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About MCCT Founded in 1986 by a group of local artists, Monroe County Civic Theater is a 501c3 not-for-profit community theater company whose goal is to bring quality classical theater to Monroe

2 About MCCT Founded in 1986 by a group of local artists, Monroe County Civic Theater is a 501c3 not-for-profit community theater company whose goal is to bring quality classical theater to Monroe County and surrounding areas while providing experience in all aspects of theater production to all interested persons, regardless of their level of ability or experience. Nearly thirty years later, MCCT is Bloomington s only all-volunteer amateur community theatre. We learn and play together in a diverse atmosphere that celebrates individual accomplishments and contributions no matter how big or how small. We remain devoted to providing opportunities for individuals no matter what their experience or background to know the many challenges and rewards of creating live theater Board Yolanda Valdivia Phillip Addison Brant Hughes Frank Buczolich Steve Heise Maryann Iaria Roy Sillings President Vice-President Treasurer Secretary Member Member Member Member Info To become a member, visit mcct.org for more information. To volunteer, write to info@mcct.org. To get involved as an actor, watch Monroe County Civic Theater on facebook to see audition announcements.

3 Macbeth Macbeth is Shakespeare s deepest dive into the ocean of the imagination, written at a time when the fear of what would happen, of dark prophecy, of the nightmare images of the mind seemed fully capable of manifesting in reality. The play driven by what is not seen, and has reflections in the dark which only time can reveal. On the eve of Monroe County Civic Theatre s 30 th anniversary season, MCCT has done a rare thing, to take personnel from the Shakespeare in the Park production of 2012, combine them with professional artists donating their time and skill, and give them a fullness of time to nurture the Bard s deepest planted seeds. About the ShowThere are several things that make this version of Macbeth unique. Costumes: The cast and crew of this production have been dedicated to the idea of reuse and re-purposing where possible. Used items from Goodwill, Salavation Army and previous Monroe County Civic Theatre productions as well as found items from nature and crew homes were refashioned to create at least 75% of the costumes, props and sets you will see on stage. Using everything from acorns found in the woods near Blue Ridge that line Duncan s crown to quartz from a creek bed in Unionville that decorates the Land Witch s mirror to the 5 different garments re-purposed into an original design to create Lady Macbeth s black gown (a 95% refashion), our excellent design and construction crew were dedicated to creating as green a production as possible. Weapons: Weapons in service during Shakespeare s time ranged from centuries-old Viking era survivors to the newest fashions from Italy and Germany. Banquo carries with a Viking sword and Seyton an Anglo-Saxon seax, while Malcolm and Donalbain carry stylish Italianate rapiers and daggers. Most other swords are variations on the broad-blade medieval design, Macbeth s being a hand-and-a-half which could be used with either one hand or two. The armor ranges from Siward s chain mail ultimately going back millennia to the early Celts to some plate on Macbeth and the Bloody Captain. The blades are not battle-sharp or very pointed, but all are steel and thus must be used with caution on stage. Sound:From the time the show starts, there is no recorded sound or music. All the sound cues are generated from equipment backstage (including a most formidable knocker), and the music at intermission are live songs from the Elizabethan period.

4 The Players Macbeth Lady Macbeth Macduff Lady Macduff The Macduff 's Daughter Duncan Malcolm Donalbain Banquo Fleance Ross Lennox Seyton Siward Young Siward Menteith The Bloody Sergeant The Old Man The Gentlewoman The Doctor The Murderers The Servants Hecate The Porter The Sky Witch (Witch 1) The Sea Witch (Witch 2) The Land Witch (Witch 3) The Spirits Steve Heise Steve Scott Emily Bedwell Gwen Livesay Roy Sillings Jason Lopez Brant Hughes Dan Heise Gwen Livesay Phillip Addison Eric Van Gucht Zilia Clara Sellés Jeffrey Huntsman Jennifer Drettman Brant Hughes Jeffrey Huntsman Roy Sillings Yolanda Valdivia Roy Sillings Brant Hughes Phillip Chamberlain Gwen Livesay Justin Brown Phillip Chamberlain Katelin Vesely Roy Sillings Sarah Mae Ruggles Yolanda Valdivia Zilia Clara Sellés Janet Templeton-Heise Jennifer Drettman Gwen Livesay

