Our Next Venture: Mackers!

Hello Readers! Long time no blog! I'm sure you all are aware of how busy we have been traveling, teaching, performing and creating these past months!

You’ve all especially been hearing our updates about our upcoming production of Macbeth. But what does a Tempest Lady production entail? The next series of blog posts will, hopefully, shed some light and get you as excited as we are about this production!

Pick the show: Originally we all had discussed continuing on with Twelfth Night, but after some reconsideration we decided that Macbeth was the best choice for a next piece.

But why Macbeth?

First, from a marketing stand-point, since we have been expanding our educational department we decided it would be a good idea to choose a play that is taught in schools. That leads us with four options: Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer’s Nights Dream, Hamlet, and Macbeth. All of these plays are wonderful but there is something about Macbeth that drew us to it.


The driving force in this play is ‘the witches’. They start the show. They are always present. We have toiled with theatrical magic before with The Tempest but dark magic is something entirely different.


That brings me to the next point, Macbeth is completely different from The Tempest. Aside from the fact that it is a tragedy, it is also a much more psychological. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth both descend into madness because of this need for absolute power.

So much of the play revolves around the idea of manhood. Many of the characters, including Lady M, find their manhood or question it throughout the play. Lady M goes as far as to change herself into a man or an androgynous being so that she has no remorse for the death of Duncan. How can we, an all female company, shed more light on this issue?

These were a few of the major factors that helped us pick the beautiful and dark play to be our next installment!

Stay tuned for the next important step: Cuts!!!

Love,
TTL