Stage Directions: Oregon Shakespeare Festival has named Universes their first resident ensemble, paid for by a $100,000 grant from the Ford Foundation. Universes is an international ensemble company of multi-disciplined writers and performers comprised of Steven Sapp, Mildred Ruiz Sapp, Gamal A. Chasten, and William Ruiz, a.k.a. Ninja, who “fuse poetry, theater, jazz, hip-hop, politics, down home blues and Spanish boleros to create moving, challenging and entertaining theatrical works.” The goals of the residency are to create an artistic home for Universes over an extended period of 14 months and two consecutive seasons; to seek opportunities for Universes’ involvement in OSF programming and community-building that benefit both Universes and OSF; to use the resources of a large and established theatre company to support the work of a smaller ensemble; and to test a model of a company in residence within OSF’s repertory infrastructure.
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