The Tempest

A.R.T.: Debut. Teller has been the smaller, quieter half of Penn & Teller since 1975. With Penn Jillette, he has played off and on Broadway, toured in North America and Britain, and is currently the longest-running headline act in Las Vegas. Penn & Teller have written and starred in television series and specials, including eight seasons of the Emmy-nominated Showtime series “Penn & Teller: Bullshit!”; “Penn & Teller Tell a Lie” on Discovery; “Penn & Teller’s Sincity Spectacular” on FX; “Behind the Scenes,” a PBS children’s series on the arts; “The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller,” a magic and comedy series on England’s Channel 4; and the recent ITV variety series, “Penn & Teller: Fool Us.” Teller has written for The Atlantic Monthly, Smithsonian, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Esquire, GQ, The New Yorker; as well as three books with Penn Jillette and two on his own. He is a frequent contributor to All Things Considered on NPR. Teller and Aaron Posner co-directed a version of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. He co-wrote and directed Play Dead (Off-Broadway and Los Angeles), and co-directed the performance film. He directed Tim’s Vermeer, a documentary film from Sony Pictures Classics now in theaters nationwide and on DVD/Blu-Ray in June, 2014.

A.R.T.: Debut. Tom Waits is an Oscar nominated songwriter, Golden Globe recipient, Grammy Award winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee. Tom Waits and his long time collaborator and wife Kathleen Brennan were recently named number four in a list of the “100 Best Living Songwriters” published by America’s Paste magazine. Waits’s music is recognized for its distinctive orchestrations and arrangements. He has recorded over 20 albums including Bad As Me and appeared in well over 20 films, working with such maverick directors like Jim Jarmusch, Terry Giliam, Francis Ford Coppola, and Robert Altman. 

A.R.T.: Debut. Recent projects: Love in Afghanistan, Arena Stage; The Diary of Anne Frank, End of The Rainbow, Milwaukee Rep; Sucker Punch, The Secret of Sweet, The Aliens, Studio Theatre; Company, Hairspray, Chess, Sunset Boulevard, Signature Theatre; The Merry Wives of Windsor, Shakespeare Theatre. Current and upcoming productions: Sunday in the Park with George, Signature Theatre; I and You, Geva Theatre; Water by the Spoonful, Studio Theatre. Twelve nominations for Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Set Design, most recently for Stunning, Woolly Mammoth Theatre.

A.R.T.: Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812; The Tempest. Broadway: Peter and the Starcatcher (Tony Award). Off-Broadway: Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (Lucille Lortel Award), Kazino; The Patron Saint of Sea Monsters, Fly By Night, Playwrights Horizons; Wildflower, Second Stage; Recall, Colt Coeur; Brooklyn Babylon, BAM Next Wave. Regional: The Bandstand, Paper Mill Playhouse; Troublemaker… and You, Nero, Berkeley Repertory Theatre; Hoover Comes Alive! and A Current Nobody, La Jolla Playhouse. Ms. Young has also worked at South Coast Repertory, The Old Globe, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, California Shakespeare Theater, Hand2Mouth, and Mixed Blood among others. Education: MFA, UCSD.

A.R.T.: The Tempest, bobrauchenbergamerica, La Dispute, Richard II, Punch and Judy Get Divorced. Darron is a TONY and OBIE award-winning sound designer whose 33-year career spans theater and dance, Broadway, and Off-Broadway. His work has been heard in over 650 productions all over the United States and internationally in 15 countries. Additional honors include the Drama Desk, Lortel, Audelco and Princess Grace Foundation Statue Awards among many others. His soundscapes for Photograph 51, Paradise Blue, and Coal Country can be heard on Audible.

A.R.T.: Debut. Johnny Thompson (The Great Tomsoni) has written, developed and provided material for magicians including Siegfried and Roy, Penn and Teller, Doug Henning, Lance Burton, David Blaine, The Amazing Jonathan. Magic consultant for Off-Broadway Play Dead, for which he won an LA Drama Critics Circle Award in the category of Illusion/Magic Design. In conjunction with Teller, he designed the magic effects for The Exorcist, Geffen Theatre. TV/Film magic advisor/consulting credits include: “Fool Us”; “Hart to Hart”; “Fantasy Island”; “One Day at a Time”; “Beyond Westworld”; The Fantasticks; Bogus; Houdini – Believe; The Magic Box.

