Gem of the Ocean

Pittsburgh, 1904. In the wake of Emancipation, social turbulence and confusion swirl around the doorstep of Aunt Ester, the 285-year-old healer and keeper of ancestral mysteries. When a desperate wanderer, Citizen Barlow, needs her help to cleanse his tarnished soul, Ester launches him upon a harrowing spiritual passage aboard the legendary slave ship, Gem of the Ocean. Through myth and memory, he journeys down to the City of Bones, where true freedom–freedom of the spirits–awaits.Each show in the Oregon Shakespeare festival performs in repertory. Gem of the Ocean will perform in rotation with the other shows in the season; please visit www.osfashland.org for a full schedule.