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March 21, 2018
Fresh Take on Two Classics
o PinionAted
J udge
by
d arLeen o rtega
Women of Color
direct opening
plays at Ashland
d arLeen o rtega
As the Oregon Shakespeare
Festival opens its 2018 season, I
can offer two good reasons to be-
gin planning a trip to Ashland: two
plays directed by women of color
who offer a fresh take on two clas-
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sic stories.
The first is “Henry V,” Shake-
speare’s play about a young king
who openly struggles with the
questions of what it means to be a
political leader, even as he makes
weighty decisions to commit his
subjects to a costly war. This pro-
duction marks the completion of a
cycle of four plays, with many of
the cast members who appeared in
one or more of the prior produc-
tions, Richard II in 2016 and Hen-
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Lucy Steele (Samantha Miller) and her sister Anne (Lauren
Modica) hold a secret that will be of great interest to Elinor and
to Edward’s family in ‘Sense and Sensibility,’ now playing at the
Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland.
Wells Fargo Worker Ousted
The
Week
in
Review
Citing its policy of diversity and
inclusion, Wells Fargo reported
last week that one of its Portland
area employees is no longer with
the company after allegations he
promoted racist groups and participated in last sum-
mer’s violent white-supremacist rally in Charlottes-
ville, Va. Andrew Alexander Murphy Harkins, 33,
worked as a home mortgage consultant at the bank’s
Washington Square Road branch.
Self Driving Car Kills Pedestrian
Uber removed its self-driving cars from the roads
Monday following what is believed to be the first fa-
tality involving a fully autonomous car. A self-driving
Uber SUV with a driver behind the wheel struck and
killed 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg as she walked her
bicycle across a street in Tempe, Ariz. Sunday night,
according to the Tempe police. The department is in-
vestigating the crash.
Serial Bombings in Texas Investigated
A package exploded and injured one worker at a Fe-
dEx mail distribution facility near San Antonio, Texas,
Tuesday, prompting the FBI to investigate any con-
nection to a series of bombings this month in Austin,
Texas, where two men were injured Sunday night in
the fourth bombing in 17 days to rock the Texas capital.
Franklin Student with Gun Charged
A 17-year-old male student at Franklin High School
Established 1970
ry IV Parts 1 and 2 in 2017. The
titular king of this production is
portrayed with gripping intensity
by Daniel Jose’ Molina, who last
season showed us the evolution
of a rebellious Prince Hal who
resents his father’s grasp of the
throne and the resulting expecta-
tions thrust upon him as the heir to
a Henry finally compelled to shed
prior associations to assume the
role and finds himself suited for it.
In this production in the inti-
mate Thomas Theater, Molina’s
Henry pulses with an immedia-
cy one rarely sees on stage; One
senses him wrestling with the im-
port of his actions with such vis-
C ontinued on P age 16
was arrested on charges of carrying
a concealed weapon, menacing and
second degree disorderly conduct
last week, after posing in a class-
room for a picture on Snapchat with
a handgun in his waistband.
Charleston Church Shooter’s Sister Arrested
Morgan Roof, the younger sister of Charleston
church shooter Dylann Roof, was arrested last week
after taking two weapons to school and posting to
Snapchat that she hoped students protesting against
gun violence in a nationwide walkout “get shot.”
She faces weapons and drugs charges.
Train Derails at Steel Bridge
A freight train derailed
Sunday in an industrial area
near the Steel Bridge at In-
terstate Avenue and Thun-
derbird Way. Six empty
train cars, including three lumber carriers, two box
cars and a tanker derailed. No injuries were reported.
Oregon Food Bank Recalls Expand
As a result of the ongoing recall of donated chia seeds
that could be contaminated, the Oregon Food Bank
Friday initiated a voluntary recall of pumpkin seeds
that were received from the same supplier and nu-
tritional yeast that was distributed around the same
time. While no illnesses have been reported, the recall
is out of an abundance of caution, officials said.
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