BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Sam McCready, Director
William T. Brown, Founder, Producer & Set Designer
Elena Zlotescu, Costume & Makeup Designer
Stephen Freundel and Carl Freundel, Musical Score
William Shakespeare, Libretto
Lewis Shaw, Construction Engineer
Edie Catto, Assistant Director & Company Manager
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Prospero Sam McCready
Ariel James Brown-Orleans
Caliban Carl Freundel
Miranda Nguyen Tucker
Ferdinand Thomas P. Cloherty
Queen Alonza Laurie Martin
Antonia Chris Colussi
Sebastienne Rosanne C. Lucarelli
Gonzala Bonnie Webster
Captain/Ensemble Kevin Hollenbeck
Stephano Michael P. Hoffmaster
Trinculo Jacob Zahniser
Musicians Stephen Freundel
Joyce Hubbard
Carl Freundel
Mike Landavere
Interpreters Marla Tibbels
Nancy Billingslea
PRODUCTION STAFF
Stage Manager Jennifer Balze
Technical Director Alicia Saunders
Costumer Gail Beach
Costume Construction Karl Brown
Heather Harris
Movement Maria Sorongon
Movement Assistant Martha Tartal
Speech Consultant Alice Robinson
Additional Music Michael P. Hoffmaster
Graphic Design UMBC Publications
Publicity Clara Marin Gray
Eleanor Cunningham
SET/PROPERTY CONSTRUCTION AND RUNNING CREW
Greg Fiackos, Jason LoPresti, Gregg Schraven,
Karl Brown and Kim Turner
SPECIAL THANKS TO
Arthur O. Pittenger, Dean of Arts and Sciences; Joyce Johnson;
Betty Hutton; Michael Cerri, Ken Anoff and the UMBC Department
of Music; Jack Saum and Beltway Truck Leasing and Idealease;
Paul Wäclo and Graphic Concepts; Tom Taylor and the UMBC
Office of Financial Aid; Leon Herring and the Staff of the
Physical Plant; Catholic University Costume Shop; Chris
Gunther; and all who assisted with this production in any form.
SHAKESPEARE ON WHEELS is funded in part by grants from the
Maryland State Arts Council and the National Endowment for the
Arts. Additional funding is provided by the UMBC Office of
Summer and Winter Programs, the UMBC Office of the Dean of
Arts and Sciences, the UMBC Department of Theatre, the Friends
of SHAKESPEARE ON WHEELS; and our many generous host sponsors
and patrons throughout the region.
HOST SPONSORS
The Columbia Festival.The Columbia Bank.Springfield Hospital
Center.Prince George's Community College.Historic St. Mary's
City.Friends of Gwynns Folls/Leakin Park.Dickinson
College.Renfrew Institute.friends of Wyman Park Dell.Ocean City
Department of Recreation and Parks.University of Maryland
System Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies.The Aspen
Institute.Performing and Fine Arts Commission and Tourism
Council, Havre de Grace.Department of Recreation and Parks,
City of Rockville.The Maryland National Capital Park and Planning
Commission.National Park Service, United States Department of the
Interior.City of Bowie.Bowie Recreation Council.South Laurel
Recreation Council.Washington County Arts Council.Allegany County
Arts Council.McDonald's of Cumberland.McDonald's of Keyser.Highland
Arts Unlimited.University of the District of Columbia.Jewish
Community Center, Owings Mills.Pennsylvania Avenue Development
Corporation
All proceeds from the sale of T-shirts and buttons benefit the
SHAKESPEARE ON WHEELS program. Tax-deductible contributions may
be mailed to: SHAKESPEARE ON WHEELS, UMBC Theatre Department,
Baltimore, Maryland 21228-5398.
THE PROJECT
This summer, SHAKESPEARE ON WHEELS marks its seventh season with
The Tempest. Based on a project created by Theatre
Department Chairman William T. Brown in Africa in 1964, this
innovative summer program mounts a portable Elizabethan stage
atop a 40-foot flatbed truck. In the spirit of Europe's pageant
wagons, the theatre and its players travel throughout Maryland and
neighboring states, bringing to life the immortal words of
Shakespeare before people of every age and background.
SHAKESPEARE ON WHEELS has received national and state awords,
and its production of As You Like It received a special
invitation to perform at the 1990 Kennedy Center Open House Arts
Festival.
THE SCHOOL
From its contemporary campus setting just minutes from Baltimore
and convenient to Washington, D.C. and Annapolis, UMBC maintains the
traditions and values of a liberal arts institution while advancing
knowledge across a variety of disciplines. Its 28 undergraduate degree
programs range from the sciences and engineering to the arts and
humanities. Its graduate school, conducted with the University of
Maryland at Baltimore, offers 87 degree programs.
The Theatre Department at UMBC offers majors in acting, technical
theatre, and educational theatre. Productions are presented during the
regular academic year as well as the summer months via SHAKESPEARE ON
WHEELS. Over the past 17 years, nine UMBC productions have been
selected for presentation in the regional competition of the
American College Theater Festival. The most recent was Oscar Wilde's
Salome, directed by Sam McCready. Four of these have advanced
to the prestigious National Festival at the John F. Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Recent UMBC productions include
Jean-Paul Sartre's No Exit, Samuel Beckett's Not I, Ohio
Impromptu, and Rockaby, and a new version of Euripides'
Medea. UMBC is also the home of The Maryland Stage Company, a
professional company directed by Xerxes Mehta.
