Feb 19 — Mar 13

indoor performance

FEB 19–MAR 13
THU / FRI / SAT / SUN
7:30 PM

GENERAL ADMISSION TICKET
(Seating assigned upon arrival)
$27 - $37

PRIORITY TICKET
(Reserved seating)
$52

PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN TICKET
(Limited Number)
$10 - $20

Please note:

  • Ticket sales close 2 hours before the start of each performance

  • Due to COVID, NO TICKETS SOLD at the THEATER. You must purchase tickets online or by phone

livestream performance

Saturday, march 12th

7:30pm PT

Livestream + Video On Demand
Single Ticket (1 person) - $25
Family Ticket (2+ people) - $35
Video On Demand Only
Single Ticket (1 person) - $15
Family Ticket (2+ people) - $25

THE TEMPEST

by William Shakespeare
directed by Michael Socrates Moran

Miranda, the only daughter of a powerful sorcerer, Prospero, recalls a series of supernatural events on a remote island, where her father once orchestrated a maritime storm, shipwrecking a group of travelers. As the survivors begin to encounter strange enchantments on the island, a larger shared history begins to unfold, revealing old secrets, reigniting a struggle for power, and compelling an unavoidable reckoning with the past.

“The production will frame Shakespeare’s last play as Miranda’s memory so that the play itself becomes a reckoning of both who Prospero is, and of the play itself,” says director Michael Socrates Moran. “As such, we hope the reckoning with this play serves as a reckoning for all of us in our time as we wrestle with questions of re-writing our history, who has power to tell whose story, colonization, and the relevance of Shakespeare itself in contemporary America.”

Preview: Sat Feb 19, Sun Feb 20, Thu Feb 24
Opening Night: Fri Feb 25

Running Time: 90 minutes, no intermission

LOCATION

All performances take place at Oakland Theater Project at FLAX art & design in Downtown Oakland.

The Oakland Theater at
FLAX art & design
1501 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Oakland 94612