Sedalia, Missouri – Feb. 23, 2023 – The State Fair Community College Theatre Arts program will present Sloan E. Garner’s adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play “The Tempest” at 7:30 p.m. March 3 and 4; 2 p.m. March 5; 7:30 p.m. March 10 and 11, and 2 p.m. March 12 in Thompson O’Sullivan Studio Theatre (Yeater 126) on the Sedalia campus. A dinner theatre will be held at 6:30 p.m. March 4. Ryan P. Mahannah, SFCC’s Theatre Arts program coordinator, is the director. This show runs 90 minutes without an intermission and is PG.
“The Tempest” has been considered to have been William Shakespeare’s last play and one of his most popular. Garner’s adaptation presents the tale of Prospera, former Duchess of Milan and her daughter Miranda who live on an island near Italy to which Prospera’s brother Antonio had banished her. One day, Prospera watches a shipwreck and among the group that washes ashore is the King of Naples Alonso, his daughter Fernanda, and Prospera’s brother Antonio. Consequently, in a series of bewildering events, Miranda falls in love with Fernanda, and the play ends in reconciliation.
Tickets are $5 each and can be purchased at sfcctheatre.evenbrite.com or by calling the Box Office at (660) 530-5814 from 2-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. SFCC students and employees may reserve tickets for performances at no-cost in the Box Office. The cost of a dinner theatre ticket for March 4 is $13. Attendees over 60 years may get a free ticket to the 2 p.m. performances on March 5 and 12. Wheelchair seating is available upon request. For special accommodations, email Mahannah at rmahannah@sfccmo.edu.
CAST
Air Ariel: Ainsley McKellips, Coffeyville, Kansas
Water Ariel: Taylor Kremer, Loose Creek
Fire Ariel: Mackenzie Plank, Clever
Earth Ariel: Taylor Joronen ,Windsor
Master: Max Kleinschmidt, Trenton
Boatswain: Alex Knudsen, Branson
Mariner: James Hyde III, Blue Eye
Alonso: Colton Motsinger, Sedalia
Gonzalo: Quincy Wilson, Oak Grove
Sebastian: Walker Beaman, Lincoln
Antonio: Braden Miller, Platte City
Fernanda: Ellie Siegfried, Centerview
Trinculo: Payton Lawrence, Noborne
Stephano: Ethan Courter, Knob Knoster
Miranda: Gianna Ortiz, Windsor
Prospera: Audrey Phillips, Higginsville
Caliban: Avory Nail, Lexington
Nymphs: Owen Dack, Columbia; Knudsen, Hyde III, Kleinschmidt
Understudies:
Stephano and Alonso: Alex Knudsen
Trinculo and Gonzalo: Max Kleinschmidt
Sebastian and Antonio: James Hyde III
Boatswain, Caliban, Mariner: Owen Dack
CREW
Director: Ryan P. Mahannah, SFCC Theatre Art program coordinator
Assistant Director/Dramaturgy: Delaney Barker, Holden
Choreographers: Ainsley McKellips, Owen Dack and Kaitlyn Wilson, Springfield
Fight Director/Intimacy Choreography: Audrey Phillips
Technical Director/Scenic Designer/Lighting Designer: Tim Wells, SFCC technical director
Stage Manager – Sarah Hensel, Provencal, Louisiana
Assistant Stage Managers – Madi Smith, Blue Springs; Erika Freeman, Warrensburg; Gabe Sokolowski, Sedalia
Music Composition and Direction, James Hyde III
Sound Designers: Gabriel Sokolowski, James Hyde III
Props Master: Ainsley McKellips
Costume Designer: Braden Miller
Assistant Costume Designer: Avory Nail
Makeup Designer: Caroline Dopson, SFCC guest artist
Hair Designer: Audrey Phillips
Light Board Operator: Kaden Green, Sedalia
Sound Board Operator, Gabe Sokolowski
Props Crew: Jennifer Poynter, Windsor
Run Crew: Analyce Hayley, Sedalia; Laura Beach, Sedalia
Costume and Make Up Crew: Kaitlyn Wilson
Scenery Construction/Painting: Wilson, Beaman, Lawrence, Hyde III, Knsuden
House Manager: Erika Freeman, Warrensburg
