Shakespeare in the Park: The Tempest
Celebrated turning 30 with William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”, a timeless tale about shipwrecks, islands, witches, and a whole lot of magic and music. Ohio Shakespeare Festival always put on a good show, they are devoted to connecting with the audience, helping them see and love Shakespeare through swords, superb acting, music reverie, and so much heart. They will always be my favorite theatre troupe. They have become family, and I love seeing what they cook up next!
During the Greenshow, the opening to every Shakespeare play Ohio Shakespeare Festival puts on, you can see two lovely swordsmen engaged in a battle!
The Tempest, written by William Shakespeare between 1610-1611, is a timeless tale where the audience meets Prospero, a magician, who lives with their daughter, Miranda, and two servants, Caliban and Ariel on an island. There’s plenty of music, and faerie mischief and magic, lulling any spectator into a peaceful slumber full of rich and enchanting dreams. The Tempest has everything, it has love, Miranda falling for the King’s son, Ferdinand, Caliban’s adventures to break free from Prospero… alongside Ariel’s adventures to gain their freedom, too. In the end, Ariel and Caliban do get their liberty (maybe Ariel a little more than Caliban, but, hey, Ariel is definitely a force to be reckoned with). However, Prospero, just by listening to their tale, their adventures in The Tempest, sets them free in the end… That’s really all humanity' is searching for, someone to see us, hear us, for who we really are. Creators, humans, compassionate beings, just trying to make the world a better place through art. Art truly heals the world, brings us all closer together.
