Costume designer Connie Strayer, senior lecturer in TAPS, was inspired by the Jacobean and late English Renaissance Court Masque tradition of Shakespeare’s time. Image credit: Courtesy Stanford TAPS Costume designer Connie Strayer emphasized themes from nature for the characters of the spirit world, the fairies and Caliban. Image credit: Courtesy Stanford TAPS Set designer and TAPS Lecturer Erik Flatmo set the play in an abandoned Jacobean theater, but updated with a stage-within-a-stage. Image credit: Courtesy Stanford TAPS TAPS lead carpenter Daniel Cadigan works with student carpenters Ewea Tseumah and Stewart Gray III. Image credit: Courtesy Stanford TAPS Student carpenter Zachary Dammann paints a corbel for the set. Image credit: Courtesy Stanford TAPS Lighting designer James Sherwood, on stage, and students in TAPS’s lighting design course get hands-on experience. Image credit: Courtesy Stanford TAPS Costume designer Connie Strayer and wig designer Kerry Rider-Kuhn fit Prospero’s wig on Tim Schurz. Image credit: Courtesy Stanford TAPS Director Amy Freed was initially drawn to The Tempest because “it’s a wonderful play for a university to undertake. There are lots of great roles, it has a rich history, and it supplies so many areas for research and discussion.” Image credit: Courtesy Stanford TAPS Susi Arguello and Isaac Goldstein find themselves in the eye of the storm. Image credit: Frank Chen Charlotte Dubach-Reinhold plays Alonso and Emma Jackson-Smith plays Gonzalo. Image credit: Frank Chen Hamzeh Daoud appears as Caliban. Image credit: Frank Chen Eliseo Valerio and Fiona Maguire perform the roles of Stephano and Trinculo. Image credit: Frank Chen Ariel is performed by Lea Zawada and the island spirits are played by Susi Arguello, Isaac Goldstein, Brenna McCulloch, Elias Mooring, Sarah Mergen and Anatole Schneider. Image credit: Frank Chen Miles Petrie and Emma Rothenberg are Ferdinand and Miranda, while Tim Schurz as Prospero looks on. Image credit: Frank Chen Tim Schurz appears in the role of Prospero. Image credit: Frank Chen Emma Jackson-Smith, Charlotte Dubach-Reinhold, Noah Bennett and Gabe Wieder perform as Alonso, Gonzalo, Antonio and Sebastian. Image credit: Frank Chen Fullscreen