson	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	All the Way	Robert Schenkkan	Bill Rauch
	The White Snake	adapted by Mary Zimmerman	Mary Zimmerman
	Animal Crackers	George S. Kaufman Morrie Ryskind adapted by Henry Wishcamper	Allison Narver
	Medea/Macbeth/Cinderella	Euripides William Shakespeare Rodgers and Hammerstein	Bill Rauch Tracy Young directors and adaptors
	Party People	UNIVERSES (Steven Sapp Mildred Ruiz Sapp William Ruiz aka Ninja)	Liesl Tommy	New Theatre
	Seagull	Anton Chekhov adapted by Libby Appel	Libby Appel Rob Melrose
	Troilus and Cressida	William Shakespeare	Rob Melrose
	Henry V	William Shakespeare	Joseph Haj	Elizabethan Stage
	As You Like it	William Shakespeare	Jessica Thebus
	The Very Merry Wives of Windsor, Iowa	William Shakespeare	Christopher Liam Moore
2013	The Taming of the Shrew	William Shakespeare	David Ivers	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	My Fair Lady	George Bernard Shaw Frederick Loewe Alan Jay Lerner	Amanda Dehnert
	Two Trains Running	August Wilson	Lou Bellamy
	A Streetcar Named Desire	Tennessee Williams	Christopher Liam Moore
	The Tenth Muse	Tanya Saracho	Laurie Woolery
	King Lear	William Shakespeare	Bill Rauch	Thomas Theatre formerly "New Theatre"
	The Unfortunates	Jon Beavers Casey Hurt Ian Merrican Ramiz Monsef	Shana Cooper
	The Liquid Plain	Naomi Wallace	Kwame Kwei-Armah
	Cymbeline	William Shakespeare	Bill Rauch	Elizabethan Stage
	The Heart of Robin Hood	David Farr	Joel Sass
	A Midsummer Night's Dream	William Shakespeare	Christopher Liam Moore
2014	The Tempest	William Shakespeare	Tony Taccone	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	The Cocoanuts	Irving Berlin George S. Kaufman Mark Bedard (adapter)	David Ivers
	The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window	Lorraine Hansberry	Juliette Carillo
	A Wrinkle in Time	Madeleine L'Engle (author) Tracy Young (adapter)	Tracy Young
	The Great Society	Robert Schenkkan	Bill Rauch
	The Comedy of Errors	William Shakespeare	Kent Gash	Thomas Theatre
	Water by the Spoonful	Quiara Alegría Hudes	Shishir Kurup
	Family Album	Stew Joanna Settle Heidi Rodewald	Joanna Settle
	Richard III	William Shakespeare	James Bundy	Allen Elizabethan Theatre formerly "Elizabethan Stage"
	Into the Woods	James LaPine Stephen Sondheim	Amanda Dehnert
	The Two Gentlemen of Verona	William Shakespeare	Sarah Rasmussen
2015	Much Ado About Nothing	William Shakespeare	Lileana Blain-Cruz	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Guys and Dolls	Frank Loesser Jo Swerling Abe Burrows	Mary Zimmerman
	Fingersmith	Alexa Junge	Bill Rauch
	Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land	Stan Lai	Stan Lai
	Sweat	Lynn Nottage	Kate Whoriskey
	Pericles	William Shakespeare	Joseph Haj	Thomas Theatre
	Long Day's Journey into Night	Eugene O'Neill	Christopher Liam Moore
	The Happiest Song Plays Last	Quiara Alegría Hudes	Shishir Kurup
	Antony and Cleopatra	William Shakespeare	Bill Rauch	Allen Elizabethan Theatre
	Head over Heels	Jeff Whitty The Go-Go's	Ed Sylvanus Iskandar
	The Count of Monte Cristo	Alexandre Dumas	Marcela Lorca
2016[35]	Twelfth Night	William Shakespeare	Christopher Liam Moore	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Great Expectations	Penny Metropulos (adapter) Linda Alper (adapter) Charles Dickens (author)	Penny Metropulos
	The River Bride	Marisela Treviño Orta	Laurie Woolery
	Roe	Lisa Loomer	Bill Rauch
	Timon of Athens	William Shakespeare	Amanda Dehnert
	Yeoman of the Guard	Arthur Sullivan and W. S. Gilbert Sean Graney, Andra Velis, & Matt Kahler (adapters)	Sean Graney	Thomas Theatre
	Vietgone	Qui Nguyen	May Adrales
	Richard II	William Shakespeare	Bill Rauch
	Hamlet	William Shakespeare	Lisa Peterson	Allen Elizabethan Theatre
	The Wiz	William F. Brown Charlie Smalls Frank L. Baum	Robert O'Hara
	The Winter's Tale	William Shakespeare	Desdemona Chiang
2017[36]	Julius Caesar	William Shakespeare	Shana Cooper	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Shakespeare in Love	Marc Norman Tom Stoppard Lee Hall	Christopher Liam Moore
	Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles	Luis Alfaro	Juliette Carillo
	UniSon	UNIVERSES	Robert O'Hara
	Off the Rails	Randy Reinholz	Bill Rauch
	Henry IV, Part One	William Shakespeare	Lileana Blain-Cruz	Thomas Theatre
	Hannah and the Dread Gazebo	Jiehae Park	Chay Yew
	Henry IV, Part Two	William Shakespeare	Carl Cofield
	The Merry Wives of Windsor	William Shakespeare	Dawn Monique Williams	Allen Elizabethan Theatre
	The Odyssey	Homer Mary Zimmerman (adapter)	Mary Zimmerman
	Disney's Beauty and the Beast	Alan Menken Howard Ashman Tim Rice Linda Woolverton	Eric Tucker
2018[37]	Othello	William Shakespeare	Bill Rauch	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Sense and Sensibility	Jane Austen Kate Hamill (adapter)	Hana Sharif
	Destiny of Desire	Karen Zacarias	José Luis Valenzuela
	Oklahoma!	Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II	Bill Rauch
	Snow in Midsummer[38]	Francis Ya-Chu Cowhig	Justin Audibert
	Henry V	William Shakespeare	Rosa Joshi	Thomas Theatre
	Manahatta	Mary Kathryn Nagle	Laurie Woolery
	The Way the Mountain Moved	Idris Goodwin	May Adrales
	Romeo and Juliet	William Shakespeare	Dámaso Rodríguez	Allen Elizabethan Theatre
	The Book of Will	Lauren Gunderson	Christopher Liam Moore
	Love's Labor's Lost	William Shakespeare	Amanda Dehnert
2019[39]	As You Like It	William Shakespeare	Rosa Joshi	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Hairspray	Marc Shaiman Scott Wittman John Waters	Christopher Liam Moore
	Mother Road	Octavio Solis	Bill Rauch
	Indecent	Paula Vogel	Shana Cooper
	Cambodian Rock Band	Lauren Yee	Chay Yew	Thomas Theatre
	Between Two Knees	1491s	Eric Ting
	How to Catch Creation[40]	Christina Anderson	Nataki Garrett
	Macbeth	William Shakespeare	José Luis Valenzuela	Allen Elizabethan Theatre
	Alice In Wonderland	Eva Le Gallienne Florinda Friebus	Sara Bruner
	All's Well That Ends Well	William Shakespeare	Tracy Young
	La Comedy of Errors A bilingual English & Spanish version of Comedy of Errors.	William Shakespeare adapted and translated by Luis Alfaro	Bill Rauch	Community Visit Project