UMBC THEATRE FACULTY
Associate Professors: William T. Brown, Chairman, Sam McCready,
Xerxes Mehta, Alice Robinson, Wendy Salkind, Elena Zlotescu
Assistant Professors: Terry Cobb, Alan Kreizenbeck, Richard
Montgomery
Instructors: Charlene Harris-Newton, Sally Livingston, Luana
Rarey
Ploywright-in-Residence: Alonzo Lamont
SYNOPSIS
Banished as the rightful ruler of his kingdom, Prospero establishes
dominion over an enchanted land by drawing on his great learning and
magical skills. Serving Prospero and his daughter Miranda are the
wondrous spirit Ariel and the monstrous creature Caliban. By raising
a tempest, Prospero wrecks the ship carrying his old enemies. Though
tempted to avenge the wrongs he has suffered, Prospero instead uses
his arts to heal the old wounds of strife and dissention. Ultimately,
he effects a match between his daughter Miranda and Ferdinand, son of
his former enemy.
FRIENDS OF SHAKESPEARE ON WHEELS
Our Friends of SHAKESPEARE ON WHEELS campaign this summer
will help us reach our funding goal and in turn ensure that
SHAKESPEARE ON WHEELS keeps rolling along in the future.
Presently, we are in the midst of an endowment drive which is critical
to the future of SHAKESPEARE ON WHEELS. Any tax deductible gift
you can make -- $25, $50, $100, or whatever you can afford --
will be greatly appreciated. You will be making it possible for
thousands of fellow citizens to see our productions each summer.
Please make checks payable to: University of Maryland Foundation/
SHAKESPEARE ON WHEELS Endowment Fund (UMF/SOWEF) and
mail to William T. Brown, c/o Department of Theatre, UMBC,
Baltimore, MD 21228-5398.
1991 PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
JULY 2 & 3 AUGUST 2 & 3
GIFFEN HILL, UMBC, 5401 Wilkens COURTHOUSE SQUARE PARK IN
Avenue, Catonsville, MD TOWN CENTER, Rt. 28 & Maryland
(301)455-2476 Avenue, Rockville, MD
JULY 5 & 6 (301)309-3000
HOWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE/ AUGUST 4
THE COLUMBIA FESTIVAL, 10901 FT. WASHINGTON NATIONAL
Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia, PARK, Ft. Washington, MD (raindate:
MD (301)730-2587 August 5) (301)763-4600
JULY 8 & 9 AUGUST 6
SPRINGFIELD HOSPITAL CENTER, ALLEN POND, Bowie, MD (raindate:
Route 32, Sykesville, MD August 7) (301)262-7510
(301)795-2100 ext. 3257 AUGUST 8 & 9
JULY 10 & 11 MONTPELIER MANSION
PRINCE GEORGE'S COMMUNITY GROUNDS, 12826 Laurel-Bowie
COLLEGE, 301 Largo Road, Largo, Road, Laurel, MD (301)953-1993
MD (curtain time 2:30 p.m. on July AUGUST 10 & 11
11) (301)322-0926 *HAGERSTOWN JUNIOR
JULY 12 & 13 COLLEGE, 751 Robinwood Drive,
HISTORIC ST. MARY'S CITY, Old Hagerstown, MD (301)791-3132
State House Riverlown, St. Mary's AUGUST 12 & 13
City, MD (301)862~990 *ALLEGANY COMMUNITY
JULY 16 COLLEGE, Willowbrook Road,
LEAKIN PARK, 4921 Windsor Mill Cumberland, MD (301)729-6680
Rood, Baltimore, MD AUGUST 15 & 16
(301)233-7867 *POTOMAC STATE COLLEGE, Fort
JULY 17 & 18 Avenue, Keyser, West Virginia
*DICKINSON COLLEGE, W. High (301)729-6680
Street, adjacent to Spahr Library, AUGUST 17 & 18
Carlisle, PA (717)245-1384 *UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF
JULY 19 & 20 COLUMBIA, Washington, DC
RENFREW MUSEUM AND PARK, (202)282-2057
1010 E. Main Street, Waynesboro, AUGUST 19 & 20
PA (t17)762-0373 *JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER,
JULY 21 3506 Gwynnbrook Avenue, Owings
WYMAN PARK DELL, N. Charles Mills, MD (curtain time 7 p.m. both
Street & Art Museum Drive, nights) (301)542-4900
Baltimore, MD (301)889-7927 AUGUST 22, 23 & 24
JULY 24 * 25 INDIANA PLAZA, 6th & Pennsylvania
*NORTHSIDE PARK, 125th Street & Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
the Bay, Ocean City, MD (202)724-9060
(301)250-0125 SEPTEMBER 6 & 7
JULY 26 & 27 GIFFEN HILL, UMBC, 5401 Wilkens
HORN POINT ENVIRONMENTAL Avenue, Catonsville, MD
LABORATORIES, Cambridge, MD (301)455-2476
(301)228-8200
JULY 28 & 29 * Indoor facilities available in the
THE ASPEN INSTITUTE, Carmichael event of rain.
Road, Wye Plantation, Queenstown,
MD (301)827-7168 All performances of The Tempest are
JULY 30 & 31 FREE and interpreted for the hearing
HAVRE DE GRACE DECOY impaired. Curtain time is 7:30 p.m.
MUSEUM, Market & Lafayette unless otherwise noted.
Streets, Havre de Grace, MD
(301)939-4252
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