Play On Shakespeare in partnership with Classic Stage Company and Oregon Shakespeare Festival presents 39 readings from the Play on! Shakespeare translation project.
OSF commissioned 36 playwrights—more than half are women and more than half are playwrights of color, each paired with a dramaturg—to translate Shakespeare’s works into contemporary modern English to celebrate the enduring impact of the Bard’s plays. These commissions challenge the playwrights to bring the same level of dramatic pressure and rigor of language to their work as is present in the originals, and deepen our understanding and engagement with Shakespeare.
The reading schedule is as follows:
Wednesday, May 29 7:00pm – The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Thursday, May 30 2:00pm – The Taming of the Shrew
Thursday, May 30 7:00pm – Titus Andronicus
Friday, May 31 7:00pm – Henry VI, Part 1
Saturday, June 1 2:00pm – Henry VI, Part 2
Saturday, June 1 7:00pm – Henry VI, Part 3
Sunday, June 2 2:00pm – Richard III
Monday, June 3 7:00pm – The Comedy of Errors
Wednesday, June 5 7:00pm – Love’s Labour’s Lost
Thursday, June 6 2:00pm – Edward III
Thursday, June 6 7:00pm – Richard II
Friday, June 7 7:00pm – Romeo and Juliet
Saturday, June 8 2:00pm – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Saturday, June 8 7:00pm –King John
Sunday, June 9 2:00pm – The Merchant of Venice
Monday, June 10 7:00pm – Much Ado About Nothing
Wednesday, June 12 7:00pm –Henry IV, Part 1
Thursday, June 13 2:00pm – The Merry Wives of Windsor
Thursday, June 13 7:00pm –Henry IV, Part 2
Friday, June 14 7:00pm – Henry V
Saturday, June 15 2:00pm – As You Like It
Saturday, June 15 7:00pm – Julius Caesar
Sunday, June 16 2:00pm – Hamlet
Monday, June 17 7:00pm – Twelfth Night
Wednesday, June 19 7:00pm – Troilus and Cressida
Thursday, June 20 2:00pm – Measure for Measure
Thursday, June 20 7:00pm – Othello
Friday, June 21 7:00pm – All’s Well That Ends Well
Saturday, June 22 2:00pm – Timon of Athens
Saturday, June 22 7:00pm – King Lear
Sunday, June 23 2:00pm –Antony and Cleopatra
Monday, June 24 7:00pm – Macbeth
Wednesday, June 26 7:00pm – Coriolanus
Thursday, June 27 2:00pm – Pericles
Thursday, June 27 7:00pm – Cymbeline
Friday, June 28 7:00pm – The Winter’s Tale
Saturday, June 29 2:00pm – Henry VIII
Saturday, June 29 7:00pm – The Tempest
Sunday, June 30 2:00pm – The Two Noble Kinsmen