5 The Creators Directors: Stage Manager: Costume Design: Lady Macbeth s Gowns Lady Macbeth s Night Clothes The Witches and Hecate The Spirits Sewing Crew: Wardrobe Mistresses: Prop Design & Construction Crew: Wine Set & Witches Mirrors Duncan s Crown Lighting Design: Weaponry: Flow Choreography for Witches & Spirits: Steve Heise Anna Hughes Kristi Robinson-Baugh Sarah Carpenter Kristi Robinson-Baugh Shannon Pilrose Sarah Mae Ruggles Janet Templeton-Heise Linda Barchet Kristi Robinson-Baugh Sarah Mae Ruggles Anna Hughes Leah Lee Pamela Milam Shannon Pilrose Janet Templeton-Heise QianQian Dong Shannon Pilrose Emily Bedwell Zilia Clara Sellés Shannon Pilrose Pamela Milam Bob Wilmoth Pamela Milam Shannon Pilrose Steve Heise Anna Hughes Jeffrey Huntsman Paula Chambers

The Creators, CNTD Fight Consultant: Set Design & Construction: Forest Music/Sound: Drums: Sound Effects Apparitions Voices Program & Poster Art: Program & Poster Design: Publicity: Castle Steve

6 The Creators, CNTD Fight Consultant: Set Design & Construction: Forest Music/Sound: Drums: Sound Effects Apparitions Voices Program & Poster Art: Program & Poster Design: Publicity: Castle Steve Scott Leah Lee (Design & Rendering) (Concept) Sarah Mae Ruggles (Seamstress) Steve Heise (Construction) Steve Heise (Concept/Construction) Roy Sillings (Painting) Justin Brown Jason Lopez Jeffrey Hunstman Steve Scott Summer Davis Tim Bedwell Emily Bedwell Maryann Iaria The Blockhouse is an event space, recording studio, & multimedia production house. Macbeth is first theater production held in this venue.

7 Meet the Cast & Crew Phillip Addison (Ross) Phil is a 2013 graduate of Indiana University. He is also Vice-President for Monroe County Civic Theater. Phil is the seafood manager at an Eastside supermarket. Phil has acted in many of Shakespeare s plays, including The Tempest (Caliban), Titus Andronicus (Bassianus), and, Macbeth in 2004, in which he also played the Thane of Ross. Phil recently directed Shakespeare s Cymbeline. Emily Bedwell (Lady MacDuff) is the Business & Communications Manager for Sherwood Oaks Christian Church and a proud member of the Friends of the Library. Emily has acted with MCCT on several shows including Macbeth, Henry VIII, Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. This version of Macbeth marks her 30 th live theater production. Favorite past roles include the Stage Manager in Our Town and Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing. Justin Brown (Servant) This is Justin s second show with MCCT, both of them in The Scottish Play. He enjoys music, both listening and performing. He plays the drums and harmonica, always looking for opportunities to demonstrate his skills. Because he does not make any money as an actor or musician, he must make his living working at Best Buy where you can find him on the sales floor making sure all of the prices are current and helping customers. Pip Chamberlain (Servant, Murderer) Pip Chamberlain is a lifelong resident of Bloomington with a public affairs and law degree from IU. He is a developer, real estate broker, consultant and attorney. He stays busy coaching youth sports and regularly running 5K races. This is his second show with MCCT. He has two young children and is trying to demonstrate to them through his acting in Macbeth that: All things in life are possible if you re willing to risk publicly embarrassing yourself! Jennfier Drettman (Young Siward, Spirit) is a senior at Indiana University studying arts management and administration. Dancing since the age of four in a wide range of disciplines, she landed in Bloomington to receive her specialty with Jacobs School of Music as a ballet major. Her past times now include a multitude of artistic endeavors with Windfall Dancers Inc. and Motus Dance Theatre. Dan Heise (Banquo) returns to the stage after 20 years spent honing his craft: as a consultant for Verizon Wireless Cellular Sales. Dan revels in physical humor and a good stage fight, and some of his favorite roles have been in Bloody Bess, Alphonse, Cyrano, and Eight Wheels of Death. Clarence Darrow in Hell, which he co-wrote and produced at Chicago s Talisman Theatre, drew praise from The Chicago Tribune, Sun- Times and NPR. He is currently involved in local projects including the Krampus Arts and Legends Workshop (KLAW). Steve Heise (Macbeth/Co-Director) future biography includes Much Ado About Nothing and a Classical Greek play, which are both part of MCCT s 30th Anniversary Season. Here s to it being part of your biography, too. Brant Hughes (Donalbain/First Murderer/ Mentieth) is thrilled to be participating in his forth MCCT production, having appeared as Terrence Downing in Off to Work We Go, and Caius Lucius in Cymbeline. He received his B.M. in music composition from the Jacob School of Music at IU, and currently sings with the Bloomington

