Tea, Toast, and Truth: To Be or Not to Be? by Shane Abrams

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Ashland, Oregon, is home to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, an internationally acclaimed, nearly year-round theater that stages both Shakespeare and new works. Our town’s economy, diversity, and institutions are symbiotically intertwined with the Festival, so the pandemic was more than just an interruption to performances; it was an existential crisis, a “To be or not to be?” Ashlanders depend on the answer, and we wonder just how our town will transform as OSF reimagines itself to survive the turmoil.