Two women sitting amidst trash, one wearing a beige outfit and a black plastic cap, the other in a red suit, smiling at each other.
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The Tempest

Northwestern University, Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts
Directed by Manna-Symone Middlebrooks

Play by William Shakespeare

Spring 2024

Rehearsal Room
Assistant Director | Alexander Lopez
Assistant Director | Phoebe Wyrcha
Production Stage Manager | Jayce Lewis
Dramaturg | Deon Custard
Movement Director | Roger Ellis
Music Supervisor | Kent Brooks
Composer | Justin Cavasos
Vocal/Dialect Coach | Linda Gates
Intimacy/Fight Director | Jyreika Guest

Cast
Prospero | Detra Payne
Miranda | Isadora Coco Gonzalez
Caliban | Charlie Niccolini
Ariel | Mario Wulf Montes
Gonzalo (U/S Caliban) | Jerry Fang
Ferdinand | Kieran Rowe
Antonio | Gus Glick
Sebastian | Nastia Goddard
Stephano/Ensemble | Julie Monteleone
Trinculo/Ensemble | Emma McElwee
Alonso | North Hinze
Mariner 1/Spirit (U/S Ariel) | Kennedy Naseem
Mariner 2/Spirit (U/S Miranda) | Louise Sims
U/S Ferdinand/Spirits | Patrick Howard
U/S Alonso/Antonio | Roie Dahan
U/S Stephano/Sebastian | Julia Marshall
U/S Trinculo/Gonzalo | Ben Cummings

Production Team
Scenic Designer | Alayna Klein
Costume Designer | Ben Kress
Lighting Designer | Seojung Jang
Sound Designer | Joe Court
Wig/Hair/Makeup Designer | Mark Park