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...prone to human error.' GINGER KERRICK, NASA flight director, after an astronaut lost hold of a tool bag worth nearly $100,000 during a space walk...
What makes the play memorable, though, is the virtuoso acting of Ben Evett as Ariel and Kerrick Johnson as Caliban, the sorceror Prospero's two slaves. Ariel and Caliban are pivotal figures, representing the opposing realms of Air and Earth that lie at the heart of Shakespeare's thematic dilemma. And in this production, Evett and Johnson can hardly do wrong, expertly treading the line between man and spirit that make these two of Shakespeare's more difficult roles...
...Evett and Kerrick Johnson really have it bad, though. Respectively playing wood sprite Ariel and the demidemon Caliban, they must cover themselves in body makeup. In the words of Kermit the Frog, it's not easy being green; it takes Ben an hour-and-a-half to apply the frog-colored goo that allows him to pass for a sprite. Later, with practice, he hopes to be able to go through the process in a mere hour...
...others stick out for their humorous roles. Kerrick Johnson, who plays the punchy and sarcastic Collie Couch, speaks to the audience occassionally to mention gossip about absurdities in the other characters. And Pauls Raudseps, as the happy-go-lucky Pat Mankey, in his few lines is often a comic relief from the grime trials of the other characters...
Best of all, however, are Stephanie Wilford as Mama and Kerrick Johnson as Walter Lee Wilford's performance is sterling. She carries the posture walk, face, and delivery of her character with no apparent effort Kerrick Johnson, although his character has fewer emotions to express, shows himself equal to Wilford's vital assurance Johnson has an easier time displaying strong emotion then Cardwell, and he has no problem holding himself when he is not talking...