The Tempest

• Directing

For WSU's 2016 season and the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, I abridged "The Tempest." In the production, Prospero evaluates what rough magic gives and what it costs, and similarly I think about what making theatre gives and what it costs. And so our production focused on the idea of play and playing, and I cast an ensemble of actors and together we determined who would play who regardless of gender. I also worked with a student sound designer and music composer, Lydia Oliverson, who composed all new music for the show (based on the existing songs from the original Shakespearean production) which was performed by the cast on Orff inspired instruments like ocarinas, glockenspiels, shakers, drums, and maracas.