In a first for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, a five-day series of events paying tribute to the Hispanic/Latino culture is planned Wednesday, July 23, through Sunday, July 27, on the OSF campus.
Festival Latino is the realization of a dream by new Artistic Director Bill Rauch and the OSF company to celebrate Hispanic/Latino culture and to offer open captions in Spanish of OSF performances.
OKAY, I ADMIT IT: William Shakespeare was not fond of Menudo! But the question is…do you think he would have been? Pues, no. That is not the question, tampoco. The question is are you in the Ashland, Oregon area? Because if you are, I bet you wanna catch this melding of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival now with extra brass and salsa!
In a first for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, a five-day series of events paying tribute to the Hispanic/Latino culture is planned Wednesday, July 23, through Sunday, July 27, on the OSF campus.
Festival Latino is the realization of a dream by new Artistic Director Bill Rauch and the OSF company to celebrate Hispanic/Latino culture and to offer open captions in Spanish of OSF performances.
“In the past there had been some simultaneous translations using headsets with actors live in the sound booth,” said audience development associate Freda Casillas. “It was really challenging to do. We could deliver more if we went to the open-caption route.”
Open caption is similar to the subtitles or supertitles used in opera performances. OSF will be using LED reader boards for certain plays during the festival.
“The impetus was to invite our neighbors and to open to folks who have never been here before,” Casillas said.
The OSF plaza will be decorated in festive Latino style. There will be 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.
A number of educational events will be offered in both English and Spanish. These events include Park Talks, a lecture by playwright Luis Alfaro and a midnight performance of Alfaro’s work, prefaces to the plays, backstage tours and workshops. Bilingual materials will be available and Spanish-speaking volunteers will be on hand. Food will be for sale from the Tacos El Gallo food van.
Event sponsors include the National Endowment for the Arts, the Oregon Arts Commission, the Ford Foundation and local community partner La Clinica del Valle.
Festival Latino schedule:
All events are free unless otherwise noted. If needed, tickets are available at the box office. The Green Show events take place on the courtyard bricks. Sometimes inclement weather that might endanger the performers or equipment may require OSF to cancel, adjust or stop a performance. The decision to cancel will be made approximately an hour before a scheduled show.
For more information about Festival Latino, call Freda Casillas at 482-2111, ext. 242, or e-mail fredac@osfashland.org or call 482-4331.
Festival Latino es una novedad para el Festival de Shakespeare de Oregon, la realización de un sueño del nuevo director artístico Bill Rauch y de la compañía de OSF para celebrar la cultura Hispana/Latina en nuestro campus y ofrecer funciones de nuestras obras subtituladas al español.
OSF presentará funciones gratis al aire libre con música y baile de artistas locales y regionales, al igual que funciones de estudiantes de Guanajuato, la ciudad-hermana de Ashland en México.
También se ofrecerá un número de eventos educativos en inglés y español. Estos eventos incluirán conversaciones en el parque, un discurso del autor Luis Alfaro, introducciones a las obras, visitas guiadas y talleres. También tendremos materiales bilingües.
Para recibir información sobre Festival Latino, por favor llame a Freda Casillas, 482-2111 Ext. 242 o fredac@osfashland.org.
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