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<\/a>Student cast members rehearsed a scene from \u201cThe Tempest.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\u201cThe Tempest\u201d is Shakespeare\u2019s last play and one of his shortest. Lingan said audiences can expect a light, comic treatment of the work that is suitable for all ages. <\/p>\n
The plot of the play centers on Prospero, the duke of Milan, and his daughter who find themselves trapped on a deserted island after having been abandoned by his enemies at sea. Among their few provisions are some books on magic, which Prospero calls upon to help him exact his revenge.<\/p>\n
Lingan said some believe that the character, Prospero, one of the most famous magicians in all of English literature, was based on the real-life John Dee, astrologer to Queen Elizabeth I of England. Dee, along with Edward Kelley, is credited with creating Enochian magic, a system of ceremonial magic that also featured a secret language Dee and Kelley claimed to have received from angelic visions. <\/p>\n
The play also will feature choreography developed by UT alumna Won Hee Kim and original music composed by Scott Hunt, a faculty member of the UT Music Department, who received his master\u2019s degree in music from the University in 2017.<\/p>\n The cast features UT students Kurt T. Elfering, a junior majoring in religious studies, as Prospero; Faith Murphy, a sophomore theatre major, as Caliban; Kenzie N. Phillips, a junior majoring in theatre with a minor in environmental science, as Ariel; Becca M. Lustic, a sophomore theatre major, as Miranda; Michael R. Miller, a sophomore majoring in bioengineering, as Ferdinand; Josh Keidan, a doctoral student in the Judith Herb College of Education, as Gonzalo\/Spirit\/Reaper; Kevin Upham, a junior theatre major with a minor in visual arts, as Antonio\/Spirit\/Reaper; Bryan Harkins, a senior theatre major, as Sebastian\/Spirit\/Reaper; Drew Michael Young, a senior theatre major, as Alonso (King)\/Spirit\/Reaper; Hanna L. Gerlica, a sophomore majoring in pharmacy, as Francisco\/Master of the Ship\/Spirit; Shaquira Jackson, a junior majoring in theatre performance, as Ceres\/Boatswain\/Spirit; Alexis Johnson, a senior theatre major, as Adrian\/Iris\/Spirit; Michael James Vanderpool, a senior majoring in theatre with a minor in music, as Trinculo\/Spirit; David Wanhainen, a philosophy major, as Stefano\/Spirit; and Emily E. Meyer, a senior majoring in theatre with a minor in Japanese, as Spirit.<\/p>\n Rounding out the cast are Keely-Rain Battle, a 2015 alumna who received a bachelor of arts degree in theatre, as Juno\/Spirit, and Grace E. Mulinix, a student at Toledo Early College High School, as Spirit.<\/p>\n Making it happen behind the scenes are Daniel Thobias, assistant professor of theatre, set designer; Katelyn Justice, freshman theatre major, assistant set designer; Caribbea Danko-McGhee, 2013 UT alumna who received a bachelor of arts degree in theatre, as props designer\/master; Stephen Sakowski, assistant professor of theatre, as lighting\/sound designer; Ryan Peters-Hieber, junior theatre major with design and tech concentration, assistant lighting designer and associate sound designer; Holly Monsos, associate dean of the College of Arts and Letters, and professor of theatre, costume designer; Logan Fleming, freshman theatre major, assistant costume designer; Sean P. Freeman, a sophomore majoring in economics, stage manager; and Emily R. Wemple, English major with a minor in theatre and Spanish, assistant stage manager.<\/p>\n Tickets are $8 for students and children; $10 for UT faculty, staff and alumni, and military members and seniors; and $15 for the general public. Call 419.530.ARTS (2787) or order online at utoledo.tix.com<\/a>. Tickets also will be available at the door.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Magic is in the air with UT’s production of \u201cThe Tempest\u201d Friday through Sunday, April 6-8 and 13-15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,4,60,5,53,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49202"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49202"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53342,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49202\/revisions\/53342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/The-Tempest-poster.jpg\")
<\/a>UT\u2019s production of \u201cThe Tempest\u201d is set upon a circular rotating stage that is designed as a magician\u2019s magic circle and features symbols described in Dee\u2019s Enochian manuscripts.<\/p>\n