Arts & Culture

Summer Circle Theater building a permanent home

WKAR Public Media | By Scott Pohl

Published June 10, 2014 at 12:33 PM EDT

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Lela Ivey and Mark Schenfisch star in the MSU Summer Circle Theatre production of 'What I Did Last Summer'.

MSU Department of Theatre

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This year, the Summer Circle Theatre stage is between the MSU Auditorium and the Red Cedar River.

WKAR/Marie Steinbock

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There will be five plays on the Summer Circle Theatre stage this year.

WKAR/Marie Steinbock

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Construction has begun on a permanent setting for the Summer Circle Theatre, near MSU's Fairchild Theatre.

WKAR/Marie Steinbock

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A rendering of what Summer Circle Theatre will look like in 2015.

MSU Department of Theatre

Summer Circle Theatre will have a permanent home near the Fairchild Theatre next summer.

This week the Summer Circle Theatre at Michigan State University is entering its 54th season, putting on student productions of plays outdoors around the MSU Auditorium and Fairchild Theatre. This summer marks a change for the company as it will be the last season of its nomadic existence. Work has begun on a permanent home for Summer Circle.Associate Professor of Theater Rob Roznowski, who runs Summer Circle and wrote one of the plays on the schedule this year, tells Current State's Scott Pohl that construction of its new home as well as some of the productions in the works for the season.