The Oregon Center for the Arts at Southern Oregon University Theatre program presents Silkworms by Isabel Nelson & Anne Bertram. Set in 17th century Italy, a group of Dominican nuns resist the oppressions of their distant male superiors, leading to a potentially fatal standoff that sparks a daring rebellion. Developed by Theatre Unbound of Minneapolis, which specializes in new work by and about women. Directed by Terri McMahon.

The Rogue Community College Theater Arts department will take the stage this spring with a presentation of "Twelfth Night," a Shakespearean comedy about love, mistaken identity and gender confusion. “I am struck by how 'Twelfth Night,' which was written 400 years ago, has elements of gender identity and sexual orientation – issues that are very much in the forefront of today’s world,” said director Cil Stengel. “The jokes too, while being centuries old, are still funny today. Rehearsals have been…

Regarded by many critics as the best American play of the last 50 years, Millennium Approaches is the first of two plays in Tony Kushner’s epic, Angels in America, an eloquent, heartfelt, theatrically thrilling, surprisingly funny examination of the AIDS crisis, fraying relationships, and the soul of America during the 1980’s. 2018 Tony Award winner for best revival of a play. Directed by Jim Edmondson.

Silent Sky, by Lauren Gunderson opens May 31st at the Collaborative Theatre Project. The play is a regional premiere of a script that has been dubbed “sheer magic,” by the San Francisco Chronicle.  The production, which is based on the lives of Henrietta Leavitt, Annie Jump Canyon and Williamina Fleming runs through June 16 and both Saturday and Sunday matinees are scheduled. The show is only scheduled for a three-week run and the final matinee is on Sunday, June 16.…

Gillian Holroyd is one of the few modern people who can actually cast spells and perform feats of supernaturalism. She casts a spell over an unattached publisher, Shepherd Henderson, partly to keep him away from a rival and partly because she is attracted to him. He falls head over heels in love with her at once and wants to marry her. But witches, unfortunately, cannot fall in love, and this minute imperfection leads into a hilarious number of difficulties.