Jim Flint

1 week ago | ashland.news | Jim Flint

By Jim FlintWhen Julian Remulla was a kid and was asked what he wanted to be when he grew up, the answer usually depended on the last movie he had seen or what make-believe game he had been playing. A doctor, a sailor, a baker, Spider-Man. Now he does it all and more — and gets paid for it. Remulla is treading the boards in his fourth season as an actor for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, this year playing protagonist Jack Worthing in “The Importance of Being Earnest” at the Angus Bowmer Theatre.

1 week ago | orartswatch.org | Jim Flint |Oregon ArtsWatch

The Ashland Independent Film Festival is set to honor one of Ashland’s most beloved artists with the Oregon premiere of I Know Catherine, The Log Lady, a deeply personal documentary celebrating the life and legacy of Catherine E. Coulson. The film will screen four times at the festival, which runs April 24-27. It will debut at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 24, and an audience Q&A will follow, led by director-producer Richard Green. Additional showings are scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 25; 10:20 .m.

2 weeks ago | orartswatch.org | Jim Flint |Oregon ArtsWatch

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, suffering the loss of a second distinguished alumnus in the span of little more than a week, flew its flag at half-mast in honor of the two men. James Edmondson, an actor, director, and educator with more than 38 seasons at OSF, was born in Montrose, Colorado, on June 29, 1938, and died at home in Ashland on April 2, 2025, only eight days after the death of Tony-nominated and fellow OSF veteran Denis Arndt.

2 weeks ago | ashland.news | Jim Flint

By Jim Flint for Ashland.newsThe Oregon Shakespeare Festival, suffering the loss of a second distinguished alumnus in the span of little more than a week, flew its flag at half-mast in honor of the two men. James Edmondson, an actor, director, and educator with more than 38 seasons at OSF, born in Montrose, Montana, on June 29, 1938, died at home in Ashland on April 2, eight days after the death of Tony-nominated and fellow OSF veteran Denis Arndt.

3 weeks ago | orartswatch.org | Jim Flint |Oregon ArtsWatch

Denis Arndt, a distinguished stage and screen actor whose decades-long career spanned Shakespearean classics, Broadway triumphs, Hollywood roles, and 15 seasons with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, died unexpectedly on March 25, 2025, at his home in Ashland. He was 85. The death was confirmed by his wife of 45 years, Magee Downey.  No cause was reported. He had suffered and recovered from a stroke in 2019. He made his OSF debut in 1976 in the title character in King Lear, reprising the role in 1985.