- Ages: 12 - 17
- REHEARSALS:
- Saturdays, 3pm-6pm, PLUS:
- Tues, May 6 from 6:15pm-8pm
- Wed, May 7 from 6:15-8pm
- Thurs, May 8 from 6:15-8pm
- Please also note that there will be brief crossover with other program's 2pm performances on Feb. 22, March 1 & 8 and April 12. (Actors are welcome to attend and/or volunteer for these performances and stay through their rehearsal. More on this later, but it shouldn't prove negatively impactful.)
- PERFORMANCES: 7pm on May 9, 7pm on May 10 & 2pm on May 11.
- Actors arrive at 4pm on May 9 (Please DO bring a sack dinner)
- Actors arrive at 5pm on May 10
- Actors arrive at Noon on May 11.
- At-the-door ticket sales begin about 30 minutes prior to each show.
Tacoma Youth Theatre's The Tempest is in Shakespeare's original language but abridged for young actors. A simple summary & character list are below. This is an advanced program for actors ready to explore the challenge of both Shakespeare's dialogue and the independent memorization and character work that a once-weekly, complicated play will require.
Brief Summary of The Tempest:
"The Tempest is a play about magic, betrayal, love and forgiveness. It is set on an island somewhere near Italy where Prospero, the one-time Duke of Milan, and his teenage daughter, Miranda, live with a sprite called Ariel and a half-human being, called Caliban. Prospero is a powerful magician who creates a storm, or tempest, that sets the scene for the play. In the events that follow we see a plot to murder the King of Naples, a drunken scheme to kill Prospero and a romance between Miranda and the King’s son, Ferdinand. In the end everyone is forgiven and they all set sail for home"
Characters:
- Prospero
- Miranda
- Ariel
- Caliban
- Ferdinand
- Alonso
- Antonio
- Sebastian
- Gonzalo
- Stephano
- Trinculo