Thank you for helping to make Festival Latino a wonderful success!
Festival Latino is a first for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the realization of a dream by new Artistic Director Bill Rauch and the OSF company to celebrate Hispanic/Latino culture on our campus, and to offer open-captioned performances of our work in Spanish.
Festival Latino helps keep "Festival" in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. From July 23-27 OSF will host free outdoor performances of music and dance by local and regional artists, as well as performances by students from Guanajuato, Ashland's sister-city in Mexico.
In addition, a number of educational events will be offered in both English and Spanish. These events include Park Talks, a lecture by playwright Luis Alfaro, Prefaces to the plays, Backstage Tours and Workshops. Bilingual materials will also be made available.
To order tickets for Festival Latino events, call (800) 219-8161 or (541) 482-4331. Para información en español por favor llame a la Taquilla al 541-482-2111 opción 5.
For non-ticket-related information about Festival Latino, please contact Freda Casillas at (541) 482-2111, ext. 242 or email fredac@osfashland.org
Here's the lineup of Festival Latino performances:
Wednesday, July 23rd
12:30 p.m. - Estudiantina de la Universidad de Guanajuato - FREE, ON THE BRICKS
Student music ensemble from Ashland's sister city Guanajuato, Mexico.
7:15 p.m. - David Valdez, saxophonist - FREE, ON THE BRICKS
Afro-Cuban/Brazilian jazz quartet fronted by saxophonist David Valdez
8:30 p.m. - A View from the Bridge - Angus Bowmer Theatre
with Spanish subtitles
Purchase tickets from the OSF Box Office
Thursday, July 24th
Noon - Free Bilingual Park Talk
Actor Eddie Lopez - Bill Patton Garden
6:30-7:00 p.m. - Bilingual Preface for The Comedy of Errors
FREE with purchase of The Comedy of Errors play ticket from the Box Office
7:15 p.m. - Son de Madera - Mexican song and dance - FREE, ON THE BRICKS
The leading artists in the current Son Jarocho movement (a musical and dance genre from Veracruz, Mexico).
Friday, July 25th
Noon - Lecture with Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner playwright Luis Alfaro - Carpenter Hall
"Confessions of a Border Crosser: The Happy Meal of Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner"
Tickets are $7.00. Purchase from the Box Office.
2:00 p.m. - Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner - New Theatre
Subtitled in Spanish. Purchase tickets from the Box Office.
6:30-7:00 p.m. - Bilingual Preface for The Clay Cart
Free with purchase of The Clay Cart ticket from the Box Office.
7:15 p.m. - Ballet Folklorico - FREE, ON THE BRICKS
Traditional Mexican regional folk dances by advanced youth performers.
8:30 p.m. - Othello - Elizabethan Theatre
Subtitled in Spanish. Purchase tickets from the Box Office.
Midnight - Black Swan Performance
"No Holds Barrio" with Luis Alfaro.
Tickets are $8.00. Purchase from the Box Office.
Saturday, July 26th
10:00 a.m. - Brass Rubbings and Costume Booth - Elizabethan Courtyard
10:00 a.m. - Bilingual Workshop: Exploring Culture and Theatre
Free tickets available at the Box Office
Noon - Free Bilingual Park Talk - Bill Patton Garden
Elib Crist-Dwyer, OSF carpenter
12:30 p.m. - Mambo Rico - FREE, ON THE BRICKS
Local ten-member salsa dance band.
2:00 p.m. - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Angus Bowmer Theatre
Subtitled in Spanish. Purchase tickets from the Box Office.
7:15 p.m. - Estudiantina de la Universidad de Guanajuato - FREE, ON THE BRICKS
Student music ensemble from Ashland's sister city Guanajuato, Mexico.
8:30 p.m. - Our Town - Elizabethan Theatre
Subtitled in Spanish. Purchase tickets from the Box Office.
Sunday, July 27th
10:00 a.m. - Brass Rubbings and Costume Booth - Elizabethan Courtyard
10:00 a.m. - Bilingual Backstage Tour
$12. Purchase tickets from the Box Office.
11:00 a.m. - Black Swan Performance
"When I Was a Puerto Rican" - Tere Martinez (in Spanish)
Tickets are $8.00. Purchase from the Box Office.
Noon - Free Bilingual Park Talk - Bill Patton Garden
Edgar Miguel Sanchez, OSF actor
12:30 p.m. - Ballet Folklorico - FREE, ON THE BRICKS
Traditional Mexican regional folkdances by advanced youth performers.
1:00-1:30 p.m. - Bilingual Preface for The Clay Cart
Free with purchase of The Clay Cart ticket from the Box Office.
2:00 p.m. - The Clay Cart - Angus Bowmer Theatre
Subtitled in Spanish. Purchase tickets from the Box Office.
6:30-7:00 p.m. - Bilingual Preface for The Comedy of Errors
Free with purchase of The Comedy of Errors ticket from the Box Office.
7:15 p.m. - Grant Ruiz with Terry Longshore - FREE, ON THE BRICKS
Flamenco music and dance.
All programs subject to change.