Dorothy Velasco reviews Jitney, performed at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon, 2025.

Dorothy Velasco reviews Fam Ham performed at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

Dorothy Velasco reviews Oregon Shakespeare Festival's production of The Importance of Being Earnest.

Now playing at Oregon Contemporary Theatre, this tender-hearted two-person drama by E.M. Lewis can juggle our emotions from laughter to tears in a matter of seconds.

The Last Yiddish Speaker, now playing at Oregon Contemporary Theatre, offers a chilling version of the near future. This thoughtful new play by Deborah Zoe Laufer is reminiscent of dystopian works by Sinclair Lewis, George Orwell and Philip Roth.

Coriolanus, now playing at the Shakespeare Festival’s Thomas Theatre, offers the chance to see a lesser known play by Shakespeare adapted to contemporary language that is easier to understand.

As directed by Miriam Laube, the production is bursting with highly original stage business performed to perfection by a stellar cast.

Dorothy Velasco reviews the theatrical adaptation of the famous gothic novel by Charlotte Bronte in production at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland.

Predictor, now playing at Oregon Contemporary Theatre, is based on the true story of Meg Crane, a graphic designer who goes to work for a large drug company in the sixties.