‘Tempest’ in Irvine sweeps us to a land where magic is the norm

Prospero (Greg Ungar) tells 17-year-old daughter Miranda (Anita Abdinezhad) how they went from Italian royals 12 years earlier to nearly the only mortals on a remote enchanted island in New Swan Theater’s staging of “The Tempest.” (Photo by Paul Kennedy)Chynna Walker, left, as drunken royal butler Stephana and Ryan Imhoff as her slacker pal Trinculo, the royal court jester, inject the show with welcome scenes of burlesque-style humor. (Photo by Paul Kennedy)Thomas Varga’s sli