By: Amelia Figg-Franzoi My journey with this Macbeth started last spring when the students expressed a desire to perform another Shakespeare play. One student suggested Macbeth going so far as to give us the season title which we used, “Decisions Determine Destiny.” Macbeth is all about the choices we make and the consequences after. Yes, … More Macbeth Production Notes
Written by William Shakespeare, Macbeth, or as most theatre folks refer to it, The Scottish Play, is a psychological and tragic tale of blind ambition and destructive, consuming power. It is a play full of malicious intentions and gruesome murders. Cooperatively directed by Amelia Figg-Franzoi, Andrea Burkholder and Christopher Elst, this production with its intriguing artistic choices makes … More Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
by: Evan McGuire In my years so far at Homestead High, I’ve enjoyed playing cello in pit orchestra more than anything else. After The Little Mermaid this winter, I wanted to become more involved in the theatre department, but as an instrumentalist, my skills are only required for our musicals, which happen once a year. … More A Note on Macbeth Orchestration
It all started out with a simple email to the art teachers: At this point Ms. Nowak refused to open the email, but luckily Ms. Hustedde did and she had ideas! Do we make a ceramic head? Paper mache? Did it have to look real? The answer was the head needed to look like our … More How to make a Severed Head
Workshops after school in the Black Box Theatre Macbeth Audition Packet The script that Figg is Editing We are taking the script of Macbeth and turning words into dances or shadow puppet plays or something else! It’s devised theatre with a script! We will still speak Shakespeare’s lines, but not as many as he wrote. … More Macbeth Workshops and Auditions
So… it’s spring? Or will be soon…. in spirit… Anyway, we have closed the musical, which means the infamous spring play is about to begin. Once upon a time (a long time ago now), the spring play was a performance no one wanted to be in, the directors had to beg kids to audition. But, … More The Vision for “Macbeth”
On a barren Scottish heath, three witches await the coming of Macbeth and Banquo, Scottish generals on their way home after a victorious battle. At the same time, on a battlefield not far away, a wounded soldier tells Duncan, king of Scotland, of Macbeth’s great courage in battle, then the thane of Ross arrives to … More SYNOPSIS: MACBETH
Announcing Homestead High School’s 2018-2019 Theatre season! This year we will bring you sword fights, underwater adventures, and aerial dance all exploring the theme of what it means to find yourself. Pirates can happen to anyone, we do want to be part of your world and yes, sometimes you can have too much ambition… Join … More 2018-2019 Theatre Season
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