Macbeth
By William Shakespeare, directed by James Phillip Gates

PLEASE NOTE: This production contains NUDITY and GRAPHIC VIOLENCE

Shakespeare's most popular play receives the Roust treatment. An intense, 90 minutes, R-rated ride from start to finish, this bloody, unrelenting drama, which looks so deeply at the tortured human psyche, could be a drama miniseries event on HBO.

Set against the backdrop of a dangerous, sinister underworld, where power, money and suspicion are all mixed in a boiling pot with lust, vice and murder; moral lines are blurred, perhaps non-existent.  There's a good dose of sex, torture, under-age prostitution and biological manipulation to create more efficient killing machines.  This nihilistic tale tells of one ex-soldier's violent rise to power through the ranks of a mercenary army.  Twisted by fate and a power-hungry spouse, he shows us the ravaging and tangible effects of fear, the destructive impact of our own nature's dark forces through senseless, unjustified killing.

Cast includes: Kristin Barnett* / Melissa Center* / Tracy Hostmyer* / Emily Hubelbank / Duane Boutte* / Craig Braun* / Nick Lawson* / Tom Macy / Hugh Martin / Tyler Moss* / Michael Peterson / Andrew Pifko* / Isaac Woofter / Trey Ziegler* / (* Appears courtesy of AEA)

Set Design: Casey Smith
Light Design: Travis Sawyer
Sound Design: John Kemp
Costume Design: Heather Klar
Production Stage Manager: Christine J. Massoud