John Aviles - Stephano

John has been involved in local San Diego theater for about nine years now, and has had the privilege of portraying a number of characters, both classic and modern. He has been honored to play such roles as King Henry IV in the Shakespeare classic, as well as Montano in Othello, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, and the lead Witch/Assassin in Macbeth. In addition to that he has played Stanley Gardner in the play Run for your Wife, which he first took on at Mira Costa College in '97 and then again here at Patio Playhouse in '04. John has remained active in theater both on stage and behind the scenes, having lent his skills as a make-up artist to both live performances and many film projects for SDSU. John would like to thank his mother for her support over the years and his children, who bring him constant joy and laughter. Love you guys!

Jim Clevenger - Prospero

Jim has performed in more than 20 shows at Patio, most recently in Proposals and The Weir, for which he won an ACT aubrey award and a Patio award. He has appeared locally at such other venues as the Avo, Moonlight Amphitheater, North Coast Rep, Poway Performing Arts Company, Scripps Ranch Theatre and THEATRX. Jim is excited to be performing in his first Shakespeare play since college.

Jack Dunasky - Boatswain

Jack is a retired lubrication engineer. Though he has been in many productions during the past sixteen years, he believes the only one of interest to anybody is this one, here and now. And Jack is a man of firm beliefs.

Austen Eames - Ariel

Austen is a 10th grade homeschool student. She was Charlotte in Charlotte's Web with Patio Playhouse in fall of 2005 and recently appeared in Patio's Fool of the World. Other favorite roles include Gwendolyn in The Importance of Being Earnest, the Evil Stepmother in The Father's Gift, a Cinderella Story and The Widow in The Taming of the Shrew. At 16, Austen enjoys singing with the Small Opera of San Diego and the CFS Poway Youth Opera, playing the piano, reading, writing, skiing and spending time with her family, friends and three dogs. Austen is grateful to Dick Gant, Gretchen Pili and God for the opportunity to be a part of this wonderful production.

David Garstang - Adrian

Dave's parents met while performing in a Glendora Little Theater Guild play, so he owes his existence to community theater. This is his second play. Last year, he was thrilled to play Sid Sorokin in Patio's production of The Pajama Game. Although he's only been in two plays, his barbershop quartets have performed across the country, winning three International medals, and he regularly plays leading roles in his congregation's Purim musicals. He currently sings with "The Garstang Family Singers", a family variety act, and directs "The Mensch Tones", a Jewish barbershop group. Dave loves Shakespeare and is glad to have a part in The Tempest. He is grateful for the loving support of his family, which makes this all possible.

Rachel Garstang - Nymph

Rachel is 11 years old and a 6th grader at Bernardo Heights Middle School. The Tempest is Rachel's third play at Patio. The first two (through Patio's Youtheatre program) were Charlotte's Web, in which she played Fern, and Why Do Heroes Have Big Feet. Rachel loves singing with her parents and older sister at nursing homes, and is always ready to sing or play an instrument in a talent show. Rachel has many interests, including reading, playing percussion instruments, writing, cooking and home arts. She hopes to be a doctor and a gourmet cook when she grows up.

Janessa Gillette - Nymph
Karina Gillette - Nymph

Karina and Janessa are accomplished young dancers who maintain a busy schedule with a variety of theatres. We are pleased that they have found time for this production.

Michael Klicman - Trinculo

Mike is a member of the American Shakespeare Company and The Knightsbridge Players Theater Company. He has performed many classical pieces including Taming of The Shrew, Much Ado about Nothing, The Merry Wives of Windsor, As You Like It and Measure for Measure. Television roles include Home Front, Brooklyn Bridge, Wings, Sienfeld, Cheer's and Days Of Our Lives. His film roles include Muddy Water Blues, Impersonal Impressions and Roses Garden.

Raul Kohl - Mariner

Raul "The Masterpiece" Kohl is a 16 year old junior at Fallbrook High School and is making his first appearance for Patio Playhouse. Raul, however, has been acting since the age of 6. He currently acts with Arts off Broadway and has performed in Oliver, Annie, Guys and Dolls, and Beauty and the Beast. Raul also enjoys making movies with his best friend James. Raul hopes to continue acting with Patio Playhouse and wants to thank everyone who supports him.

Don Julio Mas - Alonzo

Don Julio's first appearance at Patio Playhouse was in our 2003 production of Man of La Mancha for which he was nominated for an Aubrey Award. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever followed in the same year. Also at Patio, he was in Gypsy, Inspecting Carol and The Pajama Game where he performed as understudy for the role of Pop and as Stage Manager. At the Adams Ave. Gallery of the Arts in San Diego, he did a short play for Misfit Productions' The Bad Date Theater followed by Stephen Guirges' Our Lady of 121st Street. He is very happy to be in the cast of The Tempest in the role of Alonzo. Note: For curtain calls he'll welcome flowers with no pots, please!

