a (sort of) world premiere by Melissa Leilani Larson
April 11-28, 2024
in the studio theatre
THURSDAYS @ 8pm
FRIDAYS @ 8pm
SATURDAYS @ 4pm (ASL April 13, Sensory Friendly April 20)
SUNDAYS @ 2pm
60 minutes, no intermission
Current ticket availability:
April 25: 6 tickets
April 27: 2 tickets
All other performances sold out!
Purchase tickets at the Single Tickets button below.
What if Lady Macduff finally had her say beyond her 19 lines in The Scottish Play?
Finlay Macbeth has done Lady Helen Macduff a terrible wrong. Now they are trapped, alone together, in a purgatorial waiting room.
Sometimes the only escape is forgiving the unforgivable.
This riff on Shakespeare’s MACBETH is a life-after-death journey through the strange, the empty, and everything in-between.
Subscriptions + tickets + info in the button gallery below. Everyone should check out the high school student guide! And, speaking of, high school teachers please email our Education Coordinator Sharah Meservy to inquire about student matinees.
CAST & CREATIVE
Playwright: Melissa Leilani Larson
Actors: Bobby Cody & Yolanda Stange
Director: Jerry Rapier
Costume Designer: Victoria Bird
Intimacy Director: Liz Whittaker
Lighting Designer: Emma Belnap
Scenic Designer: Janice Chan
Show Art: Aaron Asano Swenson
Sound Designer: Cheryl Ann Cluff
Stage Manager: Taylor Wallace
Scenic Builder & Electrician: David Knoell
“Our fears do make us traitors.”
– William Shakespeare’s MACBETH, Act IV, Scene ii
“I hope people will think about these iconic people as a little more ordinary -
regular people asking questions we all find ourselves asking.”
– Playwright Melissa Leilani Larson
WHAT DO WE MEAN BY A (SORT OF) WORLD PREMIERE?
Well, Creekside Theatre Fest in Cedar Hills commissioned and produced BITTER LEMON in 2019. That production involved a new cast each performance who’d never seen the script before, performing with scripts-in-hand, learning the show as the audience did, which was very exciting. Mel mentioned to us that she’d love to see a fully-rehearsed, fully-realized production and, well, here we are!
