Saturday | July 13 Opening |
8pm |
Sunday | July 14 | 3pm |
Saturday | July 20 | 8pm |
Sunday | July 21 | 3pm |
Saturday | July 27 | 8pm |
Sunday | July 28 | 3pm |
Running time: Approximately 2 hours with no intermission
Recommended minimum age: 12
Venue
Taube Atrium Theater
401 Van Ness Avenue, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA, 94102
Nearest BART Station: Civic Center
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Press
San Francisco Examiner
African-American Shakespeare Co. sharpens Macbeth’s dagger
by Robert Sokol
The Mercury News
Review: ‘Macbeth’ in SF gets stunning update, with mixed results
by Sam Hurwitt
San Francisco Chronicle Datebook
Macbeth is one of Lily Janiak’s Summer Picks!
SF/ARTS
“Macbeth” Reimagined at African-American Shakes
by Jean Schiffman
theREGISTRY Bay Area
Macbeth is a Staff Pick!
Ronnie’s Awesome List
Summertime Shakespeare Performances + Tips
More Info
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
in a modern verse translation by Migdalia Cruz
Directed by L. Peter Callender
An evil prophecy to be king drives Macbeth and his wife to make the vision a reality. A tortuous series of events escalates into one of the most notorious good man driven bad stories. This Macbeth is a modern translated version created by Migdalia Cruz.
#MacbethAASC
Commissioned by Oregon Shakespeare Festival
as part of Play on! 36 playwrights translate Shakespeare
Funded by a generous grant from the Hitz Foundation
Director’s Note
In her poem, I MUST BECOME A MENACE TO MY ENEMIES, June Jordan writes:
“I will no longer lightly walk behind
a one of you who fear me:
Be afraid.
I plan to give you reasons for your jumpy fits
and facial tics
I will not walk politely on the pavements anymore
and this is dedicated in particular
to those who hear my footsteps
or the insubstantial rattling of my grocery
cart
then turn around
see me
and hurry on
away from this impressive terror I must be…”I am inspired, by this work, to create an evening of theater with nine talented, creative, brave, dedicated artists performing Migdalia Cruz’s lyrical, poetic reworking of Shakespeare’s MACBETH. I have always been interested in what would happen if a group of people, exiled by society, led by an ambitious, decorated American veteran who has become weary of the status quo—being denied, unwanted, ignored, unloved, who dreams of having the power to change his situation—becomes a menace, thereby lifting his comrades from despair. No longer will they “walk politely on the pavements.” What happens if that dream becomes real, the “impressive terror” emerges, and that reality destroys more that it fulfills? I am a citizen struggling with the crisis in our neighborhoods and cities, but even more present, I am an artist who, each time I drop a coin or a bill or a scrap of food in the hands or tin can of a homeless soul; or offer up a smile or just acknowledge another human being, my heart whispers: “There but for the grace of God go I.” This is real and terrifying! Our production is dedicated to those souls: the “Poor naked wretches, whosoe’er you are, that bide the pelting of this pitiless storm.” (KING LEAR). We see you. We hear you. We care! It is our petty pace of sustainable action, more than your misfortune.
— L. Peter Callender
Cast
Production Team
*Appearing through an Agreement between this theatre, African-American Shakespeare Company, and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.