Bringing the Bard to Life

"Bringing the Bard to Life" is an outreach educational opportunity for our interns to go into schools and perform a 1-hour "Macbeth" and lead a workshop.  The performance of "Macbeth" uses all 8 interns and each of them play several characters.  The script has been altered to hit the high points and has all the famous lines from this well-known Shakespeare play.  From a theatrical standpoint the performance offers monologues, fight scenes, romance, and costume changes off to the side.  Then during the workshop the interns lead the students to the use of poetry in language and discovery of the themes represented.

Erik and Caitlin before the show during fight call.

Erik and Seth for fight call.

Another shot.

The cast enters hooded as the witches.

The stools are where they wait and grab props for their next scene.

Macbeth (Erik) as the new king.

Cheers to Macbeth.

Macbeth visits the witches again.

Macbeth's power and guilt gets the best of him.

Interns and cast of Macbeth.

The actors do a fantastic job with this "truck and trunk" show.  All their props and costumes plus themselves fit in two vehicles.  The show is fast paced with drums, bells, shrieks, and chants.  The students in the workshop enjoy being apart of the discovery process when it comes to looking at the themes and language components in "Macbeth."  This workshop runs through May so if your school is interested in having them come to your school go to http://www.asfeducation.com/educators/workshops.html for more information.