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20. Oregon Shakespeare Festival Viola's (Jamie Ann Romero) cast mates (ensemble) discover her true identity in "Shakespeare in Love." [Photo by Jenny Graham] Friday May 26, 2017 at 12:01 AM The Oregon Shakespeare Festival is one of the biggest draws in Southern Oregon, pulling visitors from throughout the world every season. The 2017 lineup includes four plays by Shakespeare — both parts of "Henry IV," "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and "Julius Caesar" — as well as "Shakespeare in Love," a fictionalized account of young Will’s early misadventures in playwriting and courtship, and "Off the Rails," which opens in July, an irreverent, subversive adaptation of Shakespeare’s "Measure for Measure." Other shows in OSF’s 2017 season offer a mix of world premieres, a classic musical, and takes on ancient Greek stories. World premieres include "Hannah and the Dread Gazebo" by Jiehae Park, and the musical "UniSon" from OSF’s ensemble-in-residence UNIVERSES. OSF’s resident playwright Luis Alfaro brings his bracing modern adaptation of the Medea story, "Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles," to the Angus Bowmer Theatre through July 6, while frequent OSF guest artist Mary Zimmerman presents her adaptation and direction of "The Odyssey," debuting in June in the Allen Elizabethan Theatre. The classic musical "Beauty and the Beast" will play under the stars all summer long at the Allen Elizabethan Theatre with an original production directed by Eric Tucker from New York’s Bedlam Theatre. The festival, in its 82nd year, is dedicating its season this year to the memory of actor and longtime company member Judith-Marie Bergan, who passed away last August. For tickets and details about the 2017 season, see www.osfashland.org or call 800-219-8161.