{"id":71019,"date":"2016-11-07T01:08:57","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T08:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/m-chs-explores-space-sci-fi-in-tempest-production\/"},"modified":"2016-11-07T08:08:57","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T08:08:57","slug":"m-chs-explores-space-sci-fi-in-tempest-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/m-chs-explores-space-sci-fi-in-tempest-production\/","title":{"rendered":"M-CHS explores space, sci-fi in \u2018Tempest\u2019 production"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"Montezuma-Cortez
Montezuma-Cortez High School junior Shaylin Smith, left, and senior Liam O\u2019Shields rehearse a scene of \u201cThe Tempest\u201d last week. The show opens this weekend.<\/span>Jacob Klopfenstein\/The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Audiences will be transported back in time and to outer space with Montezuma-Cortez High School drama department\u2019s production of Shakespeare\u2019s \u201cThe Tempest\u201d this month.<\/p>\n

The M-CHS version of the classic play is set on a different planet and is done in the style of a 1980s science-fiction B-movie, director Nicholaus Saundner said. Shakespeare\u2019s original was set on an island during a storm, but the M-CHS production takes place on an isolated planet, and the titular event is an asteroid field hitting the planet instead of a storm, he said.<\/p>\n

One goal for the drama department for the past several years has been to tackle styles that aren\u2019t often represented on stage, such as science-fiction, Sandner said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a wild ride,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Evening performances are Fridays and Saturdays on Nov. 11, 12, 18 and 19 at 7 p.m., with Saturday matinees at 2 p.m. on Nov. 12 and 19 at the M-CHS auditorium. Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for students and seniors, and free for kids age 5 and under.<\/p>\n

The production will include the original Shakespeare dialogue, so cast members have been rehearsing since September to learn the more challenging language, Sandner said.<\/p>\n

In addition to the ambitious setting and script, the crew added more visual elements, including foam and electronics sewn into costumes. Crew members also will create sound effects live on stage in the style of early radio shows.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are a lot of new challenges,\u201d Sandner said.<\/p>\n

Cast and crew members started working on characters early this school year to develop them for the unconventional setting, Sandner said. The main character Prospero has minions who do his bidding, and in the M-CHS production, the minions are based on the natural elements earth, fire, water and air. Sandner said it was fun for the cast and crew to come up with that idea and design costumes based on those elements.<\/p>\n

\u201cShakespeare tends to be hard to digest, so these visual elements are played up,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m excited to see what people think.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information and to reserve tickets online, visit www.mchsdrama.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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