The 2020s

The Festival opened the 2020 season on February 28. On March 11, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the performances and remaining openings of all shows to be cancelled indefinitely.^[41] By the end of March, the Festival was hoping to present a smaller season that would open Labor Day weekend. The plan was to present the four shows that had already opened with the addition of Shakespeare's The Tempest in the outdoor Allen Elizabethan Theatre. On May 8, it became apparent that ongoing social distancing restrictions in Oregon would prohibit a fall season and all shows for 2020 were cancelled.^[42]

In February 2021, the Festival announced a hybrid season that would allow for flexibility surrounding ongoing social distancing mandates.^[43] The Festival offered month-long streaming access to archive videos of previous shows in the early part of the year on their newly-launched streaming platform, O!. The archive streams included Julius Caesar (2017 season), Manahatta (2018 season), and Snow in Midsummer (2018 season). Also announced were tentative plans for three fully-staged shows to open in the followed by OSF's first ever Christmas show. In later May 2021, the OSF announced they would be proceeding with only one play, Fannie: The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer, a one woman show opening July 1 and playing through mid-October in the outdoor Allen Elizabethan Theatre.^[44] Concurrently, the outdoor theatre would also offer performances every Wednesday hosting performing groups typically featured in the Green Show.^[45] This press release also re-affirmed their plans for a Christmas show written by three members of their acting company titled It's Christmas, Carol!.

