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Little Theater May 17-19 at 7:30 p.m. and May 20 at 2 p.m. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Transylvania senior Heather Porter directs the regional premiere of this play, written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa.<\/p>\n<p>Transplanting characters from \u201cThe Tempest\u201d to present-day New York, \u201cRough Magic\u201d conjures a mythical, magical meta-universe in which the evil sorcerer Prospero is willing to do anything to recover his stolen book of magic, even if it means Manhattan\u2019s destruction. Luckily, Manhattan\u2019s defenders include a quartet of unlikely heroes: a plucky, raven-haired dramaturg named Melanie Porter, who has the ability to free characters from plays; Prospero\u2019s hunky, though not-to-bright son, Caliban; a revenge-seeking Fury from ancient Greece named Tisiphone and Chet Baxter, a 17-year-old lifeguard from Coney Island.<\/p>\n<p>General admission tickets are $10 and may be reserved by calling the box office at (859) 281-3621, weekdays from 1-4 p.m. For more information, contact Sully White at <a href=\"mailto:swhite@transy.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">swhite@transy.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014Transylvania University\u2019s Theatre Guild offers up a Shakespearean action-adventure-fantasy with \u201cRough Magic,\u201d in the Lucille C. Little Theater May 17-19 at 7:30 p.m. and May 20 at 2 p.m. \u00a0 Transylvania senior Heather Porter directs the regional premiere of this play, written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. Transplanting characters from \u201cThe Tempest\u201d to present-day New York, \u201cRough Magic\u201d conjures a mythical, magical meta-universe in which the evil sorcerer Prospero is willing to do anything to recover his stolen book of magic, even if it means Manhattan\u2019s destruction. Luckily, Manhattan\u2019s defenders include a quartet of unlikely heroes: a plucky, raven-haired dramaturg named Melanie Porter, who has the ability to free characters from plays; Prospero\u2019s hunky, though not-to-bright son, Caliban; a revenge-seeking Fury from ancient Greece named Tisiphone and Chet Baxter, a 17-year-old lifeguard from Coney Island. 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