Announcing the cast and crew for The Tempest
“We are such stuff as dreams are made on …”
The dream is Free Shakespeare in the Park. And this summer, for the first time ever in the Festival City of Milwaukee, the dream will come true. Outdoors in the courtyard of Alverno College, Optimist Theatre will produce The Tempest, Shakespeare’s masterpiece of magic, humor, forgiveness, and redemption. The production will be completely free to the audience, but of the highest creative caliber – simple, fierce, and imaginative. Directed by Ron Scot Fry, Optimist Theatre’s Artistic Director, the cast includes…
Photo by John Neinhuis
James Pickering*. . . Prospero
Angela Iannone* . . . Ariel
Tom Reed* . . . Caliban
Jocelyn Fitz-Gibbon . . . Miranda
Andrew Voss . . . Ferdinand
Jacque Troy . . . Antonio
Neil Haven . . . Sebastian
T. Stacy Hicks . . . King Alonso
Flora Coker . . . Gonzalo
Ken Williams . . . Stephano / Mariners
David Flores . . . Trinculo / Mariners
Master . . . Andrew Parchman
Boatswain . . . Tommy Stevens
The company ensemble aka “The Tribe” . . . Amie Losi, Allie Babich, Na Tasha Carr, Grace DeWolff, Cassondra Gresl, Trevor Olds, Tamsyn Reed, Eric Schabla, Tommy Stevens, Andrew Parchman, and Sara Zientek.
Managing Director . . . Susan Scot Fry
Dramaturg and Assistant Director . . . ML Cogar
Lighting Design . . . Jason Fassl
Stage Manager . . . Melissa Wanke*
Production Manager . . . Alan Piotrowicz
Tribe Costumer . . . Mel Benson
Costume Coordinator . . . Alex Tacoma
Original music composed by T.J. Hull and played by The Full Fathom Four, which include Hull, Amanda Caretta-Hull, Emily Rhode-Terrien, and Jeff Sturgeon
Puppet Design and Construction . . . Milwaukee Mask and Puppet Theatre, Artistic Director Max Samson
Managing Director Assistant Intern . . . Na Tasha Carr
Stage Management Intern . . . Kate Krakow
Podcast Filmographer . . . Christina Mata
Displays Artist . . . Estephanie Mendoza
The Tempest will run June 18 – 20 and 24 – 27. “Milwaukee has incredible talent, and Shakespeare in the Park is a great opportunity to showcase that talent,” said Fry. “We have the privilege of premiering this project with a brilliant ensemble of actors, musicians, and visual artists. I’m looking forward to a rich, collaborative creative process.”
Optimist Theatre is a 501(c)3 non-profit theatre company. Shakespeare in the Park is made possible by Alverno College, a Creative Communities Grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board and individual donor contributions. For more information on Optimist Theatre, free Shakespeare in the Park or The Tempest, contact Susan Scot Fry, Managing Director at SSFry@OptimistTheatre.org or 262-498-5777 or visit the Optimist Theatre website at http://www.OptimistTheatre.org.
Contact:
Susan Fry
SSFry@OptimistTheatre.org
2010 N. 1st Street
Milwaukee, WI 53212
262-498-5777
http://www.OptimistTheatre.org
* Member of Actor’s Equity.
updated 5-19-10
Lee Ernst said,
March 30, 2010 at 11:57 am
It looks like I have the honor, on this site at least, to be the first to wish you success. Break a leg, y’all!!
optimisttheatre said,
March 30, 2010 at 12:12 pm
Thank you!
Dan Schley said,
March 30, 2010 at 3:44 pm
Great looking cast! Another step down on the way to success! I’m pulling for you! This is going to be fabulous!
optimisttheatre said,
March 30, 2010 at 3:56 pm
Thank you so much, Dan!
Ken & Cate said,
March 30, 2010 at 7:57 pm
We’ll be there if we possibly can. Bon voyage and break all legs!
Ken and Cate
henry strozier said,
March 30, 2010 at 9:05 pm
James, he talks a lot ,but it’s said to be a great play, and i’m sure you’ll have a good time, as long as you don’t do matinees outdoors. don’t throw your staff at the director. love, horace
Mari-Anne Hechmann said,
March 31, 2010 at 6:36 am
Personally, and I am sure, on behalf of Alverno’s 13,000+ alumnae…a warm welcome to Alverno College and our Alumnae Courtyard this summer!
It is always a great thrill, and for some a once in a lifetime experience, to be at the beginning of something great…and know it!
The Tempest, and all who are involved in bringing forth thisproduction, will surely be remembered in years to come as the solid foundation of a “Greater Milwaukee tradition”, second to none in all of the Midwest…and the beginning of something great!
Congratulations!
Mari-Anne Hechmann
Alverno Alum ’91 and Trustee
A-E Shapera said,
March 31, 2010 at 7:31 am
Hearty congratulations! It’s going to be fantastic!
Jim said,
March 31, 2010 at 1:13 pm
Thanks to everyone for the good wishes. I think we’ll work hard, have fun, and be present at the conception of a great thing Milwaukee artists and audiences can share right here at home.
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