Year	Play	Playwright	Director	Theatre
2020[46]^[non-primary source needed]	A Midsummer Night's Dream	William Shakespeare	Joseph Haj	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	The Copper Children	Karen Zacarías	Shariffa Ali
	Peter and the Starcatcher	Rick Elice Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson Wayne Barker	Lavina Jadhwani
	Bring Down the House (Parts 1 & 2) A two-part adaptation of Shakespeare's three Henry VI plays.	William Shakespeare Rosa Joshi (adapter) Kate Wisniewski (adapter) & Upstart Crow Collective	Rosa Joshi	Thomas Theatre
2021[41]	Fannie: The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer	Cheryl L. West	Henry Godinez	Allen Elizabethan Theatre
	It's Christmas, Carol!	Mark Bedard Brett Hinkley John Tufts	Pirrone Yousefzadeh	Angus Bowmer Theatre
2022[47]	Once On This Island	Lynn Ahrens Stephen Flaherty	Lili-Anne Brown	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	How I Learned What I Learned	August Wilson	Tim Bond
	King John	William Shakespeare	Rosa Joshi
	It's Christmas Carol!	Mark Bedard Brett Hinkley John Tufts	Pirrone Yousefzadeh
	Unseen	Mona Mansour	Evren Odcikin	Thomas Theatre
	Confederates	Dominique Morisseau	Nataki Garrett
	The Tempest	William Shakespeare	Nicholas C. Avila	Allen Elizabethan Theatre
	Revenge Song	Qui Nguyen	Robert Ross Parker
2023[48]	Romeo and Juliet	William Shakespeare	Nataki Garrett	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Rent	Jonathan Larson	Tiffany Nichole Greene
	It's Christmas Carol!	Mark Bedard Brett Hinkley John Tufts	Pirrone Yousefzadeh
	The Three Musketeers	Alexandre Dumas Kirsten Childs	Kent Gash	Allen Elizabethan Theatre
	Twelfth Night	William Shakespeare	Dawn Monique Williams
	Where We Belong	Madeline Sayet	Mei Ann Teo	Thomas Theatre
2024[49]	Macbeth	William Shakespeare	Evren Odcikin	Angus Bowmer Theatre
	Born with Teeth	Liz Duffy Adams	Rob Melrose
	Much Ado About Nothing	William Shakespeare	Miriam A. Laube	Allen Elizabethan Theatre
	Jane Eyre	Elizabeth Williamson	Dawn Monique William
	Shakespeare and the Alchemy of Gender	Lisa Wolpe	Laurie Woolery	Thomas Theatre
	Smote This, A Comedy About God... and Other Serious $H*T	Rodney Gardiner	Raz Golden
	Virgins to Villains: My Journey with Shakespeare’s Women	Robin Goodrin Nordli	Penny Metropulos
	Lizard Boy	Justin Huertas	Brandon Ivie
	Coriolanus	William Shakespeare	Rosa Joshi
	Behfarmaheen (If You Please)	Barzin Akhavan	Desdemona Chiang

Cumulative Shakespeare canon productions

A list of the number of times the Oregon Shakespeare Festival has produced each of Shakespeare's plays is available below. It counts only main stage productions produced in Ashland and at OSF Portland.^[2]

The Festival has completed the canon of the first folio four times: the first time with Troilus and Cressida in 1958, and the remaining times with Timon of Athens in 1978, 1997, and 2016.^[2]

OSF Production History of Shakespeare's Plays^[2]^[50]^[non-primary source needed]

