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​- PAST PRODUCTIONS ARCHIVE -

TEMPEST REDUX
Feb 20-april 23, 2016


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TEMPEST REDUX
an Odyssey Theatre and New American Theatre co-production 

Derived from Shakespeare's fantasy, this freshly conceived reconstruction of The Tempest is a potent confection of physical theater and verbal gymnastics — a father-daughter story for the ages that explores the power of love and forgiveness. 

Written by William Shakespeare

Adapted, directed and choreographed by John Farmanesh-Bocca 

Starring 
Jack Stehlin, Mimi Davila, Charles Hunter Paul, Willem Long,
Dash Pepin,Dennis Gersten, Gildart Jackson, Emily Yetter,
​Shea Donovan, 
Briana Price 

Christopher Murillo, Scenic Design
Bosco Flanagan, Lighting Design
Denise Blasor, Costume Design
John Farmanesh-Bocca and Adam Phalen, Sound Design
Jeannine Wisnosky Stehlin, Prop Design
Lucy Pollak, Publicist
Gretchen Goode, Production Stage Manager 

Produced by 
Ron Sossi Artistic Director, The Odyssey Theatre
Jeannine Wisnosky Stehlin Managing Director, The New American Theatre
Associate Artistic Director, Odyssey Theatre, Beth Hogan

VENUE: The Odyssey Theatre

2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd. 
Los Angeles, CA 90025 

Tempest Redux  - Jack Stehlin, Briana Price, Shea Donovan, Emily Yetter. Directed and adapted by John Farmanesh-Bocca
Jack Stehlin, Dash Pepin and Willem Long in Tempest Redux, directed and adapted by John Farmanesh-Bocca

VIDeOS


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Briana Price, Jack Stehlin, Shea Donovan in Tempest Redux, directed and adapted by John Farmanesh-Bocca 

(Odyssey Theatre / New American Theatre)
 Jack Stehlin, Charles Hunter Paul in Tempest Redux, directed and adapted by John Farmanesh-Bocca 

(Odyssey Theatre / New American Theatre)
Briana Price, Jack Stehlin, Shea Donovan in Tempest Redux, directed and adapted by John Farmanesh-Bocca 

(Odyssey Theatre / New American Theatre)
Charles Hunter Paul, Jack Stehlin, Mimi Davila in Tempest Redux, directed and adapted by John Farmanesh-Bocca 

(Odyssey Theatre / New American Theatre)
Briana Price, Jack Stehlin, Shea Donovan in Tempest Redux, directed and adapted by John Farmanesh-Bocca 

(Odyssey Theatre / New American Theatre)
Willem Long, Dash Pepin, Gildart Jackson in Tempest Redux, directed and adapted by John Farmanesh-Bocca 

(Odyssey Theatre / New American Theatre)
Jack Stehlin in Tempest Redux, directed and adapted by John Farmanesh-Bocca 

(Odyssey Theatre / New American Theatre)
Dennis Gersten in Tempest Redux, directed and adapted by John Farmanesh-Bocca 

(Odyssey Theatre / New American Theatre)
Dennis Gersten, Gildart Jackson in Tempest Redux, directed and adapted by John Farmanesh-Bocca 

(Odyssey Theatre / New American Theatre)
Charles Hunter Paul, Mimi Davila in Tempest Redux, directed and adapted by John Farmanesh-Bocca 

(Odyssey Theatre / New American Theatre)
Jack Stehlin, Dash Pepin, Willem Long in Tempest Redux, directed and adapted by John Farmanesh-Bocca 

(Odyssey Theatre / New American Theatre)
Briana Price, Jack Stehlin, Shea Donovan in Tempest Redux, directed and adapted by John Farmanesh-Bocca 

(Odyssey Theatre / New American Theatre)
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CRITICS CHOICE! LOS ANGELES TIMES
“… MAGIC… inventive staging and solid command of source text make for a memorable re-imagining… 
Jack Stehlin makes it clear out of the gate he’s no by-the-book Prospero…  [a] radical overarching concept” 
– Philip Brandes, Los Angeles Times

