TAPS Undergraduate Acting Program: The Tempest behind the scenes

Stanford News


March 2, 2017Theater and Performance Studies Undergraduate Acting Program: The Tempest behind the scenes Stanford Theater & Performance Studies presents William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, a vibrant, out-of-this-world tale of romance, revenge and forgiveness. As Shakespeare’s works go, few are more magical than The Tempest, a fantastical and deeply human play about an exiled sorcerer, his budding daughter, a civilization abandoned and a world reborn. This production is presented in conjunction with the TAPS Undergraduate Acting Program and is directed by Amy Freed, artist-in-residence. Performances will be held at 8 p.m. March 2-4 and March 9-11. These images provide a look behind the scenes.





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Costume designer Connie Strayer, senior lecturer in TAPS, was inspired by the Jacobean and late English Renaissance Court Masque tradition of Shakespeare’s time.Image credit: Courtesy Stanford TAPSCostume designer Connie Strayer emphasized themes from nature for the characters of the spirit world, the fairies and Caliban. Image credit: Courtesy Stanford TAPSSet designer and TAPS Lecturer Erik Flatmo set the play in an abandoned Jacobean theater, but updated with a stage-within-a-stage. Image credit: Courtesy Stanford TAPSTAPS lead carpenter Daniel Cadigan works with student carpenters Ewea Tseumah and Stewart Gray III.Image credit: Courtesy Stanford TAPSStudent carpenter Zachary Dammann paints a corbel for the set. Image credit: Courtesy Stanford TAPSLighting designer James Sherwood, on stage, and students in TAPS’s lighting design course get hands-on experience.Image credit: Courtesy Stanford TAPSCostume designer Connie Strayer and wig designer Kerry Rider-Kuhn fit Prospero’s wig on Tim Schurz.Image credit: Courtesy Stanford TAPSDirector Amy Freed was initially drawn to The Tempest because “it’s a wonderful play for a university to undertake. There are lots of great roles, it has a rich history, and it supplies so many areas for research and discussion.” Image credit: Courtesy Stanford TAPSSusi Arguello and Isaac Goldstein find themselves in the eye ...


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