Waiting for Godot is a masterful exploration of human resilience, hope, and the search for meaning. Beckett’s characters, though caught in endless waiting, embody a kind of quiet strength and humor that reveals the beauty in simply enduring together. The play’s simplicity holds profound depth, inviting audiences to reflect on their own lives, relationships, and the courage it takes to keep going. Beckett’s work resonates with anyone who has ever waited for something beyond their control, reminding us that even in the waiting, life unfolds in unexpected and meaningful ways.

Waiting for godot

All are 1 pm indoor performances at Grizzly Peak Winery. Wednesdays—Sundays, October 15-November 2. The performance run 2 ½ hours with one intermission. No late seating. $40 ($45 at door).

October 15 Preview: Discount tickets. $30

October 16 Opening: Show followed by wine or sparkling water and a talkback with the director and actors. Benefit for Planned Parenthood SW Oregon. $50 ($55 at door).

Ticket benefits and discounts: Wine Wednesdays (October 22 and 29), Talkbacks Thursdays (October 23 and 30) , Friend Fridays (October 17, 24, 31). Click here for more info. Tickets are non-refundable and may not be transferred to a different production. You may exchange your tickets for another performance of GODOT (subject to availability) for a $5 fee per order, payable at check-in. Email here. You may also donate your tickets back to the theater or transfer them to another person for a $5 fee per order, to be paid by the new ticket holder.

Need access seating? Arrive at the winery by 12:10, and let the reception staff know when you check in. Note that seats may be reserved as a donor benefit. Grizzly Peak Winery is a mobility accessible venue.

Are you a group of six or more who booked under the same reservation? We will seat you together.

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Meet the Artists

Derrick Lee Weeden (Vladimir [Didi])

Santa Cruz Shakespeare: King Lear (Gloucester), Taming of the Shrew (Baptista). Shakespeare Theatre Company D.C: Henry IV Parts 1 and 2 (Lord Chief Justice), Coriolanus (Sicinius), Wallenstein (Kolibas), Richard II (Northumberland), Henry V (Exeter). Guthrie Theatre: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (John Prentice Sr.). Syracuse Stage/Seattle Rep: The Piano Lesson (Doeker Charles). Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts: Fences (Troy), The Whipping Man (Simon), Cyrano De Bergerac (Cyrano). Chicago Shakespeare Theater: Othello (Othello). Oregon Shakespeare Festival (22 Seasons) Hamlet (Polonius), Great Expectations (Magwich), Antony and Cleopatra (Mark Antony), Death and The Kings Horseman (Elesin), The Tempest (Prospero), Gem of the Ocean (Ceasar), The Philanderer (Leonard Charteris), Julius Ceasar (Brutus), The Three Sisters (Vershinin), Othello (Othello), Seven Guitars (Headley), Le Blancs (Tshembe Matoseh), Coriolanus (Coriolanus), Measure for Measure (Duke Vincentio), Richard II (Bolingbroke), among others. Other theatres: Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Great Lakes Theatre Festival, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Berkeley Repertory Theatre. (Continental Divide Tour): Daughters of The Revolution (Kwesi Ntuli) and Mother's Against (Vincent Baptiste): Barbican Theatre Center, London U.K., La Jolla Playhouse, Birmingham Rep, Birmingham U.K., Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Backstage West (Garland Awards) for Othello and Les Blancs. Training: M.F.A. Southern Methodist University

Ray Porter (Estragon [Gogo])
In 15 seasons at OSF, Ray played a variety of roles including Valere in La Bête, both Antipholus twins in Comedy of Errors, Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Kent in King Lear, Mephistopheles in Dr. Faustus and many others. Most recently he was Hickman in Rebel Moon on Netflix. Other film credits are Darkseid in Zack Snyder’s Justice League, The Runaways, Almost Famous, and Argo, among others. A partial list of television credits include 9-1-1, Sons of Anarchy, CSI, Justified, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Shameless, The Closer, Monk, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, and Naomi. A multiple-award-winning audiobook narrator, he has narrated more than 500 titles. He plays approximately 14 different characters in the full cast Audible production of The Sandman by Neil Gaiman. He has also voiced characters in video games such as Elder Scrolls and World of Warcraft. He is terribly excited to return to Ashland and to work with Rogue Theater Company again, where he appeared in the 2024 production of Stones in His Pockets.

Jonathan Haugen (Lucky)

Jonathan spent 17 seasons with OSF (roles include: Brutus, Lovborg, Dr. Faustus, Oedipus, Bertram, Christy Mahon). Five seasons at the California Shakespeare Festival (roles include: Puck, Jacques, Berowne, Malvolio, Bassanio.) Other theaters include Theater on the Square, ACT, Berkeley Rep, San Jose Rep, Tacoma Actors Guild, Seattle Rep, Arena Stage, BAM, Rock the Ground, Red Poppy, Eureka, and The Water Street Theatre and Deli. Jonathan created the roles in the world premieres for Robert Schenkkan, Bill Cain, Nilo Cruz, and Dan Raizman, among others.

