Photo by Martin McClendon
Full-length.
Cast: open casting. 8 minimum, gender-neutral. Upwards of 15.
Setting: world of fluid motion.
Running time: approx. 110 minutes.
The Breath of Stars is about the spinning globe, a lost city of strings, electric dreams, and finding a lover again in the body of a stranger. The Breath of Stars looks at the workings of memory through stories of love and loss in the contemporary world. The play reconfigures Shakespeare’s Tempest for the digital age. A modern day Ariel has lost someone named Prospero, who is now only a picture in cyberspace. Another Ariel – perhaps a double or mirror image of the first – misses him too. As the Ariels move through spaces of loss, other worlds open up, revealing a haunting group of characters and stories, all tied together through the invisible bonds of technology.
The Breath of Stars was originally commissioned and produced by Carthage College Department of Theatre as part of their New Play Initiative program under the direction of Neil Schanick. Premiere: March 4-6. 10-12, 2016. This production is scheduled to travel to the CrisisArt Festival in Italy in summer of 2016.
Related links:
Carthage Theatre Presents The Breath of Stars
Breath of Stars brings Shakespeare into the Digital Age
Behind the Stage: The Breath of Stars
Video of Performance of The Breath of Stars at Carthage College, WI