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Oregon Shakespeare Festival Launches The Show Must Go On: Save Our Season, Save OSF Fundraising Campaign Ashland, OR | April 11, 2023 | Press Release
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) announced the launch of The Show Must Go On: Save Our Season, Save OSF , an emergency fundraising campaign with a goal of raising $2.5M to help complete the 2023 Season successfully. Like other theatres across the country, OSF has been navigating financial hardship since reopening from the closures brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and wildfires. This hardship has led to a gap in OSF’s funding between May and July of this year. To prevent season closure and layoffs, OSF is launching several efforts to save the season and ensure that the company reaches its 90-year anniversary in 2025, and beyond. “OSF has existed for almost nine decades for a reason,” says Kamilah Long, Interim Director of Development. “This is an economic anchor for the Rogue Valley, a beloved theatre throughout the industry, and a beacon for innovative theatre-making. The Show Must Go On: Save Our Season,
Save OSF campaign is just that: A way for everyone who loves OSF to come together, save this theatre that we all love so much, and make sure that OSF shows can go on.” In addition to The Show Must Go On grassroots campaign, OSF is also launching a transformational gift campaign, aimed at securing large gifts that can help secure and sustain OSF’s future.
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