Preston Robert Mead (The Boy)

In five at OSF, Preston played roles including Young Herbert in Great Expectations, John Webster in Shakespeare in Love, Ensemble/Chorus in Hairspray, Peter in Peter and the Starcatcher, and Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing. His roles at the Oregon Cabaret Theatre include Duke in The Great American Trailer Park Musical and Mr. Body in Clue. His film credits include Frankie Tessio in Xpendable (Rudiris Production) and Sgt. Eddie Miller in Not On This Night (StageWright Films). Preston is incredibly excited to be sharing the stage with this extraordinary cast and crew and hopes you will enjoy.

Tasso Feldman (Pozzo)

Regional credits include: The Lehman Trilogy (Denver Center); Intimate Apparel (McCarter Theater); The Seagull, The Taming of the Shrew, The Heart of Robin Hood, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Comedy of Errors, On The Razzle (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Amadeus, Charley’s Aunt, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Cocoanuts, The Three Musketeers (Utah Shakespeare Festival) Goldfish; (South Coast Rep) Equivocation; (Geffen Playhouse) The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? (Lyric Stage Co, Boston). TV/Film: Six seasons on “The Resident,” “Black Box,” “CSI: NY” “The Artist,” “Pirandello on Broadway.” Training: BFA, Boston University.

Robynn Rodriguez (Director)

Robynn has directed Off Peak, Chapatti, and Circle Mirror Transformation for RTC. She is an actor who began directing plays professionally in 2013. Once a resident actor at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, her acting work has been seen at the Public Theatre, Guthrie Theater, Shakespeare Theatre Company, the Kennedy Center, Berkeley Rep, and the Barbican (UK), among others. She has directed King John, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, and As You Like It at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, A Lovely Sunday For Creve Coeur at American Players Theatre, Richard III at Pacific Conservatory Theatre, Hedda Gabler at West Virginia University, and Twelfth Night at University of Texas. Robynn’s work as a director has been a welcome and challenging extension of her work as an actor. r obynnrodriguez.com

Kjerstine Anderson (Assistant Director)

Kjerstine is grateful to be back in the rehearsal room exploring the genius work of Samuel Beckett with her longtime collaborators and heroes. She recently worked with RTC as an actor in Circle Mirror Transformation (also directed by the great Robynn Rodriguez) and a reading of August: Osage County. She appeared in Into the Woods in the role of The Baker’s Wife at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in the 2025 season. Outside of Ashland, she has appeared at Cal Shakes, Seattle Rep, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Great Lakes Theater Festival, The Wallis-Annenberg Center in LA, and with Fiasco Theater in New York. Thanks to Jessica Sage for creating the amazing Rogue Theater Company and for this opportunity.

Samuel Beckett (Playwright)

Samuel Barclay Beckett was born in Foxrock, County Dublin, on April 13, 1906. Beckett wrote his first novel, Dream of Fair to Middling Women in 1932. In Paris and out of money, he went back to Dublin and then moved temporarily to London, where he worked on much of his next novel, Murphy. His first French novel, Mercier et Camier, was written between 1947 and 1950. In this time, he also wrote his famous novel trilogy Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnamable. In 1947, he wrote his first play, Eleutheria, which he would not allow to be published during his lifetime. Between 1948 and 1949, he wrote Waiting for Godot. In the 1950s and 1960s, Beckett's playwriting continued with a series of masterpieces, including Endgame, Krapp’s Last Tape, and Happy Days. He involved himself in various productions of his plays across Europe and in the United States, wrote his first radio plays, and created remarkably innovative prose fiction, including the epic How It Is (1961) and the haunting The Lost Ones (1970). Worldwide appreciation of his work growing, he received the Nobel Prize in 1969. The 1970s were a less prolific period, though he managed some new projects, including television plays for the BBC, and continued to interest himself in productions of his theatrical works. In 1977 he began the autobiographical Company and in the early 1980s crafted more prose pieces including Ill Seen Ill Said, Worstward Ho, Rockaby and Ohio Impromptu. His last major work, the prose fiction Stirrings Still, was written in 1986.

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SEASON SPONSORS

Carol Fellows and Tim Bewley, Carolyn Mandell, Donna Ritchie, Stan Schiffman, and Dick and Elaine Sweet

SHOW SPONSOR

JoAnn Weisel

HEARTFELT GRATITUDE TO RICHARD HAY