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Dept. of Musical Theatre Studio Production • 2014 -2015 SeasonFebruary 19 - 22 , 2015 • Arthur Miller Theatre

The University of Michigan, School of Music, Theatre & DanceDepartment of Musical Theatre presents a studio production of

DirectorScenic Designer

Costume DesignerLighting Designer

Sound DesignerChoreographer

Assistant DirectorStage Manager

Malcolm TulipAnton VolovsekLindsay BalakaJanak JhaAndrew HintzenWonza JohnsonLindsay WormserKelsy Durkin

There will be one intermission.

By William Shakespeare

The performers in this production are students in the Department of Musical Theatre. The designers are students and guests in the Department of Theatre & Drama. Ticket sales assist in providing SMTD students with engaged learning experiences before live audiences. Thank you for supporting our educational mission. Latecomers will be seated at a suitable break. As a courtesy to others, please turn off cellular phones and pagers and refrain from texting during the performance. Photography, audio recording, and videotaping of any kind are not permitted.

"Stormy Weather" arranged by Matthew Browne. All other vocal arrangements by the cast.Cover photo by Thierry Hennet, www.hennet-photography.com

Special thanks to the Friends of Musical Theatre, University Productions, UMS/League Ticket Office, and the Dept. of Theatre & Drama.

The Tempest is a studio production of the Department of Musical Theatre.

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Prospero ...................................................................................................Kalia MedeirosMiranda ....................................................................................................... Jillian SladeAriel ............................................................................................. Hannah Lynne MillerCaliban ...............................................................................................Simon LongnightFerdinand ...................................................................................................... Alex MillerStephano ..................................................................................................... Liesl CollazoTrinculo ................................................................................................ Riley McFarlandAntonio ....................................................................................................... Will BrannerSebastian ................................................................................................. Kyle McClellanAlonso .........................................................................................................Peter ScattiniGonzalo ............................................................................................ Audrey Rose YoungAdrian .................................................................................................. Noah KiesermanEnsemble ...............................Samuel Hamashima, James Kilmeade, Sophie Madorsky, Aline Mayagoitia, Jessica Ng, Nkeki Obi-Melekwe, Jo Ellen Pellman, Jordan Samuels, Daniel Schwartzberg

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about the Playwright

William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564, and attended the Stratford Grammar School until he was about 15. At 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children. There are no records of Shakespeare’s life between 1585 and 1592, when he first established himself as an actor and playwright in London. In London, Shakespeare’s longest and most productive association was with the acting troupe, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men. In the troupe he served as actor, playwright, and shareholder. Between 1592 and 1611, Shakespeare wrote 37 plays. He spent the earlier part of those years primarily composing comedies and histories, and wrote most of his great tragedies between 1601 and 1609. Shakespeare composed his romances between 1606 and 1611, when he no longer felt bound by the more realistic devices of his earlier historical and tragic forms. Shakespeare retired to Stratford in 1610, where he lived comfortably until his death on April 23, 1616.

from the DireCtor

The Tempest. I first doubled as Antonio and Stephano in College, was a Dancing Sailor in Derek Jarman’s film, was Trinculo twice in the SMTD's Power Center productions, called my company Prospero Theatre Company, and my first full-length original piece was The Caliban Motel referred to by the Detroit Free Press critic as “Theatre of Crud.” I do truly love this play and am yet again astounded by new discoveries as we have worked on it. I have stolen Jarman’s idea of replacing the Goddesses scene with the song "Stormy Weather." The content of this Masque is less important than the gift it brings to the soon-to-be-weds and the audience: the gift originally a parting one from the Bard to his public.

— Malcolm Tulip

about the Creative team

about the Cast

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linDsay balaka (Costume Designer) junior, BFA Design & Production, Dearborn, MIkelsy Durkin (Stage Manager) Guest ArtistanDrew hintzen (Sound Designer) senior, BS Performing Arts Technology/BFA Jazz

Piano, Grosse Pointe, MIJanak Jha (Lighting Designer) sophomore, BFA Design & Production, Glencoe, ILwonza Johnson (Choreographer) junior, BFA Musical Theatre, Atlanta, GA malColm tuliP (Director) Assoc. Professor, Department of Theatre & Dramaanton volovsek (Scenic Designer) sophomore, BFA Design & Production, East Lansing, MI

Asst. Stage Mgrs. ................................................ Keem Avraham, Rowan Renstrom-Richards, Daniel Schwartzberg, Lindsay WormserFight Captain .................................................................................................. Hannah MillerDance Captain .........................................................................................Samuel HamashimaLight Board Operator ...........................................................................................Eitan MaziaSound.................................................................................................... Carina-Kay LouchieyWardrobe ..............................................................................................................Ben WalkerWigs & Makeup .......................................................................................Kaity Paschetto

will branner (Antonio) junior, BFA Musical Theatre, Waxhaw, NCliesl Collazo (Stephano) junior, BFA Musical Theatre, Guaynabo, Puerto Ricosamuel hamashima (Ensemble) first-year, BFA Musical Theatre, Cary, NCnoah kieserman (Adrian) first-year, BFA Musical Theatre, Olney, MDJames kilmeaDe (Ensemble) sophomore, BFA Musical Theatre, Northport, NYsimon longnight (Caliban) first-year, BFA Musical Theatre, Eugene, ORsoPhie maDorsky (Ensemble) first-year, BFA Musical Theatre, Cleveland, OHaline mayagoitia (Ensemble) sophomore, BFA Musical Theatre, Cedar Park, TXkyle mCClellan (Sebastian) sophomore BFA Musical Theatre, Doylestown, PAriley mCfarlanD (Trinculo) sophomore, BFA Musical Theatre, Eureka, CAkalia meDeiros (Prospero) junior, BFA Musical Theatre, Kaneohe, HIalex miller (Ferdinand) junior, BFA Musical Theatre, Oklahoma City, OKhannah lynne miller (Ariel) sophomore, BFA Musical Theatre, Eugene, ORJessiCa ng (Ensemble) first-year, BFA Musical Theatre, Singaporenkeki obi-melekwe (Ensemble) first-year, BFA Musical Theatre, Waxhaw, NCJo ellen Pellman (Ensemble) first-year, BFA Musical Theatre, Cincinnati, OHJorDan samuels (Ensemble) sophomore, BFA Musical Theatre, Brooklyn, NYPeter sCattini (Alonso) first-year, BFA Musical Theatre, Burlingame, CADaniel sChwartzberg (Ensemble) sophomore, BFA Musical Theatre, Bedford, NHJillian slaDe (Miranda) junior, BFA Musical Theatre, Dubuque, IAauDrey rose young (Gonzalo) sophomore, BFA Musical Theatre, Los Angeles, CA