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About our Travel Adventure:
June 24-28, 2025
“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts.” – William Shakespeare.
William Shakespeare knew the important role of a stage, and since 1935, the nationally renowned Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF), has as well, presenting a rotating repertory season of up to 10 plays and musicals, including illuminating interpretations of Shakespeare, other enduring classics, and new works.
Now we invite you to join us for some fun shows, behind-the-scenes encounters at the oldest existing full-scale Elizabethan stage in the Western Hemisphere, and the opportunity to meet local authors Midge Raymond, John Yunker and Louisa Morgan, in our five day, four night Oregon Shakespeare Festival Adventure by the Book.
To Register
Interested in joining our Ashland Oregon Shakespeare Festival Adventure? Email us ([email protected]) for further information, hotel recommendations, and the Registration Agreement.
Cost of the Adventure is $1,150 (early bird pricing before December 1, 2024); $1,350 (after December 1, 2024). *Includes three shows in three different theaters, a pre-show musical experience, two behind the scenes cast/crew encounters, welcome happy hour reception and farewell dinner with authors, and copies of their books for signing. Excludes airfare, lodging, local transportation.
Tentative Agenda*
Tuesday, June 24, 2025 – Travel day to Ashland, Oregon; meet up for welcome happy hour reception with authors Midge Raymond and John Yunker
Wednesday, June 25, 2025 – Behind the Curtain public tour at 9:30 am; attend the musical Into the Woods at the Outdoor Elizabethan Theater (Zone A Seating) at 8:00 pm
Thursday, June 26, 2025 – Enjoy the Green Show at 6:45 pm to 7:30 pm, followed by the play As You Like It at the Indoor Thomas Theater (Zone A Seating) at 8:00 pm
Friday, June 27, 2025 – Watch the play Jitney at the Indoor Bowner Theater at 1:30 pm, followed by cast “talkback” experience immediately following. Farewell dinner with author Louisa Morgan at 6:00 pm
Saturday, June 28 – 2025 – Travel day or stay to enjoy the Saturday Craft Fair and Farmer’s Market
*Itinerary is subject to change based on venue/show/author availability
About the Authors & Books
Midge Raymond is the author of the novels Floreana and My Last Continent and the award-winning short-story collection Forgetting English. Her writing has appeared in TriQuarterly, American Literary Review, Bellevue Literary Review, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, Poets & Writers, and other publications. She has taught writing at Boston University and at Boston’s Grub Street Writers; Seattle’s Richard Hugo House; San Diego Writers, Ink; and at writing conferences around the world. She earned a certificate in private investigation from the University of Washington.
John Yunker writes plays, short stories, and novels. He is the author of the novel The Tourist Trail; editor of the Among Animals fiction series and a nonfiction anthology, Writing for Animals; and his plays have been produced or staged at such venues as the Oregon Contemporary Theatre, the Source Festival, the Centre Stage New Play Festival, and Association for Theatre in Higher Education conference. His teleplay Sanctuary was performed at the 2017 Compassion Arts Festival in New York, and his short stories have been published in Phoebe, Qu, Flyway, Antennae, and other journals.
Their novel, Devil’s Island, follows an Australian wilderness guide embarks on a four-day hike with six guests—and arrives at their destination with only two.
Louisa Morgan is the pseudonym for award-winning novelist Louise Marley. As Louise Marley, she is a three-time winner of the Endeavour Award. Writing as Louisa Morgan, she has published five books with Hachette since 2017, including the bestselling novel A Secret History of Witches, and is contracted for two more books of historical fantasy.
Her most recent book, The Ghosts of Beatrice Bird, follows Beatrice Bird whose ability to see ghosts draws her into a journey of redemption and unexpected friendship in this unforgettable story.
To schedule a book club visit with Louisa or any of our authors on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®):
