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On Saturday, March 3, the St. Genesius Players treated 91����� Aquinas College students, faculty, and families to a production of William Shakespeare�s A Midsummer Night�s Dream. The performance marked the first ever in St. Cecilia Hall, the College�s newly completed lecture and concert building, made possible through a generous donation from the Fritz B. Burns Foundation of Los Angeles.

�St. Cecilia�s is such an amazing venue, and the cast was thrilled to perform in it,� says Joe Daly (�19), who co-directed the play with Juliet Atchley (�18). �The acoustics carry the voices of the actors up to the highest row, and the industrial lighting ensures that nobody misses anything happening on-stage. The dressing rooms are brilliant as well. There is one on either side of the stage, each fitted with a wall of mirrors, serious lighting, and monitors which show a live-stream of the performance. Our off-stage actors could watch the show and be ready for their cues without going out into the audience and breaking the illusion.�

It was, thanks to the inspired efforts of the staff and crew, a triumphant debut. �We are so proud of the cast, who put in so much work and truly knocked the performance out of the park,� adds Mr. Daly. �We�re also deeply grateful to the legion of people working behind the scenes, including a few of our cast members, who poured their time, talents, and resources into making this a visually and artistically beautiful production.�

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