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Utah Shakespeare Festival: Macbeth Staff Pick
Price: free
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Every year, when the cast and crew are not busy entertaining audiences in Cedar City, The Utah Shakespeare Festival takes one of its shows out on the road to schools and community centers around the region. For 2015, the traveling players will spend more than three months plying their theatrical trade to more than 25,000 students throughout five Western states. Salt Lake City, though, will have the opportunity to host an additional performance open to the general public. What's on tap during this education outreach program is a condensed 75-minute version of William Shakespeare's classic tragedy Macbeth, complete with elaborate costumes, detailed sets and full rigging. When a trio of witches mysteriously predict Macbeth will be the future king of Scotland, his wife encourages Macbeth to murder the current king and takes the throne for himself. To hold on to his power, he plows a path of tyranny and brutality through his country. Considered to be the darkest of Shakespeare's tragedies, Macbeth explores the mad treachery embedded in the bloody heart of political strategies, when power is at stake and evil is the most effective tool available. After the performance, cast and crew members will participate in a discussion to provide a behind-the-scenes look into the world of professional theater, as well as small workshops where attendees can learn the craft of stage fighting, how to better read (or even speak) Shakespeare's words, and how to build a character through the art of improvisation. (Jacob Stringer)
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Utah Cultural Celebration Center
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