STORM

In a pulsating remix of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, the Walkabout ensemble partners with acclaimed director Anna-Helena Mclean of the United Kingdom’s Moon Fool ensemble to create an immersive world of fantasy, spectacle, original live music, dance, and haunting beauty. In a remote bunker, exiled geo­-engineer Prospero furiously works against his inner demons and outer spirits to control the forces of nature. Poised on the brink of her own coming-­of-­age, his daughter Miranda uncovers an earthshaking truth: the Storm lives within us all.

STORM was presented in 2015 at Links Hall, Chicago in partnership with Anna-Helena Mclean and members of the Moon Fool ensemble. The project received special recognition by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation International Connections Fund.  

Based on The Tempest by William Shakespeare

Created and Directed by Anna-Helena McLean, Script by Rosanna Lowe, Performed by Walkabout Ensemble Members Nigel Brown, McCambridge Dowd-Whipple, Cooper Forsman, Katie Mazzini, Dana Murphy, Paul Scudder and Gabriel Thom Pasculli with Moon Fool members George Bellamy and Anirudh Nair and collaborators Leah Casey, Bridgette Hammond, Sam Krey, Alex Rodriguez and Delaney Spangler.

Production team includes: Dina Klahn (stage manager), Michael Christman (scenic design), Benjamin Ponce (associate scenic designer), Michelle Post (costume design), Rachel Levy (lighting design), Austin Dambacher (assistant lighting design), Andrew Rovner (sound and projection design), Emma Stanton (dramaturg) Kendra Miller (producer), Brianna Parry (production manager), and Lee Stark (assistant director).