The Tempest

July 3 - 20, 2025

Director: Nancy Cates
Master of Verse: Terry Burgler
Greenshow Director: Ryan Zarecki
Greenshow Music Director: Evan Wilhelms
Tempest Music Director: Evan Wilhelms
Lighting Design: Buddy Taylor
Costume Design: Kelsey Tomlinson
Fight Director/Choreographer: Ryan Zarecki
Stage Manager:
Assistant SM: Ashley Dyer
Crew: Audrey King, Wittman Sullivan (lighting assistant)
Carpenters: Natalie Steen, Ryan Zarecki, Megan Herbert
House Manager/Customer Service Director: John Peters

Cast:
Prospero - Holly Humes
Ariel - Geoff Knox
Caliban - Joe Pine
Ferdinand - Lloyd Wayne Taylor
Alonso - Brian Pedaci
Stephano - Hannah Storch
Trinculo - Eric Fancher
Miranda - Natalie Steen
Antonio - Tess Burgler
Sebastian - Ryan Zarecki
Gonzalo - Geoffrey Darling
Francisco - Troian Butler
Adrian - Christian Achkar
Sailors/Spirits - Megan Herbert, Nate Hoyle, Jessica Lauren, Madelyn Hayes, David Monter, Rachel Fichter, Sydney Noelle Warren
Juno - Madelyn Hayes
Ceres - Rachel Fichter
Iris - Sydney Noelle Warren

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Plot Description: Long before our play begins, the wizard Prospero was betrayed by her evil brother Antonio and King Alonso and sent into exile.  Prospero and her infant daughter Miranda were set adrift at sea, left to die. Stranded, they made a new home on an enchanted  island, whose only other inhabitants are fantastical monsters and spirits.  Now, many years later, the King’s ship happens to pass by the island, carrying on board Antonio and his supporters. Prospero seizes her chance for revenge and redemption by summoning a massive tempest that shipwrecks the men aboard.  Prospero and her loyal air spirit Ariel set up a delicate plan to torment their enemies and win their freedom. Miranda falls in love with the first boy she sees: Prince Ferdinand. The half-monster Caliban teams up with a couple of drunkards and tries to rule the island. And the ensuing chaos unfolds upon the enchanted isle under the stars on a summer night…