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THE TEMPEST
By
William Shakespeare
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Prospero and Miranda
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Ariel and Prospero
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The Island
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Adrian, Gonzalo, Sebastian, and Antonio
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Stephano, Caliban, and Truniclo
Prospero, Miranda, and Ferdinand
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Spirits and Prospero
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THE END
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Prospero's Epilogue
THE COMPANY
DIRECTED BY SHERRIE WOLLENHAUPT
The Castaways
| ERIC DEVLIN................. | ALONSO, King of Naples | |
| MELODY JONES............. | SEBASTIAN, Alonso's brother | |
| JAKE THORNBERRY...... | FERDINAND, son to the King of Naples | |
| ARLETTE MORGAN....... | ANTONIO, the usurping Duke of Milan | |
| WILLIAM WALKER ....... | GONZALO, an honest and old councilor | |
| SHAWN LUIGS............... | ADRIAN | |
| NICOLE PINTAL............ | TRINCULO, a jester | |
| JOHN TYLER SHULTS..... | STEPHANO, a drunken butler |
The Islanders
| AMBER DEVLIN........................ | PROSPERO, the right Duke of Milan | |
| JOHNNA LEIGH PURCHASE..... | MIRANDA, daughter to Prospero | |
| LOGA BALL............................... | CALIBAN, a savage and deformed slave | |
| JESSICA MCCARTNEY............... | ARIEL, an airy spirit | |
| JENNY CREUDER...................... | IRIS, spirit | |
| HEATHER DYER........................ | JUNO, spirit | |
| JULIA BURFORD....................... | CERES, spirit |
Quotes from the review by Mark Lowry of The Tempest from The Fort Worth Star Telegram
"Director Sherrie Wollenhaupt recently earned a master’s degree in drama from Texas Woman’s University, and her bio boasts 30 years of Shakespeare experience. This production signals her as a director to watch."
"Eric Devlin would have been an obvious choice as Prospero, but Wollenhaupt cast his wife, Amber Devlin, in that role (Eric is Alonso). Willy Shakes’ plays are guy-heavy, and casting women in men’s roles isn’t revolutionary, but it pays off when it works, as it does here, adding interesting subtext about gender roles in Elizabethan society and classical literature. Amber Devlin has the complexity to pull it off and doesn’t treat it as a woman playing a man — there are subtle feminine touches. Other gender switches include Nicole Pintal as the jester Trinculo, Melody Jones as Sebastian and Arlette Morgan as Antonio. These three, along with Amber Devlin, give the strongest performances."
Best reason to go: Amber Devlin