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Something for everyone at the Green Show L.A. troupe Chickspeare will perform Elizabethan-style improv Oct. 4 and 6 at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's Green Show. [Photo by Blake Gardner] Saturday Jul 1, 2017 at 8:00 AM The Oregon Shakespeare Festival offers free shows before nightly performances Tuesdays through Sundays through Oct. 15 on the Bricks, the courtyard located near the Angus Bowmer and Allen Elizabethan theaters, 15 Pioneer St., Ashland. Shows begin at 6:45 p.m. and last about 35 to 40 minutes. For more information, visit www.osfashland.org. JULY 1: Berkeley Morris, traditional Shakespearean dancing 2: Pakistan's Theatre Wallay, theatrical discussion of the importance of Public Space 4: Pakistan's Theatre Wallay, theatrical discussion of the importance of Public Space 5: Rutendo Marimba, music of Zimbabwe 6: Fantasia Performing Arts Center, Chinese opera dance and traditional music 7: La Victoria, roots music from Mexico, Latin America, and the U.S. 8: Fantasia Performing Arts Center, Chinese opera dance and traditional music 9: La Victoria, roots music from Mexico, Latin America, and the U.S. 11: Ed Dunsavage Trio, tribute to jazz guitarists Wes Montgomery, Grant Green and Kenny Burrell 12: Eight Dollar Mountain, bluegrass and Americana 13: Red Panda Acrobats, juggling, balance, handstands and comedy 14: Mooncandy Live House Music Ensemble, gospel 15: Red Panda Acrobats, juggling, balance, handstands and comedy 16: Mooncandy Live House Music Ensemble, gospel 18: Cornflower, a cappella sacred soul, world funk 19: Rogue Suspects, originals and covers of rock, blues, pop 20: Hobart Shakespeareans, students performing Shakespeare scenes with rock 'n' roll 21: Urban Jazz Dance Company, athletic, raw-energy dancers 22: Quickspeare, entire story of Hamlet performed by one man 23: Urban Jazz Dance Company, athletic, raw-energy dancers 25: Living History lecture 26: Acrobuffos, "Waterbombs," flying water balloons and loud opera music 27: SOU Theatre students, masks, dance, poetry based on St. Saens' "Carnival of the Animals" 28: Acrobuffos, "Waterbombs," flying water balloons and loud opera music 29: SOU Theatre students, masks, dance, poetry based on St. Saens' "Carnival of the Animals" 30: Living History Lecture AUGUST 1: Cirque Love, a one-man-cabaret juggling humor, lust and vulnerability 2: Hannah Mayree, banjo and vocal harmonies 3: SOU Theatre students, masks, dance, poetry based on St. Saens' "Carnival of the Animals" 4: Charya Burt Cambodian Dance, mix of classical Khmer and Western music, dance, poetry and song 5: Musikgesellschaft Möhlin, traditional Swiss music 6: Charya Burt Cambodian Dance, mix of classical Khmer and Western music, dance, poetry and song 8: Hollis Peach, singer-songwriter duo 9: Hamfist Alt-country Americana cowboy folk-blast 10: Cedric and the 7 Ages Soul, rock with a bluesy aftertaste 11: Painted Sky Northstar Dance Company, Native and contemporary styles of story, song, music and dance 12: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, tribute to the women of '80s pop music 13: Rogue Valley Harmonizers, a cappella 15: Jeff Pevar, guitar-driven R&B 16: Cornflower, a cappella sacred soul and world funk 17: Okaidja Afroso, Latin America music 18: Embodiment Project, hip hop dance theater 19: Okaidja Afroso, Latin America music 20: Embodiment Project, hip hop dance theater 22: Gene Burnett, acoustic troubadour 23: Phoenix and Four Directions, multicultural, genre-melding musical expression 24: Siskiyou Violins, Southern Oregon’s premiere youth violin ensemble 25: The Sonnet Man, Shakespeare fused with hip-hop music 26: Mitsuki Dazai and Oregon Koto-Kai, dramatic Japanese Koto music 27: The Sonnet Man, Shakespeare fused with hip-hop music 29: Def Cougar, Mellencamp synthesizer hits of the 1980s reinvented as traditional bluegrass 30: Shakespeare in Love musicians, viola da gamba, lute and vocals 31: Jessica Fichot, French chanson, Shanghai jazz and international folk SEPTEMBER 1: The Dreggs, original music from the house band of OSF's "Timon of Athens" 2: Jessica Fichot, French chanson, Shanghai jazz and international folk 3: Cedric and the 7 Ages Soul, rock with a bluesy aftertaste 5: Michal Palzewicz, cello, viola da gamba and violin 6: Phoenix and Four Directions, multicultural, genre-melding musical expression 7: Shakespeare in Love musicians, viola da gamba, lute and vocals 8: Versa-Style Dance Company, family fun hip-hop dance 9: Rodney Gardiner, original soul music 10: Versa-Style Dance Company, family fun hip-hop dance 12: Stephanie Anne Johnson, Americana originals and covers 13: Phoenix and Four Directions, multicultural, genre-melding musical expression 14: Stephanie Anne Johnson, Americana originals and covers 15: Edna Vazquez Band, original music from across the Americas 16: Flamenco Pacifico, music, dance, and song from the south of Spain 17: Distant Thunder, a contemporary Native American musical about identity, land and family 19: Bathtub Gin Serenaders, jazz and blues from the 1920s and beyond 20: Misner & Smith, original folk-rock music 21: Rodney Gardiner, original soul music 22: Misner & Smith, original folk-rock music 23: Kinetic Light Momentum, dance with slopes, wheels, ramp 24: Son Ravello, original Indie folk pop from singer-songwriter Son Ravello 26: Michal Palzewicz, cello, viola da gamba and violin 27: The Dreggs, original music from the house band of OSF's "Timon of Athens" 28: Imani Milele Children's Choir, Ugandan music 29: Ty Defoe, interactive tribal songs and flute, hoop and eagle dance, with traditional Native American stories 30: Seffarine, soulful Moroccan vocals with oud, flamenco guitar and percussion accompaniment OCTOBER 1: Ty Defoe, interactive tribal songs and flute, hoop and eagle dance, with traditional Native American stories 3: Flat 5 Flim Flam, acoustic swing from the '30s and '40s 4: Chickspeare, all female, fully improvised Shakespeare 5: Navy Band Northwest Brass Band, New Orleans-style brass band 6: Chickspeare, all female, fully improvised Shakespeare 7: Quickspeare! The entire story of Hamlet performed by one man 8: Supaman, Native American cultural song and dance, mixed with modern day hip hop music 10: Supaman, Native American cultural song and dance, mixed with modern day hip hop music 11: Gene Burnett, acoustic troubadour 12: Infinite Flow, America's first professional wheelchair ballroom dance company 13: Stary Olsa, authentic medieval music with a rocking edge 14: Infinite Flow, America's first professional wheelchair ballroom dance company 15: Kevin Locke, Lakota storytelling, indigenous flute, sacred hoop dance