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Southern Oregon Theatre Arts sets its production of Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors" in Ephesus — a place that looks a lot like Ashland — and the play's Syracuse takes on the quality of Medford. "The set is sort of a mash-up of Ephesus…

Posted Mar. 28, 2016 at 3:22 PM With its electric combination of humor, sexuality, saltiness and tenderness — along with ninja fights for good measure — "Vietgone" is the story of playwright Qui Nguyen's parents' 1975 escape from…

The days of Oregon Shakespeare Festival actors rehearsing in the lobby of the Angus Bowmer Theatre and other improvised spaces are over. Theater lovers gathered Friday for a dedication ceremony for the new Hay-Patton Rehearsal Center on…

Sometimes it takes a human story to make abstract news stories immediate and very real. Behind America’s decades of corporate buyouts, union busting and outsourcing industrial jobs overseas are thousands of human stories. There are stories…

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s “Head Over Heels” is a nonstop party. Come as you are, bring in a drink from the concession stand in the courtyard, settle into your seat and share in the fun. “Head Over Heels,” by Tony Award-winning…

A festival that will celebrate cinema in a variety of languages, including American Sign Language, is coming to Southern Oregon University. SOU's inaugural Foreign Language Film Festival runs Friday through Sunday, May 1-3, on campus.…

Oregon Cabaret Theatre will celebrate its new beginnings with some sweet memories. The opening show for the Cabaret’s 30th season — the first for new artistic director Valerie Rachelle — is “Dames at Sea,” the first show produced when a…

Varsity Theatre Feb. 13-19 Still Alice Fri.-Sun. early show: 1:30 Daily showtimes: 4:00, 6:30, 9:00 One Academy Award nomination (best actress) — Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics…

The theater community and family and friends of Jim Giancarlo gathered Monday afternoon to say goodbye to the beloved dancer and showman with lots of laughs and more than a few tears. The celebration of the life of the long-time artistic…

Actor Jon Cypher’s early acting career includes starring on Broadway as Prince Charming with Julie Andrews in “Cinderella” and playing Don Quixote in “Man of La Mancha.” His numerous films and television roles led to 10 years as Chief…