Dana Lane is director, and the cast includes Jessica Stanford, Michael Lain, Michelle Thompson, Andre Andrepont, BoPeep Mistric, Sonja Langlois and Michael Lee. Open readings at BR Gallery Open readings by area poets, fiction writers, storytellers and others will be held at 4 p.m. each Sunday in October at Baton Rouge Gallery in City Park Pavilion. 4 Spoken Word Series at the gallery. Shakespeare in Covington An outdoor performance of Shakespeare s A Midsummer Night s Dream , staged by the Dog and Pony Company of New Orleans, will be presented at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, at the Columbia Street Landing in downtown Covington. This is the fourth year for Shakespeare at the Landing in Covington.
Admission is free and seating is picnic style.
The production features a number of actors who have appeared in LSU Theatre or Swine Palace productions, including Tony Molina, Lara Grice, Andrea Frankel and Jerry Lee Leighton. Children s activities and food concessions will be available. A preview party is scheduled at the arboretum at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3. The monks wear rich brocade costumes and masks for the sacred dances. The monks have toured extensively, appeared in major movies on Tibet and their music was featured on the Golden Globe-nominated soundtrack of the film, Seven Years in Tibet.