The Tempest Orion Project
Phoenix Theatre
March 20 – 24, 2017
Panel discussion on
March 24 @ 1pm

As the academic semester draws to a close in April, the Department of Theatre invites the public behind the scenes to experience not the product, but the process of theatre-making as part of The Tempest Orion Project. Internationally renowned acting, applied theatre, designing, directing, and theatre history experts will explore unique ways to approach the same piece of theatre — in this case, Shakespeare’s The Tempest — and make it resonate with today’s audiences.
They will present their ideas and discoveries at a public panel, concluding a week of interactive workshops where theatre students will have the opportunity to engage directly with five specialists from around the globe. When the students’ workshops are over, the public is welcome to join the visiting artists as they share the week’s explorations and discoveries, compare and contrast their experiences, and answer questions from the audience.
The Visiting Artists
Dr. Ralph Alan Cohen

David Ferry

Dr. Alison Jeffers

Dr. Jeffers was also a mentor to our very own Dr. Kirsten Sadeghi-Yekta! The two travelled through Rwanda and Congo for a conference and Dr. Jeffers was Dr.Sadeghi-Yekta’s examiner during her PhD defense.
Eloise Kazan

Meg Roe
