The lights go down, the audience gets quiet  — it’s time for the show to begin. Welcome to the University’s spring theater season. Swine Palace and the LSU Department of Theatre are presenting three Mainstage plays, four studio shows and the annual dance concert this semester.”The season’s diversity is astounding,” said LSU Theatre and Swine Palace marketing director Vastine Stabler. “I think every show we are doing this upcoming season has groups of patrons highly anticipating it. Comedies, musicals, thought-provoking dramas … This season has it all,” Stabler said.Swine Palace is putting on Dianna Son’s “Satellites” and Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost.””Satellites,” a comedy about a multiracial family who moves into a predominantly black neighborhood and is greeted with a brick, runs Feb. 4 through Feb. 22 in the Reilly Theatre.Stabler said the show will have a slow opening because not many people have heard of it, but “people will enjoy it and it draw them in.” Son, the writer of “Satellites,” is also a writer and co-producer of “Law and Order: Criminal Intent.”According to a press release, “this play speaks volumes about the plight of modern-day couples juggling careers, love lives and family. Hilarious and heart-rendering complications ensue around questions of parenting, racial identity, community and the way we live.””Love’s Labour’s Lost” is the world premiere of an adaptation of Shakespeare’s story of what young people will do for love.A crowd favorite, this romantic comedy follows four young men who swear off love for three years only to meet the loves of their lives.”Love’s Labour’s Lost” will run April 15 through May 3 in the Reilly Theatre.The LSU Department of Theatre will also present “Spring Awakening” this semester, a comedy about youthful discovery and the things that inhibit it.”It’s about young people and sex, so it should be wickedly fun,” Stabler said.”Spring Awakening”, according to a press release, is “often banned and rarely performed in full” and will run in Hatcher Hall from March 18-29.The Department of Theatre is also putting on four studio shows in Hatcher Hall.Stabler said the studio shows will likely sell out, so those interested should get there early to purchase tickets.”The Four of Us,” the first of the four, is a comedy about two best friends and the strains of their relationship that evolve from the success of one of them.”There are some really ridiculous moments in it but with a good heart,” said Nicole Ingalsbe, director and theatre junior.”It’s very applicable to this audience because of the relationship between the two people,” Ingalsbe said.”The Four of Us” will run Jan. 20-25.The three other studio shows are “The Sound of a Voice” running Feb. 3-8, “Key Exchange” running April 14-19 and “Outworks” running April 28-May 3.”This theatre season looks very promising,” said Kandace Tyler, accounting sophomore. “I especially can’t wait for ‘Spring Awakening.’ It’s supposed to be hilarious.”All mainstage shows and the dance concert are reserved seating and tickets may be purchased in advance at the box office, by phone at (225) 578-3527 or online at www.swinepalace.com.All studio shows are general admission, and tickets can be purchased at the door only.For more information on any of this season’s productions, visit www.swinepalace.com or www.theatre.lsu.edu or by phone at (225) 578-3527.—-Contact Catie Vogels at [email protected]