Penn State Centre Stage: Love's Labour's Lost
2/1/13
Penn State Centre Stage production of Shakespeare's 'Love's Labour's Lost' opening Feb. 12, 2013 at the Pavilion Theatre on the University Park campus. Rehearsal photos taken Jan. 31, 2013.
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Shakespeare Festival offers a week of culture
1/21/13
The 41st annual Shakespeare Festival will be held Jan. 28 to Feb. 1, at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, in the Maggie Hardy Magerko Auditorium in the campus' Community Center. All events are free and open to the public.
Shakespeare's 'The Merchant of Venice' to be performed Oct. 10-11
9/19/12
Actors From The London Stage, one of the world's most respected touring companies specializing in plays by William Shakespeare, will perform "The Merchant of Venice" at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 10 and 11, in Penn State's Schwab Auditorium on the University Park campus.
Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth are focus of Faculty Speakers Series
4/15/11
Kristen L. Olson, associate professor of English and letters, arts, and sciences program head, will give the final presentation in the Penn State Beaver 2011 Spring Faculty Speakers Series. Olson will present "End of the Line: Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth, Last of the Tudors" from noon to 1 p.m., Wednesday, April 20, room 16, Student Union Building. The program is free and open to the public.
Shakespeare's 'Lovers and Fighters' April 12 at Penn State Fayette
4/5/11
William Shakespeare's greatest "lovers and fighters" will be highlighted during a special performance by Shakespeare-in-the-Schools at noon on April 12, at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus. The free event is open to the public and will be held in the Maggie Hardy Magerko Auditorium in the Community Center on campus.
Fayette Lion Players: 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona' April 7-9
4/1/11
The Lion Players, the Shakespearean acting company of Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, will present their 14th annual production, "The Two Gentlemen of Verona," at 12:15 p.m. on April 7 and at 7 p.m. on April 8 and 9. The free event is open to the public and will be performed in the Maggie Hardy Magerko Auditorium in the Community Center on campus.
Annual Shakespeare Festival at Penn State Fayette, Jan. 24-28
1/14/11
Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus will hold the 39th annual Shakespeare Festival Jan. 24-28. This popular weeklong event returns with a variety of activities including various acting demonstrations, special exhibits and a performance of a Shakespeare play.
Old Man Sha in the Middle Kingdom
9/24/10
How Shakespeare Changed Chinese Theater and Vice Versa
The Lion Players present 'The Comedy of Errors' at Fayette campus
4/7/10
The Lion Players' 13th annual production, "The Comedy of Errors," is sure to entertain audiences at its public performances at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus this month. The play will be presented on at 11 a.m. April 15 and at 7 p.m. April 16 and 17, in the Maggie Hardy Magerko Auditorium in the Community Center on campus. The performances are free and open to the public.
Fayette Lion Players present 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
3/20/09
The Lion Players' 12th annual production, "A Midsummer Night's Dream," is sure to stimulate lots of laughter in the Maggie Hardy Magerko Auditorium in the Community Center at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus. The public is invited to enjoy the performances. The March 26 performance is a matinee beginning at 12:30 p.m. Performances March 27 and April 3 and 4 are evening performances beginning at 7 p.m.
Professor curates exhibition at Folger Shakespeare Library
2/12/09
Garrett Sullivan, professor of English in the College of the Liberal Arts, has co-curated an exhibition at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. "To Sleep, Perchance to Dream," on exhibit from Feb. 19 through May 30, 2009, explores the conscious -- and unconscious -- nighttime activities of Shakespeare's day and their role in popular culture.
Shakespeare Festival at Penn State Fayette Jan. 26-30
1/16/09
Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus will host a week of events Jan. 26-30, including two performances of Shakespeare plays, as the Shakespeare Festival returns to campus for 2009. The National Players from the University of Maryland, America's longest-running classical touring company, and Shakespeare-in-the-Schools, a popular regional touring company from the University of Pittsburgh, will be featured.
Probing Question: Did Shakespeare really write all those plays?
12/1/08
"Done to death by slanderous tongues." So wrote William Shakespeare in his play, Much Ado About Nothing. Or did he? Even people who have never actually read Shakespeare have heard the theories: Shakespeare's plays were written by Francis Bacon! Shakespeare's plays were written by the Earl of Oxford! Shakespeare's plays were written by anyone, anyone, but William Shakespeare!
