OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES CAST AND CREATIVE TEAMS FOR 2026 SEASON
ASHLAND, OR (October 17, 2025) – The Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) is thrilled to announce select casting and creative teams for the plays of its 2026 season, a dynamic year featuring ten productions that span centuries, genres, and voices. This season invites audiences into stories that ask us to rise—whether in love, in struggle, or in community—and to discover that the path forward is rarely walked alone.
From Shakespeare’s enchanted forests and fiery histories to groundbreaking American dramas, irreverent new comedies, and a reimagined classic, the 2026 lineup unites an extraordinary ensemble of OSF veterans and new artists. Together, they will embody a season that captures the resilience, wit, and creativity of live theatre at its best.
“Our 2026 season reminds us that theatre is a place of gathering and possibility,” said Tim Bond, OSF Artistic Director. “Each of these plays asks its characters—and, in turn, all of us—to rise to the challenges before us. I am thrilled to welcome these 10 productions, whose artistries and visions will bring audiences laughter and hope, demonstrating the power of meeting the moment together.”
Tickets will go on sale to the general public on December 2, with early access for OSF members starting in early November. For more information about the productions, casts, and creative teams, visit www.osfashland.org.
You Are Cordially Invited to the End of the World!
By Keiko Green
Directed by Zi Alikhan
April 16 – August 21
Thomas Theatre
A raucous comedy about the unthinkable
Greg’s been so good: he recycles, eats right, loves his wife, and has only a slightly uncomfortable relationship with his grown-up kid. But when he’s faced with a terminal illness, he becomes obsessed with climate change and the fate of the planet while his wife and child try to cope with their own worlds ending. This play about grief—and cringe-y family dinners, and lawnmowers, and Greta Thunberg, and gay bars, and awkward support groups—is an exquisitely touching and hilarious story that anyone who’s ever lost a loved one (or laughed at a funeral) can relate to.
The cast: Tim Getman as Greg Murphy, Rafael Goldstein as Will / TV Narrator, Winter Olamina as M Murphy, Kat Peña as Lila / Greta, Amy Kim Waschke as Viv Murphy, and Kate Wisniewski as Janet / Dr. Thomas.
Understudies: Julie Oda, Kate Wisniewski.
The creative team: Keiko Green, Playwright; Zi Alikhan, Director; Dana Wilson, Choreographer; Sibyl Wickersheimer, Scenic Designer; Lux Haac, Costume Designer; Barbara Samuels, Lighting Designer; Palmer Hefferan, Composer & Sound Designer; Nicholas Hussong, Projection Designer; Elisa Gonzales, Voice & Text Director; Rocío Mendez, Intimacy Director & Fight Director; Joy Dickson and Katja Zarolinski, CSA, Casting; Chris Schweiger, Production Stage Manager; Charlie Mooz, Assistant Stage Manager / Understudy Production Stage Manager; and Hal Day, Understudy Assistant Stage Manager.
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https://www.osfashland.org/news-multimedia/news-announcements/2026-casting-announcement