The department of stage and screen will feature Shakespeare’s classic “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Oct. 29-Nov. 1.

Shows will begin at 7:30 p.m., with Sunday afternoon matinees at 3 p.m.

Directed by Claire Eye, theater program director for the department of stage and screen, the play will be an adapted production with a regional spin by setting the play in Appalachia, using the dialect and mannerisms of mountain people to tell this age-old, mystical love story with a contemporary zeal.

In addition to the “mainstage” performances, WCU faculty and staff who recreated the 1933 “War of The Worlds” broadcast last fall will be taking the audience back in time once again this season with “On The Home Front,” the re-creation of an entire Armed Forces Radio Broadcast program originally aired across Europe in November 1944. The Armed Forces Radio Broadcast programs helped keep American soldiers up-to-date with stateside news during World War II. The special Veteran’s Day performance will be held Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 7:30 p.m.

For tickets, call the Fine and Performing Arts Center box office at 828.227.2479. More information is available at http://theatre.wcu.edu.