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Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts at Northwestern University
THE TEMPEST
By William Shakespeare. Directed by Manna-Symone Middlebrooks.
Friday, May 24, 2024 at 7:30PM

Josephine Louis Theater
on the Evanston Campus of NU at The Wirtz Center
20 Arts Circle Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
Located on the southeast part of the Evanston campus, just off Sheridan Road and Campus Drive. The Louis Theatre is on the south side of the Wirtz Center building, at the base of the hill leading up to the Arts Circle, facing the parking lot(s).


Trickery and magic, romance, and revenge set the stage for one of Shakespeare's late masterpieces,The Tempest, in which sprites, goddesses, and fools hold court. Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan and now a powerful magician, raises a great storm to wreck the vessel-bearing betrayers on the shores of the mysterious island Prospero has made home. There, attended upon by Miranda, Prospero’s child, a magical sprite, and a villainous prisoner, Prospero leads them through a mysterious dream on a course from vengeance to reconciliation.

By William Shakespeare 
Directed by Manna-Symone Middlebrooks

Audience Advisories: HAZE, BLADES, WIND, STROBES, LOUD SOUNDS

Recommended for age 10+
Estimated run-time is 2 hours and 10 minutes, including one intermission.

Josephine Louis Theater
20 Arts Circle Drive
on the Evanston Campus of Northwestern  University

Join director Middlebrooks, members of the Chicago Mushroom Club, and Northwestern's Rev. D’ana Downing after the 2 p.m. Saturday performance for a panel discussion on the relationship of art, community, and spirituality to the environment. Moderated by theatre Ph.D, student and 17th century scholar, Deon Custard.