spaces Between: Living in the Tempest
An experimental intermedia performance inspired by The Tempest, Shakespeare’s Mystical Masterwork.
Irvine Barclay Theater, Irvine California
Living in the tempest is the culminating event in vortex, a 2016–2018 series of performance projects in California and Italy, developed in collaboration with a transdisciplinary international group of artists, scholars and students. To learn more about this project, click below.
Creative Team
Director & Media Design
John Crawford
Scenic Design
Dipu Gupta
Lighting Design
Stacy McKenny Norr
Stage Manager
Kelly Musgrove
Assistant Stage Manager
Alyssa Corella
Technical Director
Bruce Warner
Technical Consultant
Fabio Paolizzo
Production Manager
Keith Bangs
Assistant Production Manager
Shih-Wei Wu
Photographer
Skye Schmidt
Choreographers
Jennifer Lott
Lisa Naugle
Tong Wang
Assistant Choreographer
Kira Bessey
Dancers
Katerina Christhilf, Beau Foley, Claire Goldes, Elizabeth Katsnelson, Cara Laughlin, Jacob Machmer, Zach Manske, David McMahan, Anna Olsen, Simrin Player, Alex Policaro, Rongna Su, Meng Tian, Sophia Vangelatos, Rachel Walton, Mariano Zamora
Costume Design
Dianne Graebner, Ashton Montgomery, Kathryn Poppen
Costume Design Assistant
Lauryn Moles
Costume Stitchers
Jenny Clark, Jacob P. Brinkman
Costume Shop Manager
Julie Keen-Leavenworth
Composer & Violinist
Mari Kimura
Pianists
Amanda Cheung, Seo Hyeon, Elijah Liu, Caleb Salguero
Piano Mentors
Lorna Griffitt, Nina Scolnik
Visualist
Omar Costa Hamido
Video Director
Jane Page
Video Actors
Stephen Barker, Gavin Cameron-Webb, Chad Watkins, Kelsey Deroian, Brooke Morris, Becca Rowland, Maya Smoot, Grace Theobald, Phil Thompson
Additional Text
Julie Lupton, Colby Gordon
Humanities Art Show Curator
Larisa Castillo
Performative Objects
Mentors
Kyna Leski (RISD)
John Crawford (UCI)
Lisa Naugle (UCI)
Designers (RISD)
Yixuan Cai, Kevin Costello, Hanbin Hou, Daniel Icaza-Milson, Xiaoman Ji, Ka Hyun Kim, Matt Koegel, Ye Mo Koo, Leah Ying Lin, Natnaree Ruethaivanich, Daqi Shi, Samantha Zhixing Xia, Zi Ye, Abby Jiaxin Yu
Designers & Performers (UCI)
Lauren Etter, Allison Eversoll, Cody Han, Yiwei Ji, Brandi Kelley, Sukanya Kumar, Robert Laos, Qingyang Li, Ting-Wei Lin, Jacob Machmer, David McMahan, Ashton Montgomery, Akshita Nathani, Robyn O’Dell, Andrea Ordaz, Borey Shin, Marie Tsaasan, Katrina Vergara, Waeli Wang