Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival (PSF) presents William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest.”
Directed by Jason King Jones, the Festival’s newly appointed artistic director, and starring Broadway veteran Robert Cuccioli, the production is on the Main Stage at the Labuda Center for the Performing Arts at DeSales University in Center Valley.
Banished from his dukedom, Prospero magically controls an enchanted isle and its inhabitants while raising his cherished daughter Miranda. With an opportunity for vengeance, Prospero summons a tempest to shipwreck his enemies. Yet, unexpected things happen on the island when mortals and magic mix. Shakespeare’s final testament to the redeeming power of love, “The Tempest” is a spectacle for all ages.
Commanding the stage and the island, in his PSF debut, is Cuccioli as Prospero. He is best known for his dual title roles in the musical “Jekyll & Hyde,” for which he received the Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Chicago’s Joseph Jefferson Awards for “Outstanding Actor in a Musical.”
Audiences can enhance the experience before every performance with live music and a variety of dining options “On the Green,” and a free prologue for insights into the play held in the theater 45 minutes prior to curtain. Other special offerings are an opening night post-show champagne toast with the PSF company on Friday; a specialty dinner themed to the play with behind-the-scenes insights at 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 19; a talk-back with the actors after the show on Thursday, Aug. 3; and an audio described and open captioned performance at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 29.
Tickets can be purchased online or by calling 610-282-WILL [9455] or by visiting the PSF box office at the Labuda Center for the Performing Arts.
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