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Tempest Redux – Reviews

Los Angeles Times
CRITIC’S CHOICEMAGIC… 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

Stage Raw
RECOMMENDEDSTAGE 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

Shakespeare in LA
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

Theatre Ghost
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

The World Through Night-Tinted Glasses
THE BEST VERSION OF THE TEMPEST I HAVE EVER SEEN” – David MacDo
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Culture Spot LA
STRIKING AND INDELIBLEPOWERFUL… we are served humor as well as gravitas, love with betrayal, hope with unbearable loss… a special spell perfectly befitting an enchanted isle. RECOMMENDED. —David Maurer, Culture Spot LA

Paul Myrvold’s Theatre Notes
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. YOU WILL BE THRILLED.” — Paul Myrvold’s Theatre Notes

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

BroadwayWorld
VISUALLY STUNS” —Gil Kaan, Broadwayworld

ColoradoBoulevard.net
CREATIVE AND UNIQUE… A visual and lyrical feast of dance, theater, athletic movement, multi-person characters, dual- and triple-role actors, and other fresh twists that give this beloved classic tragicomedy it’s own personality.” — Carol Edger-Germain, ColoradoBoulevard.net

Total Theater
UNIFORMLY EXCELLENT” — Will Manus, Total Theater

StageSceneLA
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

CurtainUp
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