Roots of Life, an African performing arts ensemble that is a collaboration between the Penn State School of Theatre and the State College Area School District (SCASD), will present a free community workshop and performance, “A Dream Conceived in Truth Can Never Die,” on Sunday, March 25, at Mount Nittany Middle School. The workshop, appropriate for all ages, starts at 3 p.m., and will include instruction in West African dance and drumming. The Roots of Life performance at 3:30 p.m. will feature dance, drumming, dialogue, and poetry.

Bill Doan, professor and director of the School of Theatre, has been named to the College of Fellows of the American Theatre, an honorary society of outstanding theatre educators and professional theatre practitioners. Now an independent not-for-profit organization, it was formed in 1965 as a project proposed by members of the American Theatre Association.

A single LED light can produce 16.4 million distinct colors. That’s a whole lotta color. And thanks to a donation from entertainment lighting manufacturer ETC, the Penn State School of Theatre’s Lighting Lab now has more than a dozen state-of-the-art LED fixtures, giving students the opportunity to gain hands-on experience using the same type of equipment they will encounter in their careers.