Arlington Friends of the Drama

March 5- 21, 2027

The Tempest featuring Prospera

by William Shakespeare 

Stage Director: Elizabeth Ross

Music Director: Valerie Forgione

Production Managers: Iain Bason, Kristen Tourville

Shakespeare’s tale of betrayal, revenge, forgiveness and family, as reimagined with a female-presenting protagonist. Prospera, deposed Duchess of Milan, uses magical arts to bring within her power the enemies who robbed her of her throne and marooned her on a remote island. Meanwhile her daughter Miranda encounters humans for the first time in her memory. The Tempest is a play about the discovery of compassion. It is in finding empathy with her enemies that Prospera discovers her path to freedom and release from her demons.​