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Professional actors will perform free staged readings of Shakespeare?s classic comedies each quarter at the Cal Poly Pomona Downtown Center at 300 W. Second St. in Pomona. The 2004-05 season begins on Oct. 9, at 7 p.m., with A Midsummer Night?s Dream under the direction of Peter Uribe, an educator at the Orange County High School of Performing Arts and actor/director. The event is sponsored by Cal Poly Pomona's College of Letters, Arts & Social Sciences and presented by the Southern California Shakespeare Festival in collaboration with the university's Theatre department. The event is free, although donations are accepted. For more information, contact the Downtown Center at (909) 469-0080.