8 Chamber Singers and serves as Board Treasurer of MCCT. He is currently pursuing a Master degree in Human-Computer Interaction Design at IU. Afraid of Virginia Woolf? She currently resides with her husband Mitch, three crazy cats, and a wiley Boston terrier/beagle mix Franklin. Jeffrey Huntsman (Siward, Bloody Sargeant) started acting seriously in high school, then totally immersed himself in the Bowdoin College theatre program as an actor, director, playwright, and allaround technician. While at Bowdoin, he was a founder of The Potluck Players, small theatre group. After acting for the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, he then spent three years in Kansas, where he founded another small group, and wrote, directed, and acted. Earning his AB and MA in medieval drama and a Ph.D. in English historical linguistics, he joined the IU English department in 1970, from which he retired recently. His local credits include acting for Cardinal Stage; acting and directing for BPP; and acting, directing, and coaching period weapon use for MCCT. He also writes occasional theatre pieces for Bloomington s The Ryder. Gwen Livesay (Macduff child, Fleance, Servant, Spirit) has acted in several shows with Theatre of the People and Bloomington Playwrights Project. This is her second show with MCCT, having previously appeared in Cymbeline this past summer for Shakespeare in the Park. Jason Lopez (Malcom) teaches English and Science to adolescents at Bloomington Meadows Hospital. He has been working in the mental health field for several years. He was also involved in MCCT s production of Cymbeline in the summer of Sarah Mae Ruggles (The Sky Witch) is a technical writer for BAE Systems, Inc. at NSWC Crane. She has previously been seen in MCCT s production of Othello as Desdemona, The Tempest as Maranda, and The Merry Wives of Winsor as Mistress Ford. Sarah was also Honey in a Starry Night Productions performance of Who s Steve Scott (Macduff) wns and operates Monroe County Martial Arts. This is his fifth production with MCCT. He s played Tom Patrick in Stud s Terkel s Working, Nick Bottom in A Midsummer Night s Dream, Corambis (Polonius) in last year s Hamlet and Juror #3 in 12 Angry Jurors. Roy Sillings (Duncan, Porter, Old Man, Doctor) has performed frequently with Monroe County Civic appearing in more than a dozen of Shakespeare productions and other roles ranging from Dracula to Humpty Dumpty. He has also worked with Bloomington Playwrights, Merry MAC Community Theatre, Starry Night Productions and Cardinal Stage Company. He has appeared in several locally produced films. He has participated in the Indianapolis Fringe Festival and the Indiana New Plays Festival. He has written for the stage and designed sets. He holds degrees in Classical Languages and Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University. For the last twenty years has worked for Communication Disorders Technology, Inc in graphics, software design and programming. Zilia Clara Sellés (Land Witch, Seyton) has completed all the work for her Ph.D. in the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University. This is her sixth production with Monroe County Civic Theater. Her previous work includes Katherine in Henry VIII, Millworker in Working, and Grandma Georgina in Cardinal Stage Company s Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. While steadily applying for jobs in academia and elsewhere, she is working as a freelance landscaper, editor, and tutor. Thanks to the lovely cast, makers and designers, directors, and her sister Witches. Thanks to her mother Vera, ever present, and the animal clan.

9 Janet Templeton-Heise (Spirit) has always loved live theater, and caught the bug early on as one of the King s many children in a production of The King and I in 3rd grade, and felt the energy from everyone laughing when the director said, he s not a tree to climb, just reach up for a hug! Janet was involved in vocal and instrumental performing for many years, in different ways and places. After moving to Bloomington in 1988, she focused on other areas of my life, and ended up falling in love with and marrying a handsome young man, who ended up re-entering acting after their son turned two. Janet is a home care RN in my day job, and it gives me great joy to facilitate Steve s ongoing theater roles. This is the first time they ve been involved in a production together, and it s been wonderful. Yolanda Valdivia (Sea Witch/Gentlewoman) is thrilled to be participating in her fifth full-length production with MCCT, most recently as Pisanio in Cymbeline. She has also performed in the BPP Playoffs and in Cardinal Stage Company production of The Wizard of OZ (Nikko/Ensemble). She sings with the Bloomington Chamber Singers, dances with the Windfall Dance Company, and serves as Board President of MCCT. She works at the IU Credit Union and is getting a Master degree in Information Science at IU. Eric Van Gucht (Lennox) reprises his role from the 2012 Shakespeare in the Park production. Shakespeare roles: Cymbeline; Macbeth (twice); Hamlet; Othello; The Two Gentlemen of Verona; Twelfth Night. MCCT: Urinetown; Twelve Angry Jurors (director). Local film roles: Saint; Remember; Flick: A Movie About the Movies; Gangs of Clowns of New York; The Small Town Chronicles trilogy (also script re-writes). He is a 2011 graduate of Indiana University Bloomington and works in retail here in town. Katelin Vesely (Hecate) When not making sandwiches at the Bloomingfoods West Deli, she is a professional tarot reader at Gypsy Hope Tarot, Reiki 3 master practitioner, caretaker of a bed and breakfast, and works with the substance abuse and mental health recovery community. She has a degree in Art History and Art Administration, and intends on returning for graduate school in the latter next fall. She would like to attribute all of her success to her wonderful family and friends, and to her black lab Cymbaline Louise. (Lady Macbeth/C0-Director) has a long history with MCCT. Appearing in Shakepeare in the Park Productions in the early 90 s including Two Gentlemen of Verona and The Comedy of Errors and, after an 18 year break, starring in the 2012 production of Macbeth and the 2013 production of A Midsummer Night s Dream as well as appearing as Cornelius in this year s park production of Cymbeline. Jennifer is playing Lady Macbeth for MCCT for the second time and co-directing her first MCCT show. Jennifer works as a peer counselor for Centerstone, Bloomington s Community Mental Health Center, and produces Activate! for WFHB Community Radio. CREW Tim Bedwell (Poster & Program Design) is at IU Telecom graduate and works as the Video Designer for Sherwood Oaks Christian Church. He is also the founder and owner of Media Quarry, a local Bloomington production company. Paula Chambers (Choreography) has been hoop dancing since She has completed over 300 hours collectively of Hoop Dance Teacher training with Jonathan Livingston Baxter of Hooppath, Caroleeena, Brecken Rivara, Gail O Brien, Khan Wong, Anah Reichenbach, Ann Humphreys, Tiana Zoumer and Vivian Spiral to name a few. Paula is the Co-founder of The Hudsucker Posse hoop dance troupe in Bloomington Indiana and she continues to coach, mentor and foster

