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File photo Stephen Sondheim, Anton Chekhov and Edward Bond each paid a visit to PSU's Lin­ coln Hall during the 1991-92 theater season. "It was a very good year," announced De­ partment of Theater Arts Chair Jack Feath- eringill "There was a lot of variety." An enthusiastic production of Sondheim's marriage musical "Company," co-produced with jazz Studies, kicked off the mainstage season in mid-November, followed by Chekhov's classic of contemplation, "Three Sisters," in the winter, and Edward Bond's grimly optimistic modern assault on society, "Saved," in the spring. Although each of these large-scale presen­ tations drew a good deal of the attention, many off-off Broadway PSU productions busily chewed at the scenery in the fertile Lincoln Hall Studio Theater. Aside from popular student-produced plays such as "Baby With the Bathwater" and "Exit the King," the studio also played host to the directing class' lunchbox/supper- box series and the sparkling fresh New Plays Conference, which featured four workshop productions of plays in progress by north­ west writers. —Gregory P. Dorr Sara T. Henderson Above: Shake­ speare’s "Measure for Measure" pro­ duced an innova­ tive outlet for direc­ tor Amy Fowlkes’ thesis project. Left: Bill Barry and Farah Fobes in Ed­ ward Bond’s grim social commentary "Saved.." BelowJohn Busse, Amy Fowlkes, Farah Fobes, Robert Flick and Valerie Stevens in Chekhov’s classic "The Three Sisters." Sara T. Henderson 107