12 performers · 2 hours including one intermission
Mackers
The curse takes an interest
Synopsis
During a disaster-prone preview of Macbeth, a veteran stage manager, her assistant, and a company of actors fight through superstition, accidents, egos, and escalating technical calamity as the Scottish Play’s famous curse seems to take an increasingly personal interest in opening night.
At a glance
What a producer needs firstCast
12 performers
Running time
2 hours including one intermission
Genre
Comedy
Technical demand
Moderate
Availability
Script on requestLicensed through Upstage Left Press
Characters
12 performers to cast
Frankie
Stage manager, veteran, holding the whole thing together.
Lenny
Assistant stage manager.
Colin
Playing Macbeth.
Elspeth
Playing Lady Macbeth.
The company
Ten performers covering multiple roles across the Macbeth production, including the witches.
Staging and technical requirementsModerate
The backstage and technical world is part of the play. Stage-management stations, sound, lighting, cues, doubling, and visible theatrical mechanics are integral to the comedy and to the escalating mishaps.
What you will need
- A company of 12 performers
- A slot of 2 hours including one intermission
- Technical capacity described as moderate
- A performance licence, granted separately from the script
Themes
What it is really aboutI write plays to entertain in the truest sense of the word: to give serious attention to people, questions, and histories that are too often pushed aside.Jeanmarie Simpson, artist statement
In the classroom
The largest cast in the repertoire and the one that teaches production itself. A technical theatre programme and an acting programme can mount it together, because the crew are characters.
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Performance rights
Stage it
Rights are available for universities, schools, community theatres, festivals, workshops, staged readings, and independent productions.
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