The Tempest

But It’s Queer and Dungeons & Dragons

This December, Queer Artists & Players conjures a glittering queer fantasia of Shakespeare’s The Tempest!

A whirlwind of high fantasy, campy spectacle, and Dungeons & Dragons–inspired adventure: In this Shakes-Queer reimagination, the island becomes a realm of love, collaboration, chosen family, and LGBTQ+ freedom.

✨ Expect magic, drama, and plenty of queer mischief.

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Synopsis

This is what happens in The Tempest!

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Cast

PROSPERO — Hannah Blau

ARIEL — Layne Alexandra

CALIBAN — Raminta Holden

MIRANDA — julia

FERDINAND — Brooke Iglar

GONZALI — Dayna Reichert

DUNGEON MASTER — Aubrey Krebs

ALONSO — Erica

ANTONIO — August W. Guszkowski

SEBASTIAN / ARIEL Understudy — Bonnie Atterstrom

TRINCULO — Gretchen Waldorf

STEPHANO — Maddy Dushay

BOATSWAIN / ENSEMBLE / PROSPERO Understudy — JB

ENSEMBLE — Reagan Rademacher

LOBBY PERFORMER — Emily Radwin

LOBBY PERFORMER — Rachael Beaumont

Company

Director — Marlee Schulman

Assistant Director — Aurora La Veglia

Stage Manager — Adrien Callahan

Assistant Stage Manager — Selena Groh

Production Manager — Aaron Olkin

Technical Director / Co-Props Designer — Correy Denihan

Documenter — Reagan Rademacher

Sound Designer — Emily Gheewalla

Lighting Designer — Olivia Da Cunha

Set Designer — Sasha Tekeian

Props Designer — Sky VerSteeg

Costume Designer — Caitlin Donnelly

Hair & Makeup Designer — Matisse DuPont

Stagehand — Addison Antonoff

Stagehand — Fiona Boyd

Fight Choreographer — JB

Fight Choreographer — Layne Alexandra

Meet The Company

Aaron Olkin

(he/him)

Aaron is a software engineer who just can't keep himself away from making theater in one way or another, no matter how hard he tries.

Addison Antonoff

Addison's shoes are still full of sand from their stint as a reporter on the Vineyard and is excited to return to the mainland to take part in their first show with QAP.

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Adrien Callahan

(he/him)

Part-time professor, part-time preschool teacher, full-time artist and freak-outer about having too much to do.

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Aubrey Krebs

(she/her)

Aubrey is a self-proclaimed soup aficionado known for her bizarre tabletop RPG campaigns, and she's super excited to be on stage for the first time~!

August W. Guszkowski

August is a librarian, playwright, and occasional actor; please fill in the rest of his bio with whatever traits, hobbies, fun facts, and zingers you personally find most attractive and compelling.

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Aurora La Veglia

(she/they)

Aurora is a former theatre kid and current lesbian who is loving helping making the theatre magic happen behind the scenes for the first time in her life! (There's a lot less applause behind the scenes, huh?) ((pls clap??))

Bonnie Atterstrom

(they/them)

Bonnie is an actor, writer, art lover, and all around nerd, excited to be back with QA&P in another Shakesqueer production.

Brooke Iglar

(she/they)

Brooke will provide unhinged opinions on the Shakespearian play of your choosing if you Venmo her $1.

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Caitlin Donnelly

Caitlin is a thrift store buysexual and longstanding member of the Church of the Glue Gun.

Correy Denihan

(he/him)

Correy is a goofy plant dad with a passion for making anything & everything, but especially weapons for the stage; and although these skills have yet to align, one day he dreams of making the very first cactus-themed mace/flail...

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Dayna Reichert

(she/her)

Dayna is so excited to join QA&P for the first time! She's always been a fan of Shakespeare, D&D, and being chronically online, so it's been a great time working on the tempest. She hopes you enjoy the show!!

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Emily Gheewalla

(she/her)

Emily is a true Troy Bolton-type; delicately balancing her love of the arts, sports, and all kinds of nerdy stuff while prancing though the golf course of life.

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Emily Radwin

Emily loves a juicy memoir, a good margarita, and spending time in community.

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Erica

(they/them)

Erica joined QA&P as a beginner actor in summer 2024, and when not on stage they can be found riding their bike, in a library, organizing local queer events, doing something musical, looking at trees, or attempting to watch every lesbian movie ever made.

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Fiona Boyd

(she/her)

Fiona is an anxious music nerd who loves reality tv classics, the ocean, traveling, and her wife and cat.

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Gretchen Waldorf

(she/her)

Gretchen is a comedy-loving superfreak who spends her days teaching preschool, and her nights thinking about SNL. It’s Trinculo Time!

Hannah Blau

(she/her)

Hannah is making a triumphant return to Boston after leaving two weeks after her birth; as such, she is thrilled to be making her Boston stage debut.

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JB

(she/her)

JB's greatest achievements include finishing a 3-year D&D campaign with her friends, knowing all the words to Dragostea Din Tei, and always coming up with a third thing when making lists.

julia

(she/they)

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Layne Alexandra

(they/she)

Layne is an excellent candidate for alien abduction. Unfortunately, the aliens would most definitely give them back after hearing “Has Harry Styles released HS4 yet?” for the umpteenth time.

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Maddy Dushay

(she/her)

When Maddy saw that there was a Queer Shakespeare production that was also a D&D campaign, she knew that she had finally been called to get back on stage after over a decade!

Marlee Schulman

(they/them)

Marlee is an office-worker-turned-dog-walker who does not dream of labor.

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Matisse DuPont

(they)

Matisse is a bog witch trapped in a body mummified in a bog; it’s aalllll full circle baybeeeeee.

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Olivia Da Cunha

Go Red Sox 2026

Rachael Beaumont

(she/they)

With an Bachelors in Theater and a Masters in Student affairs, by day Rachael helps students and by night is playing D&D, writing, and seeking out all the ways to make creative magic.

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Raminta Holden

(she/her)

Raminta is a preschool teacher by day and a performer by night who lives with her partner and two cats.

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Reagan Rademacher

(she/her)

Reagan is a super sparkly musician who has been described as the human embodiment of a fruity little cocktail and listens to the same song on repeat for days on end.

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Venmo

Sasha Tekeian

(she/her)

Sasha thinks QA&P might have gotten the idea for this production from inside her brain because it fits so perfectly at the intersection of her interests (Shakespeare, D&D, theater, and making things gay) and has really enjoyed getting back into doing theater through it.

Selena Groh

(she/her)

Selena is thrilled to be breaking out the spreadsheets and spike tape again for the first time in 6 years. Long live live theatre!

Sky VerSteeg

(they/them)

Sky is a vampire bat from outer space who occupies their time on planet Earth cooking, traveling, performing, playing tabletop games, and watching every horror film they can find. They deeply enjoyed helping decorate some swords for this production!