Macbeth

by William Shakespeare
Directed by Paul Mullins

Dark, bloody, brutal, and magnificent, William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is one of the greatest plays ever written. Its central couple, ironically, is one of Shakespeare’s happiest. At least at the beginning. Macbeth explores what we become when our second half is ripped away. A powerful unit, wildly in love with each other, the Macbeths follow the insinuations of the witches – the famous weird sisters – and commit murder in the name of their shared ambition: the throne of Scotland. But even with their goal achieved, Macbeth’s paranoia and guilt lead him further down the road of blood. The central unit tears apart under the shadow of its deeds. Who are these two without each other? Slowly and surely, the play shows us society’s ruin in the form of its leading pair.

Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s production of Macbeth stars Dan Donahue in the title role and Paige Lindsey White as Lady Macbeth.

PERFORMANCES:

• Sunday, July 12 @ 2PM – preview
• Wednesday, July 15 @ 8PM – preview
• Friday, July 17 @ 8PM – opening night
• Saturday, July 18 @ 2PM
• Saturday, July 25 @ 8PM
• Sunday, July 26 @ 2PM
• Saturday, August 1 @ 8PM
• Sunday, August 2 @ 7PM
• Thursday, August 6 @ 7PM
• Sunday, August 9 @ 7PM
• Tuesday, August 11 @ 7PM – pre-show chat; post-show talk-back
• Friday, August 14 @ 8PM
• Saturday, August 15 @ 2PM – post-show talk-back
• Wednesday, August 19 @ 7PM – pre-show dramaturgy
• Saturday, August 22 @ 8PM
• Sunday, August 23 @ 2PM – all-ages matinee
• Thursday, August 27 @ 7PM
• Saturday, August 29 @ 2PM
• Sunday, August 30 @ 7PM – closing

RUN TIME:

• 2 and 1/2 hours with one 20-minute intermission

TICKETS: 

• TBA
• Call the SCS box office at 831-460-6399, open Tuesday through Friday from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m

VENUE: 

• Santa Cruz Shakespeare main stage
  Audrey Stanley Grove in DeLaveaga Park
  501 Upper Park Road, Santa Cruz, CA