THE TEMPEST

A cross-gendered version of the play by William Shakespeare involving forces of feminine magic, nature and mysticism. Changing the gender of the traditionally male sorcerer Prospero into the sorceress—Prospera. Prospera journeys through vengeance to forgiveness as she reigns over a magical island, cares for her young daughter, Miranda, and unleashes her powers against shipwrecked enemies. After a harrowing shipwreck, the members of a royal court are washed ashore on various parts of a mysterious island . Their fateful arrival in this particular island is no coincidence . The exiled Prospera has used her magical powers to guide the ship here to settle a score with the very men who banished her from her homeland . Abetted by her sometimes unwilling aides, Ariel and Caliban, Prospera puts her former tormentors through some dangerous and often hilarious adventures . However, when the king’s son, Ferdinand, meets her daughter, Miranda, it is love at first sight—a kind of magic that even Prospera is powerless to control .