The Tempest

by William Shakespeare

 

Synopsis: The Tempest is one of Shakespeare's most suggestive, yet most elusive plays. It is a magical romance, yet deeply embedded in seventeenth-century debates about authority and power. It attends to the implications of Prospero's magic, his political and paternal ambitions, and the controversial issue of his "colonialist" control of Caliban. The Tempest was also Shakespeare's response to the new opportunities offered by the Blackfriars theater, and careful attention is accordingly given to the play's dramatic form, stage-craft, and use of music and spectacle, to demonstrate its uniquely experimental nature.

Cast

Prospero	David Matthews
Miranda	Linda Todsen
Antonio	James Michael Kay
Alonso	Keith Wakeman
Sebastian	Don Sciarappa
Gonzalo	Skip "Bus" Riley
Ariel	Meghan Jones
Sycorax	Patricia Weeks
Caliban	K.M. Kay II
Ferdinand	James V. Lukitsch
Trinculo	Danny Thomas
Stephano	Henry Davis
Iris	Lynn Gerber
Ceres	Nancy L. Brady
Juno	Linda Lee Walden

 

Production Staff

Director	Haller T. Laughlin
Designer	Peter B. Young
Technical Director	Peter B. Young
Stage Manager	Patricia Weeks
Props Making	Ronald Griswold
	Mauya Schweitzer
Props Run Crew	Marcia Kichler
Lighting Master Control	John Starkey
Light Crew	Joe Crews
	Jon Jackson
	Wendell C.
Sound Operator	Jim B.
Sound Taping Effects	Henry Davis
	Don Sciarappa
Production Assistants	Joe Crews
	Nancy Brady
	Mauya Schweitzer
	Leon Conkin
	Simon Herwin
	Jeff Staley
	Steve Service
	Tom Carpenter
	Henry Davis
Makeup & Special Effects	Mike Moore
House Manager	Cindy Elliot
House Manager, Friends of Theatre	Charlotte Danley