Have A Blast At The Oregon Shakespeare Festival!

The band of mechanicals (Jeffrey King, Josiah Phillips, Ray Porter and U. Jonathan Toppo) are assigned their roles for the play. Photo by David Cooper.
“I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it was.” ~William Shakespeare
This past winter, the Travel Oregon staff had the opportunity to see four plays during opening weekend of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. I have been to the festival two times before, and I have to say it gets better each year! This year, we saw “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, “Fences”, “The Clay Cart” and “Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter”.
The snow was just starting to melt when we entered into Ashland, and the town had a very crisp, wintery feel about it. We even lucked out and had clear weather the entire trip, which made walking through downtown and Lithia Park even more enjoyable. And the food! I can’t even describe how delicious Ashland’s restaurants are- if you don’t go anywhere else, you at least have to try Pasta Piatti (it’s in an adorable red building- you can’t miss it). Try their squash ravioli- it has biscotti pieces and a brown-butter sage sauce on top. It literally melts in your mouth.



















