The Tempest

Written by: William Shakespeare, adapted by Kenneth Cavander
Directed by: Andy Wolk

The Tempest is Shakespeare’s final play. A ship is wrecked in a mighty storm and the survivors are marooned on a mystical island controlled by the wizardly magician Prospero. What happens to them on this eventful day deals with the whole condition of man. Fathers will lose their children and discover them again. First love will bloom and revenge plots will be carried out. Shakespeare asks: can mercy triumph over vengeance? Can tyrants set free those they hold? Shakespeare’s masterpiece comes alive in a very contemporary fashion in this striking new adaptation by Kenneth Cavander.

Cast

Tony Amendola*

PROSPERO, the right Duke of Milan

John Apicella*

ALONSO, King of Naples

Gabriel Diani

SEBASTIAN, his brother; BOSUN

Dawn Didawick*

GONZALA, an honest councilor

Daniel Dorr*

FERDINAND, son to the King of Naples

Dylan Jones

ARIEL, an airy spirit; JUNO, a spirit

Kitty Swink*

ANTONIO, his brother, the usurping Duke of Milan

Marcelo Tubert*

STEPHANO, a drunken butler; CERES, a spirit

Zoe Yale*

MIRANDA, Prospero’s daughter

JD Cullum*

TRINCULO, the King’s jester; SEA CAPTAIN; IRIS, a spirit

Luis Kelly-Duarte*

CALIBAN, a deformed savage

Other

Production Team

Andy Wolk

Director
*member, Actor’s Equity Association, the union of professional Actors and Stage Managers in the U.S. This production is presented under the auspices of the Actors’ Equity Los Angeles Membership Company Rule