Behind the scenes with Penn State Center Stage: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Penn State Centre Stage to present Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

Stage manager Maria Papadopoulos provides rehearsal and schedule notes to members of the cast of the Penn State Centre Stage production of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' during a rehearsal session on Nov. 17. The production opens at Penn State's Pavilion Theatre Dec. 2. Credit: Patrick Mansell. All Rights Reserved.

Members of the lighting crew and electricians team prepare the Pavilion stage for an evening rehearsal of the Penn State Centre Stage presentation of Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.'  The show opens at the Pavilion Theatre Dec. 2. Credit: Patrick Mansell. All Rights Reserved.

Malcolm Mackenzie, playing the role of Oberon, rehearses at the Pavilion Theatre for the Dec. 2 opening of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' The Penn State Centre Stage production runs from Dec. 2 to 9. Credit: Patrick Mansell. All Rights Reserved.

Keagan Styes, left, assists actor Catherine Crimmins with her costume prior to rehearsal for the Penn State Centre Stage presentation of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' at the Pavilion Theatre. Styes is a third-year graduate student at Penn State studying costume technology. Credit: Patrick Mansell. All Rights Reserved.

Marshall Joun, a senior B.F.A. acting student at Penn State, portrays Puck in the Penn State Centre Stage production of Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' opening Dec. 2 at the Pavilion Theatre and running through Dec. 9. Credit: Patrick Mansell. All Rights Reserved.

Catherine Crimmins, a third-year acting student in Penn State's School of Theatre, rehearses a scene at the Pavilion Theatre in preparation for the Dec. 2 opening of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

Stage manager Maria Papadopoulos provides rehearsal and schedule notes to members of the cast of the Penn State Centre Stage production of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' during a rehearsal session on Nov. 17. The production opens at Penn State's Pavilion Theatre Dec. 2. Credit: Patrick Mansell. All Rights Reserved.

Assistant theatre performance professor and director Sam Osheroff discusses a scene with cast members during a rehearsal at the Pavilion Theatre for Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' opening Dec. 2 and running through Dec. 9. Credit: Patrick Mansell. All Rights Reserved.

Members of the lighting crew and electricians team prepare the Pavilion stage for an evening rehearsal of the Penn State Centre Stage presentation of Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.'  The show opens at the Pavilion Theatre Dec. 2. Credit: Patrick Mansell. All Rights Reserved.

Malcolm Mackenzie, playing the role of Oberon, rehearses at the Pavilion Theatre for the Dec. 2 opening of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' The Penn State Centre Stage production runs from Dec. 2 to 9. Credit: Patrick Mansell. All Rights Reserved.

Keagan Styes, left, assists actor Catherine Crimmins with her costume prior to rehearsal for the Penn State Centre Stage presentation of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' at the Pavilion Theatre. Styes is a third-year graduate student at Penn State studying costume technology. Credit: Patrick Mansell. All Rights Reserved.

Marshall Joun, a senior B.F.A. acting student at Penn State, portrays Puck in the Penn State Centre Stage production of Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' opening Dec. 2 at the Pavilion Theatre and running through Dec. 9. Credit: Patrick Mansell. All Rights Reserved.

Catherine Crimmins, a third-year acting student in Penn State's School of Theatre, rehearses a scene at the Pavilion Theatre in preparation for the Dec. 2 opening of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

Stage manager Maria Papadopoulos provides rehearsal and schedule notes to members of the cast of the Penn State Centre Stage production of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' during a rehearsal session on Nov. 17. The production opens at Penn State's Pavilion Theatre Dec. 2. Credit: Patrick Mansell. All Rights Reserved.

Assistant theatre performance professor and director Sam Osheroff discusses a scene with cast members during a rehearsal at the Pavilion Theatre for Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' opening Dec. 2 and running through Dec. 9. Credit: Patrick Mansell. All Rights Reserved.

A gallery of photos providing a look behind the scenes as cast and crew prepare for the Dec. 2 opening of Shakespeare's 'A MidSummer Night's Dream' at Penn State's Pavilion Theatre. The Penn State Centre Stage production opens Dec. 2 and runs through Dec. 9.

Last Updated November 24, 2021

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