Play	Number	Seasons
Twelfth Night	18	1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1951, 1959, 1964, 1969, 1974, 1981, 1988, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2016, 2023
As You Like It	16	1939, 1940, 1950, 1957, 1962, 1968, 1973, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1992, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2019
Romeo and Juliet	15	1936, 1937, 1949, 1956, 1963, 1969, 1975, 1982, 1988, 1996, 2003, 2007, 2012, 2018, 2023
The Comedy of Errors	14	1939, 1940, 1950, 1962, 1970, 1976, 1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2004, 2008, 2014, 2019
The Taming of the Shrew	14	1937, 1938, 1939, 1949, 1953, 1960, 1967, 1972, 1978, 1984, 1991, 2000, 2007, 2013
The Merchant of Venice	14	1935, 1936, 1938, 1947, 1948, 1953, 1958, 1964, 1970, 1977, 1985, 1991, 2001, 2010
Much Ado About Nothing	14	1940, 1952, 1958, 1965, 1971, 1976, 1983, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2015, 2024
A Midsummer Night's Dream	13	1949, 1955, 1961, 1966, 1971, 1979, 1987, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008, 2013, 2020
Hamlet	12	1938, 1939, 1947, 1954, 1961, 1968, 1974, 1983, 1994, 2000, 2010, 2016
Othello	11	1948, 1949, 1957, 1966, 1973, 1981, 1982, 1992, 1999, 2008, 2018
Love's Labour's Lost	11	1947, 1948, 1956, 1963, 1972, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2005, 2011, 2018
The Tempest	11	1952, 1960, 1969, 1978, 1986, 1991, 1994, 2001, 2007, 2014, 2022
Macbeth	11	1947, 1955, 1965, 1971, 1979, 1987, 1995, 2002, 2009, 2019, 2024
The Merry Wives of Windsor	10	1940, 1954, 1963, 1973, 1980, 1990, 1995, 2001, 2006, 2017
The Winter's Tale	9	1954, 1965, 1975, 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002, 2006, 2016
King Lear	9	1951, 1958, 1964, 1976, 1985, 1992, 1997, 2004, 2013
Henry V	8	1952, 1963, 1973, 1982, 1990, 2000, 2012, 2018
Julius Caesar	8	1952, 1960, 1970, 1982, 1991, 2002, 2011, 2017
Henry IV, Part 1	8	1950, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1988, 1998, 2010, 2017
Richard II	8	1949, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1987, 1995, 2003, 2016
The Two Gentlemen of Verona	8	1957, 1966, 1974, 1981, 1989, 1997, 2006, 2014
All's Well That Ends Well	7	1955, 1961, 1975, 1985, 1992, 2009, 2019
Henry IV, Part 2	7	1951, 1962, 1972, 1989, 1999, 2011, 2017
Antony and Cleopatra	7	1950, 1959, 1967, 1977, 1993, 2003, 2015
Richard III	7	1956, 1967, 1978, 1983, 1993, 2005, 2014
Henry VI, Part 1	6	1953, 1964, 1975, 1991, 2004, 2020
Henry VI, Part 2	6	1954, 1965, 1976, 1991 and 92, 2004, 2020
Henry VI, Part 3	6	1955, 1966, 1977, 1992, 2004, 2020
Cymbeline	6	1956, 1968, 1983, 1993, 1998, 2013
Measure for Measure	6	1951, 1959, 1977, 1986, 1998, 2011
King John	6	1948, 1959, 1969, 1985, 2006, 2022
Coriolanus	6	1953, 1962, 1980, 1996, 2008, 2024
Pericles, Prince of Tyre*	5	1957, 1967, 1989, 1999, 2015
Troilus and Cressida	5	1958, 1972, 1984, 2001, 2012
Timon of Athens	4	1955, 1978, 1997, 2016
Henry VIII	4	1957, 1968, 1984, 2009
Titus Andronicus	4	1956, 1974, 1986, 2002
The Two Noble Kinsmen*	1	1994

*indicates shows not part of the First Folio canon.

Venues

• Allen Elizabethan Theatre (Elizabethan Theatre, Elizabethan Stage)
• Angus Bowmer Theatre
• Black Swan Theatre
• Thomas Theatre (The New Theatre)
• Lithia Theatre
• Varsity Theatre
• Tao House (Danville, California)
• Portland Center Stage (OSF Portland)
• Kennedy Center
• Bill Patton Garden (for Act 2 of 2011's Ghost Light)

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External links

• The OSF Archive