Peter Josephson’s A Tempest Prayer concludes SoloStage season
Portsmouth Herald
PORTSMOUTH New Hampshire Theatre Project’s new play development program, SoloStage concludes March 19 through 21. Peter Josephson’s A Tempest Prayer is an adaptation of Shakespeare s The Tempest, restaged for audiences that experienced the multitude of social and political pressures of the last year. A Tempest Prayer runs for online and limited in-person audiences and is made possible through generous sponsorship from JCM Management, Hub Entertainment Research, and Piscataqua Savings Bank.
Themes from the original text which depict the wielding of power and attempts at forgiveness will be in conversation with the events of 2020 as Josephson examines what it means to be a white male in America today. To escape confinement on his island, Prospero must forgive the brother who betrayed him, free the ones he used as slaves, and acknowledge his own darkness and weakness. Told through text, m
New Hampshire Theatre Project Presents WE DON T KNOW WHAT THIS IS YET
We Don t Know What This Is Yet captures the highs, the lows, and the uncertainty of 2020.by BWW News Desk
In March of 2020 New Hampshire Theatre Project Company Artists Catherine Stewart, CJ Lewis, and Genevieve Aichele began capturing the experiences of New Hampshire residents, and in particular the artists connected to the applied theatre company.
In March 2021 as part of that project, the creative team will release elements of that documentary work through a new podcast. The We Don t Know What This Is Yet Podcast is hosted by Company Artist Robin Fowler and is produced by CJ Lewis. The first episode will drop on March 13 and will be available for free on Spotify most podcast streaming services. For more details visit the On Stage Now section of NHTP s website, nhtheatreproject.org.