Don't Miss Smith Street Stage's Production Of "The Tempest" Now Performing In Carroll Park

"The Tempest" in Carroll Park

Kate Ross as Prospero and  Raquel Chavez in the role of Miranda

The spirit Ariel played by Peter Molesworth

Kate Ross with  Patrick Harvey as Caliban

Corey Whelihan (Gonzalo) and Brian Demar Jones (King Alonso)

Shaun Bennet Fauntleroy (Sebastian) and  Joe Jung (Antonio)

Will Sarratt (Triculo) and Kate Eastman (Stephano)

Kate Ross as  Prospero

John Harding as Ferdinand with Raquel Chavez as Miranda

If you have not yet attended one of the outdoor performances of "The Tempest" in Carroll Park this summer, you owe it to yourself to grab a blanket or a chair and to catch it  before its run ends on June 26.

For the past seven years, award-winning theatre company Smith Street Stage has brought Shakespeare to Carroll Park to the delight of everyone in the community. Previous productions include Romeo and Juliet, Cesar, Twelfth Night and Henry IV. Each has been masterfully acted, visually stunning and uses the park as a beautiful backdrop.

This summer, the Brooklyn-based theater company is performing Shakespeare's 'The Tempest', "a darkly comic story of magic, romance, revenge and forgiveness."
The cast includes a charming Raquel Chavez as Miranda, Kate Ross as Prospero, the exiled Duke of Milan, and Peter Molesworth as his spirit servant.
Beth Ann Hopkins superbly directs the talented cast and makes full use of Carroll Park as a tropical, magical island.

The outdoor performances are absolutely free and are family-friendly. The show runs through 26, excluding Mondays and Tuesdays. All performances start at 7:30pm.

For more information about Smith Street Stage and the company’s 2016 outdoor Carroll Park production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest please visit www.SmithStreetStage.org.

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This Summer, Smith Street Stage Brings Shakespeare's "The Tempest" To Carroll Park

Photography by Chris Montgomery

The cast of The Tempest: Coming to Carroll Park This Summer

(photo credit: Smith Street Stage)

Since 2010, award-winning theatre company Smith Street Stage has brought Shakespeare to Carroll Park to the delight of everyone in the community. Their previous productions of Romeo and Juliet, Ceasar, Twelfth Night and Henry IV have been absolutely stunning.
This summer, the Brooklyn-based theater company will be performing Shakespeare's 'The Tempest', "a darkly comic story of magic, romance, revenge and forgiveness."
The outdoor performances are absolutely free and are family-friendly. The show runs June 8 through 26, excluding Mondays and Tuesdays. All performances start at 7:30pm.
So mark your calendar, tell your friends, bring folding chairs or a blanket and enjoy free theatre under the stars in Carroll Park.

Here is more information about this year's production:

Smith Street Stage Announces

BROOKLYN’S FREE SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARKOutdoor Performances in Carroll Park, Open to the Public
THE TEMPEST
June 8 Through 26 Only

The celebrated Brooklyn theatre company, Smith Street Stage, will return to Carroll Park to present its annual outdoor production of a play by William Shakespeare. This summer’s production will be The Tempest, playing from June 8 through 26. Admission is free. No tickets are required.

The Tempest is a classic story of love, magic, and revenge, all set on a mysterious enchanted island. Smith Street Stage is thrilled to bring that island to Brooklyn’s Carroll Park, and with it our commitment to creating opportunities for women. In this production, the leading role of Prospero will be played by Kate Ross.

Brooklyn’s Smith Street Stage is proud to continue its summertime tradition of presenting outdoor Shakespeare-under-the-stars in Carroll Park. (Theatre-goers from other NYC boroughs are welcome).

Theatre-goers are encouraged to arrive 30 minutes prior to curtain time. The stage will be set at the east end of Brooklyn’s beautiful Carroll Park, along Smith Street. Ground seating is open to the public, as well as a limited number of chairs. Many theatre-goers bring picnic blankets, some bring chairs of their own.

As The Tempest begins, the magician Prospero sends out a storm to shipwreck the traitorous men who once stole her throne and exiled her to a desolate island. When the island’s mysteries entrap and confound the men, Prospero wreaks her revenge. Meanwhile, her daughter Miranda discovers the “brave new world” of true love. The Tempest is a world of enchantment and storytelling not to be missed.

The Tempest is directed by Beth Ann Hopkins and features Raquel Chavez as Miranda, Kate Eastman as Stephano, Shaun Bennet Fauntleroy* as Sebastian, John Hardin as Ferdinand, Patrick Harvey as Caliban, Brian Demar Jones as Alonso, Joe Jung* as Antonio, Peter Molesworth as Ariel, Kate Ross* as Prospero, Will Sarratt as Trinculo, and Corey Whelihan as Gonzalo.

*Appears courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association.

Smith Street Stage was founded in 2010, with a mission to present affordable, exciting and consequential theater arts to a diverse audience. Starting with a five actor adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, Smith Street Stage has always looked for new ways to tell classic stories. Since that first production the company has grown to hiring over twenty artists and performing summer Shakespeare for over two thousand people each summer in Brooklyn’s Carroll Park. Past productions include Henry IV, Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar, Much Ado About Nothing, Macbeth, and Christmas Carol: A Radio Play.

For more information about Smith Street Stage and the company’s 2016 outdoor Carroll Park production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest please visit www.SmithStreetStage.org.

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