Footlight youth theatre12/16/2023 ![]() ![]() I love this play, and I’m immensely thankful for this cast and crew, and the work they have done to help me put on a show that we all can be proud of. I’ve already cut this director’s note down quite a bit. Betrayal, political conspiracies, corrupt world leaders, violence against children sounds to me like Macbeth could have easily been a major political figure in America today. Macbeth is just as relevant in the 21st century as it was in the 17th. Plenty of young people in this country could experience, or maybe already have experienced, similar horrors that are depicted in this play in their very own schools. Some may say that this play is too dark or too graphic for a youth theatre, and my only reply is maybe that’s the point. Our production also hopes to convey important messages about trauma, equality, and war. This production of Macbeth is meant to be a look behind the curtain of 1940s and ’50s politics, and an allegory for the awful acts that humans are willing to make in order to stay at the top of the food chain, and the consequences of those actions. Even though Macbeth is famously (or perhaps infamously) known as “The Scottish Play,” our production will take place in The United States of America. In other terms, the decade after two nuclear bombs were dropped on Japan. I have chosen to set this play not in any particular year, but an ambiguous time between 19. The simplicity of the story is also a gateway for different interpretations of the play to create a never-beforeseen version of the story each and every time it is produced. The beautiful simplicity of Shakespeare’s work is what makes it so entertaining. At its core, Macbeth is simply about a man and a woman conspiring to kill the King and take his throne, at the expense of their own sanity. At the end of the day, they’re all fairly simple stories even a single sentence can instantly communicate which play is being summarized. This is very interesting to me, because I believe that at their core, all of Shakespeare’s plays are easy to understand. It is also considered one of his easiest plays to understand. Macbeth is a very unique entry in Shakespeare’s works, being the second shortest of his plays, and the shortest tragedy. Directed by Adam Bei & Marley DeGroodt-Bei.I would first like to thank you for supporting this exceptional cast and crew by coming to see this production. 18-27: A colorful history lesson reminding us that our differences are to be celebrated! By Melvin Tunstall III, Greb Borowsky, and Douglas Lyons. May 21-30: It’s a night of mixed up lovers and magic spells in this beloved comedy-fantasy by William Shakespeare. Directed by Christian Bader, Charlie Rabago, and Callista Walker. 23-25: One show premiering three winning one-act plays by Rebecca Bain, Emily Benoit, and Katie Kloberdanz.
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