10 a flow arts community there. Paula is the Producer and Director of the Kinetic Arts Academy, a flow arts education organization that works to elevate flow-artists and promote the art form through workshops, retreats and performances across the Midwest. for more information about her classes, appearances and dance class offerings. QianQian Dong (Wardrobe) is a first year student in Arts Administration master program, Indiana University Bloomington. She is from China, graduated from Shanghai Conservatory of music with a major in Musical Theatre Performance. She played a major role in musical ONCE ON THIS ISLAND as graduation show, at the meantime; she assisted manager responsible for marketing and fundraising of this show. She is highly interested in performing arts administration and her vision is to promote improvement in art education and bridge the gap between art and commerce. Anna Hughes (Stage Manager) This is Anna s fourth show with MCCT. Her previous work has included assistant stage managing at BPP, BPP s Youth Musical Thank You to our Donors! Honorary Executive Producer Jim Blickensdorg & Grazie Italian Eatery Honorary Producers Pamela & Mike Milam Pip Chamberlain Honorary Directors Linda Barchet & Dirk VanGucht Jeffrey Huntsman Honorary Crew Members Phillip Addison Amanda Whitaker Maryann Iaria Theatre Ensemble, and IU Theatre. In her day job, she is an IT professional for the IU College of Arts and Sciences. Maryann Iaria (Publicity) is a native of Indianapolis, Indiana and has taken the stage as a dancer, sctor, and supernumerary. Most recently, Maryann performed in MCCT s Radio Theatre production oh Night of the Living Dead which will be aired on WFHB on Halloween. She performed in Cardinal Stage Production of A Streetcar named Desire, her 1st character acting role as the haunting flower seller, and served as Assistant to the Stage Director of the Cardinal Stage Company s production of Big River. She serves on the Monroe County Civic Theatre s Board of Directors. She has performed in the MCCT Going Solo showcase, Working the Musical, and in numerous Shakespeare in the Park events. She is a Performance intern with The Windfall Dancers, and is in her 26th year as an Administrative Secretary for IU! Leah Lee (Costumes, Curtains) is excited to contribute to her first show. She studies Studio Art at IU and draws webcomics, which can be found here: tapastic.com/ lealeelee. During the day, she is a Programmer/Analyst for the IU Digital Libraries Emily Bedwell Ken Pimple & Jennifer Livesay Joseph Ricks Jim Floyd Yolanda Valdivia Eric VanGucht Alex Stratis Additonal Special Thanks Sherwood Oaks Christian Church Monroe County Martial Arts Rebecca DeLong & Emily Solt McGee Jay Pilrose & the Pilrose Children Ritz Barbershop Campus Costumes Alan Pease

Introducing the Play Literary Focus: Tragedy. The Tragedy of Macbeth, Act I by William Shakespeare

Introducing the Play Literary Focus: Tragedy. The Tragedy of Macbeth, Act I by William Shakespeare Literary Focus: Tragedy The Tragedy of Macbeth, Act I by William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare You cannot have power for good without having power for evil too. George Bernard Shaw (1856 1950) The