Penn State Centre Stage: Love's Labour's Lost
2/1/13
Penn State Centre Stage production of Shakespeare's 'Love's Labour's Lost' opening Feb. 12, 2013 at the Pavilion Theatre on the University Park campus. Rehearsal photos taken Jan. 31, 2013.
Shakespeare Festival offers a week of culture
1/21/13
The 41st annual Shakespeare Festival will be held Jan. 28 to Feb. 1, at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, in the Maggie Hardy Magerko Auditorium in the campus' Community Center. All events are free and open to the public.
Shakespeare's 'The Merchant of Venice' to be performed Oct. 10-11
9/19/12
Actors From The London Stage, one of the world's most respected touring companies specializing in plays by William Shakespeare, will perform "The Merchant of Venice" at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 10 and 11, in Penn State's Schwab Auditorium on the University Park campus.
Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth are focus of Faculty Speakers Series
4/15/11
Kristen L. Olson, associate professor of English and letters, arts, and sciences program head, will give the final presentation in the Penn State Beaver 2011 Spring Faculty Speakers Series. Olson will present "End of the Line: Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth, Last of the Tudors" from noon to 1 p.m., Wednesday, April 20, room 16, Student Union Building. The program is free and open to the public.
Shakespeare's 'Lovers and Fighters' April 12 at Penn State Fayette
4/5/11
William Shakespeare's greatest "lovers and fighters" will be highlighted during a special performance by Shakespeare-in-the-Schools at noon on April 12, at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus. The free event is open to the public and will be held in the Maggie Hardy Magerko Auditorium in the Community Center on campus.
Fayette Lion Players: 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona' April 7-9
4/1/11
The Lion Players, the Shakespearean acting company of Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, will present their 14th annual production, "The Two Gentlemen of Verona," at 12:15 p.m. on April 7 and at 7 p.m. on April 8 and 9. The free event is open to the public and will be performed in the Maggie Hardy Magerko Auditorium in the Community Center on campus.
Annual Shakespeare Festival at Penn State Fayette, Jan. 24-28
1/14/11
Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus will hold the 39th annual Shakespeare Festival Jan. 24-28. This popular weeklong event returns with a variety of activities including various acting demonstrations, special exhibits and a performance of a Shakespeare play.
Old Man Sha in the Middle Kingdom
9/24/10
How Shakespeare Changed Chinese Theater and Vice Versa
The Lion Players present 'The Comedy of Errors' at Fayette campus
4/7/10
The Lion Players' 13th annual production, "The Comedy of Errors," is sure to entertain audiences at its public performances at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus this month. The play will be presented on at 11 a.m. April 15 and at 7 p.m. April 16 and 17, in the Maggie Hardy Magerko Auditorium in the Community Center on campus. The performances are free and open to the public.
Fayette Lion Players present 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
3/20/09
The Lion Players' 12th annual production, "A Midsummer Night's Dream," is sure to stimulate lots of laughter in the Maggie Hardy Magerko Auditorium in the Community Center at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus. The public is invited to enjoy the performances. The March 26 performance is a matinee beginning at 12:30 p.m. Performances March 27 and April 3 and 4 are evening performances beginning at 7 p.m.
Professor curates exhibition at Folger Shakespeare Library
2/12/09
Garrett Sullivan, professor of English in the College of the Liberal Arts, has co-curated an exhibition at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. "To Sleep, Perchance to Dream," on exhibit from Feb. 19 through May 30, 2009, explores the conscious -- and unconscious -- nighttime activities of Shakespeare's day and their role in popular culture.
Shakespeare Festival at Penn State Fayette Jan. 26-30
1/16/09
Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus will host a week of events Jan. 26-30, including two performances of Shakespeare plays, as the Shakespeare Festival returns to campus for 2009. The National Players from the University of Maryland, America's longest-running classical touring company, and Shakespeare-in-the-Schools, a popular regional touring company from the University of Pittsburgh, will be featured.
Probing Question: Did Shakespeare really write all those plays?
12/1/08
"Done to death by slanderous tongues." So wrote William Shakespeare in his play, Much Ado About Nothing. Or did he? Even people who have never actually read Shakespeare have heard the theories: Shakespeare's plays were written by Francis Bacon! Shakespeare's plays were written by the Earl of Oxford! Shakespeare's plays were written by anyone, anyone, but William Shakespeare!