Arts & Culture

Bard in the Quad celebrates 20th season with “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

By Theresa Hogue on July 29, 2025

The first documented staging of a Shakespeare play at Oregon State University was in 1895, a student-run production of “Julius Caesar.” In 2006, Bard in the Quad launched with a production of “Romeo and Juliet,” and the outdoor experience was so wildly popular that two decades later, audiences still pack the Memorial Union Quad for annual summer performances.