The text draws on an eclectic mix of sources: other Shakespeare plays, Dolly Parton songs, and automated messages from government service helplines, to name a few.
By Gus Lederman /Aug 23, 2025
iPhoto caption: Promotional image from The Tempest: A Witch in Algiers at Shakespeare in the Ruff. Photo courtesy of Shakespeare in the Ruff.
You may think you know the story of The Tempest, Shakespeare’s shipwrecked saga about wizards, spirits, and nobility on a remote island. But in The Tempest: A Witch in Algiers, playwright Makram Ayache invites new consideration of canonized characters,
It’s been one heck of a year at Intermission. After founding and leading the publication for seven years, including steering it through the pandemic, Philip Riccio decided it was time...
By Aisling Murphy, , Intermission Magazine /Dec 31, 2023