Brown Box Theatre Project’s fourth annual Free Shakespeare at the Beach tour will present “Macbeth” in Easton at 7:30 pm on Thursday, September 11. The performance will be in the grassed area next to the county-owned building at 142 North Harrison Street, immediately south of the Talbot Town shopping center, where outdoor movies were shown in previous years. Those attending should bring their own folding chairs or blankets.
This performance is part of a three-week tour during which the Brown Box troupe will bring Shakespeare’s spellbinding vision of ambition, treachery, mystery, and magic to a dozen locations on the Delmarva Peninsula. In these free outdoor performances, theatre newcomers and Shakespeare devotees alike will witness the rise and fall of Macbeth, the renowned war hero who murders and usurps his rightful king after a fateful encounter with a trio of infernal witches.
Kyler Taustin, an Eastern Shore native, founded Brown Box Theatre Project in 2010 with the goal of enlivening the region’s theatre scene by bringing the performing arts to audiences who ordinarily lack access to live theatre. “We are proud to continue our tradition of being a reliable source of arts entertainment and theatre education for Delmarva. “Macbeth” promises to be a spellbinding experience for audiences from the Bay to the beach,” said Taustin.
Taustin, who is also directing the project, has assembled a talented cast of Brown Box favorites and new faces alike. Shakespeare at the Beach newcomers Alex Marz and Marge Dunn will play title characters Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, respectively. Brown Box veterans Kyle Cherry, Jeff Marcus, Laura Menzie, Johnny Quinones, Chelsea Schmidt, and Emma Undine Wiegand will return for this summer’s production. Also featured are Ben Heath, Joe Kidawski, Marc Pierre, and Gigi Watson.
“Macbeth” will appear throughout Delmarva from Friday, September 5 through Sunday, September 21. Brown Box Theatre Project is able to present Delmarva communities with free Shakespeare thanks to the generous support of the Talbot County Arts Council (with funding provided by the Maryland State Arts Council, Talbot County, and the towns of Easton, Oxford, and St. Michaels), Mid-Shore Community Foundation, the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore, Worcester County Arts Council, Salisbury Wicomico Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts and the Delaware Division of the Arts.
For more information about “Macbeth,” Shakespeare at the Beach, and Brown Box Theatre Project, visit www.brownboxtheatre.org/macbeth.html.
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