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Ashland Beckett Shorts Festival/Ashland Beckett Shorts FestivalWhen performance venues closed for an uncertain period of time during the pandemic, playwright/director Octavio Solis thought he might have to leave theater behind. In that first year of global shutdown, though, he revisited the writing of Samuel Beckett - and hatched a plan to produce a festival of Beckett鈥檚 short works in Ashland. JPR Arts Reporter Vanessa Finney recently spoke with Solis about the innovative project. -
Ashland New Plays Festival/ANPFThe Ashland New Plays Festival presents four plays October 16-20 at Southern Oregon University's Main Stage Theatre. Two finalists of the annual competition, Novid Parsi and Keiko Green, tell JPR's Vanessa Finney what audiences can expect.
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The Ashland Independent Film Festival runs October 3-6, and features two music documentaries created by Rogue Award recipients Jeffrey Friedman and Rob Epstein. -
Oregon's new Poet Laureate, Ellen Waterston, recently spoke to JPR's Vanessa Finney about the state's literary landscape. -
Marc Yaffee is one of three stand-up comedians in the upcoming Native Comedy All-Stars show on August 30 at the Ross Ragland Theater in Klamath Falls - along with Vaughn Eaglebear and Gilbert Brown. JPR's Vanessa Finney recently spoke with Yaffee about his art and how his Native heritage helps shape his sense of humor. -
Interview with Geoffrey Riley about his retirement -
What began as a satiric novel about Stanford Law School became a Golden Globe-nominate movie and a Tony-nominated musical. Now, Legally Blonde is playing at Ashland鈥檚 Oregon Cabaret Theatre through September 1. JPR's Vanessa Finney spoke with director and choreographer Lauren Blair. -
Corey Murphy grew up in Klamath Falls. His father was one of thousands who emigrated from Ireland to Oregon in the mid-19th and -20th centuries, seeking work as sheepherders and cowboys. Today, Murphy studies, arranges and performs songs related to the Irish diaspora in South Central Oregon. -
In her current role as the BLM鈥檚 artist-in-residence at the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, Serena Richelle discusses the role of scientific illustration in conservation and its ability to accurately illustrate species and create awareness with the public. -
SOU's final choir concert of the season is designed to appeal to general audiences who enjoy choral music AND those with disabilities or sensory sensitivities. JPR鈥檚 Vanessa Finney recently spoke with Dr. Jerron Jorgensen, SOU鈥檚 Director of Choral Studies, about the concert. -
The creator and star of "Shakespeare and the Alchemy of Gender" discusses the show's themes of war, family, and the importance of storytelling with JPR's Vanessa Finney on the new JPR series and podcast "The Creative Way." -
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