"Now is a time to storm; why art thou still?" TA, III, i, l.264
Mission
Storms are variously identified with disturbances of the natural atmosphere as well as the landscape of the soul. They can encompass explosions of both an electrical or a passionate nature and have been represented as assaults, sometimes violent, upon fortified citadels or secret, internal retreats.
A group of like-minded individuals shared a desire to establish a theatre company that would create a meaningful impact on the lives of the people who came to its productions. The "Storm" struck them as an ideal image of what their efforts might accomplish. A storm grows from elemental forces and, inevitably, explodes one reality in to another; it is a journey through catharsis to regeneration. Just as the Globe and The Rose portrayed the breadth and complexity of the lives Shakespeare uncovered on those stages, so The Storm was an apt choice to reflect the theatre experiences they hoped to project for their audiences; a reawakening to the awe-inspiring truths of our shared humanity, its beauty and its potential.
Since 1997, when it was established as a not-for-profit company, the theatre has drawn upon the resources of its founders, some acting friends and a growing cadre of professional associates whose commitment to theatre has been enhanced by the creative freedom fostered here; as a consequence, utilizing established classics, under-acknowledged gems from the world repertory and vigorous, new visions of life today, The Storm has succeeded in offering audiences compelling documentation of what it means to be human.
There have been a variety of storms - some intense, others brief, always restorative.
Welcome to our storm. Please come out for many more.
Staff
Peter Dobbins, Artistic Director
Peter is a cofounder of The Storm Theatre, and has directed such Storm productions as T.S. Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral, Dion Boucicault’s The Shaughraun, John Regis’s Stavrogin’s Confession, Stewart Parker’s Spokesong, William Shakespeare’s As You Like It, The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Twelfth Night, Karol Wojtyla’s The Jeweler’s Shop, Job, Jeremiah, and Our God’s Brother, the North American Premiere of House of Desires by Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, and the world premieres of The Last Starfighter by Skip Kennon and Fred Landau and Linnea by John Regis. As an actor, he has been seen as Alfred Evelyn in Edward Bulwar Lytton’s Money and Lolo in Pirandello’s Henry IV and has played leading roles in various regional theatres.
Chance Michaels, Producing Director
Chance has produced over a dozen shows for The Storm Theatre. Other New York credits include Anna Christie and the New York Premiere of Dogs of the Blue Gods by award-winning South African playwright Ian Fraser. Regionally, he has produced and directed shows as diverse as Angels in America: Parts One and Two, Equus, Tales of the Lost Formicans, Clive Barker’s The History of the Devil, Christopher Durang’s Titanic, Burn This, Talk Radio, and Rocket to the Moon. Chance is also an independent film craftsman and director with nearly twenty years laboring in the pilot and movie-of-the-week mines, and was formerly a writer for The Onion, (“America’s Finest News Source”™)
Hugh Kelly, Director of Development
Hugh has appeared in Storm’s productions of The Shoemaker’s Holiday, The Last Starfighter, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scapin, The Tempest, Henry IV, and Money. Regional credits include Romeo in Romeo & Juliet (Shakespeare in Delaware Park), A Christmas Carol (Studio Arena Theatre), and a repertory season at American Players Theatre. He has toured nationally with TheatreWorks USA and the National Theatre of the Performing Arts.
Board of Directors
Peter Dobbins, President
Tiffiny Gulla
Carl Pasbjerg
Jim Scully
Jeff Smith
Rev. Luke M. Sweeney, S.T.L. |
