Guest director Susie Burke, an actor, director, and playwright based in the Los Angeles area, has completed the casting of her new adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” which will be the next production of Aloha Performing Arts Company. Guest
Guest director Susie Burke, an actor, director, and playwright based in the Los Angeles area, has completed the casting of her new adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” which will be the next production of Aloha Performing Arts Company.
Burke created a reverse-gender adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” for APAC in 1999. She and Jerry Tracy, the company’s artistic director, have been professional collaborators since 1975, when they were both active members of the theater scene in Honolulu.
Tracy will play the lead role of Prospero in the production. Joining him onstage will be David A. Payne as Caliban, Mia Kriebl-Bruno as Miranda, Roxanne Fox as Ariel, Daniel Lauzon as Ferdinand, Robin O’Hara as Gonzala, Felicity Johnson as Alonsa, Alec Lugo as Trinculo, Cathy Riehle as Stephana, and John Holliday as Antonio. A chorus of island spirits will be portrayed by Heather Lawrence, Kaytee Turner, Laurie Wilson, Nora Frank, Saffron Datta, and Sarah Bellati.
“The Tempest,” commonly believed to be Shakespeare’s final play, will be presented at the Aloha Theatre in Kainaliu April 27 through May 12, with Friday and Saturday performances at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m. The possibility of a special daytime performance for schools on May 3 is being explored.
Tickets for the regular run are $17 for seniors, $20 for adults and $5 for students.
A free sneak preview of the show will be presented at the Kailua-Kona Public Library at 2:00 p.m. April 14.
For more information, call 322-9924.
