'Miranda'

Native American music and dance, including that of Vermont’s Abenaki people, threads through the world-premiere production of an original work by the late American playwright Bernard Pomerance. The Greensboro Arts Alliance & Residency kicks off its Mainstage Summer Season with a production of Miranda, a sequel to William Shakespeare’s The Tempest centered on protagonist Prospero after his return to Milan. To help his adult daughter, Miranda, recall her childhood, Prospero pens his memoirs, recounting his passage through the Americas and his love for a Powhatan princess and their child. The 12-member cast includes Tony Award nominee and GAAR/the Mirror Repertory Company artist-in-residence Marla Schaffel, as well as Native American actors Tiokasin Ghosthorse (pictured) and Alex Meraz of The Twilight Saga movies.