 “RECOMMENDED… STAGE RAW TOP 10 
… puts the entire play in a powerful new perspective… abounds with visual and choreographic poetry… a vibrant, funny, heartbreaking show
… A STUNNER” — Terry Morgan, Stage Raw

 “THE BEST VERSION OF THE TEMPEST I HAVE EVER SEEN” 
 – David MacDowell Blue, The World Through Night-Tinted Glasses
 
“SHEER MAGIC”
...amps up the play's sense of wonder, and focuses its emotional intensity like a crystal focusing a laser...As Prospero, master actor Jack Stehlin...lights our way to a most startling interpretive choice at the play's end...Shakespeare would weep with joy to see the heart of his most personal work so radiantly revealed."
- Mark Hein, Theatre Ghost

 “TRULY UNIQUE”
… will make you consider this play in an all-new light.”
- Sarah A. Spitz, Santa Monica Daily Press

 “REFRESHINGLY NEW”
… fascinating and fun!.”
- Elaine L. Mura, LA Splash


 “IT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND”
… transcends all expectations… so profoundly moving, so exciting and original, that I cannot urge you enough to go see it. If you only make time for one Shakespeare production this year, let it be this one… theatre magic at its finest.”
— Ellen Dostal, Shakespeare in LA
 

 “VISUALLY STUNS” 
— Gil Kaan, Broadwayworld

 "YOU WILL BE THRILLED" 
BOLD AND MUSCULAR
… the most inventive production of The Tempest that I have ever seen…If you love originality, if you love theatricality,
if you love words and action that make the sometimes-difficult language of Shakespeare accessible, then do not miss this production. ” 
—  Paul Myrvold’s Theatre Notes

 “RECOMMENDED! STRIKING AND INDELIBLE...POWERFUL” 
We are served humor as well as travitas, love with betrayal, hope with unbearable loss...a special spell perfetly befitting an enchanted isle.
—David Maurer, Culture Spot LA


 “HIGHLY ENCHANTING… 
With adaptor/director Farmanesh-Bocca at the creative helm and a marvelous Stehlin leading a strong cast, The Tempest has been shaken, pureed and creatively messed with to exciting effect... rich and dynamic end-to-end.” 
— Evan Henerson, Curtain Up

​ “WOW!... MESMERIZING 
Farmanesh-Bocca takes reinvention to such an excitingly new level, it’s no wonder Tempest Redux is the most buzzed-about Shakespeare show in town.” — Steven Stanley, Stage Scene LA

AWARDS and nominations

Odyssey Theatre / New American Theatre 2016 co-production of TEMPEST REDUX 
has been nominated for 11 

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Stage Raw Awards! 

Production of the Year! 
Odyssey Theatre and New American Theatre

Direction
John Farmanesh-Bocca

Production Design

Adaptation

Leading Male Performance
Jack Stehlin

Supporting Male Performance
Dash Pepin and Willem Long

Supporting Male Performance 
Gildart Jackson

Choreography 
John Farmanesh-Bocca

Sound Design: 
John Farmanesh-Bocca and Adam Phalen

Costume Design 
Denise Blasor

Lighting Design 
Bosco Flanagan 


2017
Los Angeles Drama Critcs Circle

Best Sound Design nomination:
John Farmanesh-Bocca and Adam Phalen

2016
Scenies Awards

Best Ensemble
The Cast of Tempest Redux

Best Direction of a Play
John Farmanesh-Bocca, Tempest Redux

MORE MEDIA COVERAGE

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Radio Interview: 
Listen to Jack Stehlin. Mimi Davila and Charles Hunter Paul Talk Tempest Redux with Michael Slate on KPFK

Radio Interview:
Listen to Jack Stehlin and Jeannine Wisnosky Stehlin talk Tempest Redux and theatre with Cheryl Lubin on In Our Times. March 1, 2016, LATalkRadio

​ Radio Interview: Listen to Jack Stehlin on Timothy Spangler on KRLA 

Jack Stehlin visited Cole Sullivan on USC TV. Watch the interview

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