The Tempest

Last night Britnee, the kids and I went to see Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' performed by Roy High. It was lots of fun, even for Ben and Naomee. Brianne is on the production crew and is very proud of the show.

Original dialog, classic costumes, modern music and an intimate setting (60 seats on stage) made for a great show. The story started with a huge storm, call it... say, a tempest, created by a sorceress which shipwrecks a queen and her crew upon the sorceress' island, all according to her design we find out.

Bri's new color

I was skeptical about the claim, but being the engineer type, I had to run the calculations and verify it. Six tons of sand (about 4.4 cubic yards) were deposited on stage, bounded by small railroad ties to create the island beach and bulk of the stage for the lively action.

My favorite actors were the sorceress, Prospero; her aide-de-camp in spirit form Airel, which was played by two girls; both excellent dancers, singers and violinists, which shared dialog fluidly speaking at times every-other-line, every-other-word or in total unison; and Caliban, the at once fearsome, later comically drunk monster.

I high recommend seeing the show that continues its run at 7 pm Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights.