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"Tempest in the
Soul" Image Courtesy of Emily Meek
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William
Shakespeare's
Directed by
Alison C.
Vesely
under the stars June 21 ~
July 30
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$20
(Previews Adults $15,
Students/Seniors $12)
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SYNOPSIS
Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, has been living on a primitive
island with his fifteen-year-old daughter Miranda for the past twelve
years. He was abandoned on this isle after his dukedom was usurped by his
own brother, Antonio, with the support of Alonso, the King of Naples.
However, as they sail back from the wedding of the King’s daughter in
Tunis, Antonio and Alonso come within range of Prospero’s magic.
With the help of Ariel, the
magical spirit of the island, Prospero summons a tempest which shipwrecks not
only his enemies, but also the good counselor Gonzago (who aided Prospero twelve
years ago), the King’s brother Sebastian, and the King’s son Ferdinand.
Prospero’s plan to have Ferdinand and Miranda fall in love succeeds, but
Prospero purposefully puts roadblocks in the way of their love, lest Ferdinand
feel he has won Miranda’s love too easily.
Meanwhile,
believing that Ferdinand is dead, Antonio leads Sebastian into a plot to kill
his brother Alonso, and usurp the king’s throne, much as Antonio usurped the
dukedom.
On another
part of the island, two drunken servants, Stephano and Trinculo, have met the
island’s other inhabitant, the brutish Caliban, son of the witch Sycrorax.
Rebelling against Prospero’s treatment of him (which is the result of Caliban’s
attempt to ravish Miranda), Caliban conspires with the drunken duo to kill
Prospero and regain control of the island.
Under the clever manipulation of Prospero and Ariel, the various members of the
court wend their way through the labyrinthine paths of the island and of their
own hearts on their way to redemption and forgiveness.
CAST LIST
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