Spring 2012: William Shakespeare’s The Tempest
Mark your calendar now! NFDC is proud to announce our Spring 2012 production of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Opening April 27, 2012!
1893.
The World’s Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago … Antonin Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 premiers … Prospero, the Duke of Milan, is deposed, exiled and set adrift at sea with his infant daughter, Miranda … and his books …
1909.
Ernest Shackleton’s expedition discovers the South Pole … The Grand Isle Hurricane devastates Cuba … Alonso, the King of Naples, shipwrecks with his crew on the shore of a strange, uncharted island …
And this is where our steampunk Tempest begins.
Friday & Saturday Evenings April 27th through May 12th at 8pm
Sunday Matinee May 6th at 4pm
Seating begins at 7pm; Show begins at 8pm (more or less dusk)
General Admission: FREE!
Suggested Donation of $5 – Please consider giving in advance via our Kickstarter Campaign!
Reserved seating at tables will be available for this show. Click here to reserve a table today!
Location:
Barrington Hall
535 Barrington Drive
Roswell, GA 30075
Map:
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Funding for this program is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners under the guidance of the Fulton County Arts Council.
Our graphics courtesy of Erica Cruz. If you want some awesome graphics, just drop us a message and we’ll hook you up with the best graphic designer in the ATL.
The Tempest: Announcing Our Cast
We are pleased to announce our cast for William Shakespeare’s The Tempest.
- Prospero – Zip Rampy
- Miranda – Jo Arellanes
- Ferdinand – Justin Munson
- Ariel Prime – Cynthia Brower
- Caliban – Paul Riley
- Alonso – Donovan Craig
- Antonia – Emma Greene
- Gonzalo – Gary Heffelfinger
- Sebastian – Christo Taoushiani
- Adrianisco – Ren Robinson
- Stephano – Ben Silver
- Trinculo – Jessica DeMaria
- Boatswain – Adam Levenstein
- Master of the Ship – Kirsten Milliken
- Mariner – Lyle Chadwick
- Ceres – Kate Rasnick
- Iris - Sarah Frey
- Juno – Sarah Keyes Chang
- And featuring as Aspects of Ariel: Ilene Miller, Emily Gail Howell, Emily Arvidson, Hannah Twiggs, Aleah Burgdorf, Shari Bohnsack
$2500 in Nine Days!
Thank you so much.
To say we’re overwhelmed is an understatement. We thought it would be a risk to go for even $2,500, but this community … this still growing and generous community … has proven more supportive than we humbly imagined.
So again … thank you.
What do we do now?
We keep going. Our official Kickstarter goal cannot change and it has been wonderfully met, but we’ve another 36 whole days to go in this campaign. So in the next couple of days, we’ll be unofficially raising our funding goal a little higher. While we can do so much with $2,500, we can do even bigger things with a little more.
And as promised, you’ll be seeing a new Kickstarter video in a few days and we’ll be filming the third video this weekend. Though we’ve met our official goal, we’re just getting started.
Hello, Kickstarter!
This is it. Now we’ve really done it. We’ve gone and put together a pitch for the community-based fundraising engine known as Kickstarter. What were we thinking?!
Well, for one thing, we saw the success experienced by NFDC alums, Ben Boardman, Jason Carlisle and Brian Clements back in 2010. They used Kickstarter to raise enough money to fund an entire season of Star Command, a sci-fi comedy webseries!
For another, if there is anything we love here at NFDC (apart than putting on the best Shakespeare we can), its social media. We’re on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr and Vimeo. We have an outrageous techno-joy for the ever-unfolding future of human interaction and communication. So why not put that appreciation to good use?
Our next big project, our first show for 2012, is William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. We’ve been considering this one for quite some time, but we kept waiting and waiting. Finally, we came up with a brilliant and challenging concept, one that would tax our imaginations and give us license to do something truly amazing. The trouble is … amazing challenges take a little more money than our usual budget.
So we’re going to run our Kickstarter campaign for 45 days with a goal of $2,500. Who knows, we might make more than that!
The way Kickstarter works is simple:
- We pitch our idea on the Kickstarter website (complete with a hilarious video featuring NFDC alums).
- People watch the video, read about the project and …
- Decide to Back Our Project for whatever amount they wish. There’s some awesome premiums for different levels of commitment, all the way from a dramatic reading of the donor’s name to the actual staff our Prospero will use in the production. There’s no risk for the backer, either, as the money is collected (via Amazon Payments) at the end of the 45 days and only then if we’re successful.
It’s that easy. We hope.
So spread the word. Tell your friends. Tell your friends of friends. And ask them to tell still more.
Thank you.
Auditions: The Tempest
On January 30th & 31st, North Fulton Drama Club will be holding open, Non-Equity auditions for a new production of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest.
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