A.R.T.: Debut. Thom Rubino started designing illusions, theatrical effects and displays over 20 years ago. In 1999, he moved to Las Vegas to continue his journey. His company, Thom Rubino Illusions, has a list of clients that include: Armani Exchange, Goldman Sachs, Gucci, Sephora, Myth Busters, Siegfried and Roy Productions, Cirque Du Soleil, and Teller. It’s a privilege for me to be part of Teller’s and Johnny Thompson’s Tempest magic team.

A.R.T.: Debut. Founder of the Wollesonic Laboratories and mastermind behind Sonic Massages and the Himalayas marching band. Sound design: Great Small Works, Puppeteers Cooperative, and Imagination Explosion. Theater (as musician): Alice (dir. Robert Wilson and Tom Waits), Thalia Theatre and BAM. Composer: Macbeth (dir. Teller and Aaron Posner), Two River Theater and Folger Theatre. Worked with: Bill Frisell, Norah Jones, Tom Waits, Sean Lennon, Ben Goldberg, Laurie Anderson, Steve Bernstein, Jonas Mekas, Butch Morris, Ilhan Ersahin, Hal Wilner, John Medeski, Jim Hall, and John Zorn.

A.R.T.: Stage Manager: HEAR WORD!; Burn All Night; Notes from the Field: Doing Time in Education; 1984; O.P.C.; The Shape She Makes; The Donkey Show. Assistant Stage Manager: Bedlam's Sense & Sensibility; The Night of the Iguana; Fingersmith; RoosevElvis; Kansas City Choir Boy; Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812; The Heart of Robin Hood; All the Way; The Glass Menagerie; The Lily’s Revenge; Once. Production Associate: Prometheus Bound; The Blue Flower; Cabaret. Education/Training: Graduate of Boston University (Summa cum laude) College of Fine Arts.

A.R.T.: Debut. Graduating this spring from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with an M.F.A. in Stage Management. Recently a stage management intern with the Broadway Company of Wicked. Credits include: Urinetown, Arcadia, Seven Guitars, Two Gentlemen of Verona and Brighton Beach Memoirs. Thanks to Mom, Dad, Chris, and Grams for your love and encouragement. Thanks to Brackley Frayer and Keith Thompson for your professional guidance and support. 

A.R.T.: Debut. Regional (selected): Christmas Carol, Gutenberg! The Musical!, Forever Plaid (Milwaukee Repertory Theatre); Mary Dyer (Prologue Theatre Company-Chicago); Arms and The Man (Ten Chimneys). Upcoming: Once on This Island (Shanghai Conservatory of Music) and Evita (Carthage College). M.F.A. from Western Illinois University. Magdalene is a Chicago-based theater director and educator overjoyed to be back assisting Aaron on such a phenomenal project. Love and thanks to Aaron, Teller, and Brett.

A.R.T.: Debut. Pilobolus (Principal Dancer, Dance Captain 2003-2012). Regional: The Magic Flute (Principal Dancer), Verdi Opera House, Parma Italy; Mars, Center for Performance Research. TV: “Sesame Street” (Dancer); “2007 Academy Awards Telecast” (Dancer); “Ellen”; “Live with Regis and Kelly.” B.F.A. in Dance from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.

A.R.T.: Debut. Christopher Rose is a magician and mystery entertainer in Las Vegas. He has performed his private show at numerous hotels on the Las Vegas Strip, including The Royal Resort, The Orleans Hotel, and The Harmon Theater which is part of Planet Hollywood. The president of the International Magician Society, Tony Hassini calls him "The greatest living mind reader." In addition, he has worked as a part of the production team (magic design) on several shows, including WonderGround and Jeff McBride's Magic at the Edge.