Patrick McKim - Sebastian

Patrick has been involved in community theatre for the past 35 years. Staring at San Dieguito Little Theatre in Del Mar where he performed in numerous productions and stage-managed and co-produced a few others. He performed at least once a month at a local church presenting sketches each Sunday. He was in five major productions at the church, two of which were original musicals, written by the drama team, of which he was a member. He trod the boards of Patio Playhouse over 25 years ago as Prince Dauntless in Once Upon A Mattress. He has been back for the past two years performing in some of our productions. He was last seen as Mr. Willard in Chicken Every Sunday.

Lindsey O'Conner - Iris

Lindsey, a sophomore at San Pasqual High School, has been doing theater for five years. She played Maria in The Sound of Music, Ado Annie in Oklahoma and will be appearing as Marian in The Music Man. She also joined PowPAC in their production of The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds and played the deliciously off-beat character Janice Vickery. She is honored to be in a Patio Playhouse production with such knowledgeable and talented actors. She wants to thank Dick, Grethchen and fellow actors for putting up with her "first-time Shakespeare jitters"! "This is a production I'll never forget. Thanks so much to my mom for all the support and interest in what I love to do!"

Miranda Porter - Miranda

After a long break from the theatre, Miranda is very happy to be back and portraying her namesake. She was most recently seen in The Vagina Monologues with a cast of amazing women. Some of her favorite roles include Portia (Cinderella), Babe (The Pajama Game), Boo (Last Night of Ballyhoo), Giggles (24 hr Theatre) and Arkadina (The Seagull). She would like to thank her wonderful family and friends for putting up with her as she spent the last few weeks frantically learning Shakespeare. And thanks to the great cast who made her feel so welcome.

Ida Rhem - Ceres

Ida L. Rhem is a native to San Diego. She's a grandmother of one and mother of three. She does accounting during the day and performs at night. Ida has been playing the theatre for 8 years all over San Diego county. She's recorded a gospel CD with the MADA Choir and has appeared in two commercials and three films in which she was awarded Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Diner. This is Ida's second performance here at the Patio Playhouse. She played the part of Clemma Diggs in Patio's production of Neil Simon's Proposals.

James Rhem - Caliban

James is a retired Deputy Sheriff, married to Ida Rhem, with 3 children and has lived in San Diego County for 28 years. His previous stage performances include three appearances as a Heavenly Choir Member in the play Homeward Bound. He also has two performances as Martin Luther King in Mahalia. Both plays had a month run at the CAT Theater with Jennie Hamilton as Artistic Director. James performed at Patio Playhouse as Lewis Barnett in the production of Proposals, directed by Jim Alburger. James has recently performed as the Minister in the Christmas Classic The Black Nativity, directed by Floyd Gaffney.

Steve Rich - Antonio

Steve is thrilled to be returning to the Patio stage in this wonderful Shakespearean production. His most recent appearance was as George Kirby in Patio's production of Chicken Every Sunday. His favorite role thus far was Grandpa in You Can't Take It With You at Patio. Steve says, "Be sure to wear your raincoat because there is a "Tempest" coming!"

Stephen Rowe - Ferdinand

"I'm very excited to return to the Patio Playhouse stage! Previous favorite roles have been as Aaron Levinsky in Nuts, which received an Aubrey award nomination, and as part of the Aubrey winning cast in Cast Me, Tony!. I've waited a long time to perform in a Shakespeare production and am thrilled to work with such a talented cast and crew!"

JJ Rowley - Gonzalo

Born shoeless into a rather large family, JJ was forced into labor at an early age. Since acting was never really an option that would provide sustenance, he chose the route of entering the electronics field, which proved lucrative enough to support himself and canis familiaris companions for a period of years. Having abandoned that endeavor in search of a more satisfying career, he is now a credentialed elementary school teacher and looks forward to finding himself in his own 4th grade class next fall. None of this would have been possible without the un flagellating support of his wonderful wife, Sylvia. JJ was last seen at Patio as Finbar in Conor McPherson's The Wier one year ago.

Deborah Zimmer - Juno

Deborah, who has directed Measure for Measure and The Merchant of Venice for Patio Playhouse, is thrilled to finally be speaking Shakespeare's poetry 'trippingly off her goddess tongue'.