| Article: | Shakespeare festival in Ashland bucks economy There was good news in Ashland, Ore.: In a time when a lot of arts organizations are struggling, the venerable Oregon Shakespeare Festival is not only doing “better than we expected,” according to artistic director Bill Rauch, but it’s commissioning new works — a 10-year American history project — and launching an innovative Black Swan Lab for New Work, in which company actors will be involved in creating plays. |