Summer 2025

"The very best summer thing." -- Warren Greenwood, Ithaca Times

THE TEMPEST
July 17-20 and 23-27, 2025

All shows at 6 pm at Robert H. Treman State Park

Performance information and policies

This summer, ISC will present a play that we've performed several times, but never outdoors!

A terrible storm at sea...

A shipwreck on a remote island...

An exiled magician and the powerful spirit he commands...

An innocent first love...

A plot to murder the king...

A drunken butler with delusions of grandeur...

A fool, a "monster," and a harpy...

One of Shakespeare's last plays, The Tempest is a perfect blend of comedy, drama, romance, adventure, and magic. It also offers a critical examination of early European colonialism and a speech that might represent Shakespeare's final farewell to his art.

A gripping tale of revenge and reconciliation, shipwreck and salvation, storms and spirits, music and magic, done outdoors for the first time in our history. (Let's just hope the title doesn't influence the weather this summer!)

THE TEMPEST
July 17-20 and 23-27, 2025


ISC's programs are made possible by:

  • the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature
  • the Tompkins County Tourism Program