Placer Rep's MacBeth

This is not your grandma's MacBeth. A tight edit of Shakespeare's play, energetically performed by four actors and influenced by the despot icon King UBU.

PLACER REP 2024-2025 SEASON'S THEME: Dark Ambitions. MacBeth is the first of three plays this season that feature this theme. We're confident you'll love our script-in-hand performance of this classic tale.

IDEA: Let’s explore MacBeth by ripping the mask off the murderous King and Queen – throughout time, the worst tyrants and political monsters didn’t hide who they were – Emperor Caligula, Napoleon, Hitler to African warlords and on. They said the quiet part out-loud. As does Lady MacBeth: “What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account?”

“Absolute power corrupts absolutely” said the 19th century British politician Lord Acton. But that same thought has been expressed throughout human history in various forms. Let's explore...

MACBETH CAST:

Greg Martin – MacBeth (Track 1)

Stacey Winn – Lady MacBeth et al (Track 3)

Mark Kushnir – Duncan et al (Track 2)

Thomas Van Briggle – Banquo et al (Track 4)

PUPPET FABRICATOR

Christina Tippett

CREW

Gina Hill – production Stage Manager, Sound & Lights operator

Robert Bruce – Box Office & Crew

Hunter Davidson – House Mgmt & Crew

Tess Forsyth – Director/Adapter/Producer/Costuming etc.

Sound Design - TBD

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Parkview Room, Johnson Springview Park, 5460 5th Street, Rocklin, United States