Press - Macbeth at Fort Point, 2014

Macbeth at Fort Point, 2014

Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Ava Roy & John Hadden
Produced by Lauren D. Chavez & Ava Roy

Multiple performance trajectories wind through the dark stone corridors, narrow passageways, expansive brick casemates, and inner chambers of the fort. On the parade ground, in the direct onslaught of the billowing fog and relentless wind, the witches work their charms. The Golden Gate bridge soars overhead, the city skyline flickers – a full sensory immersion into Macbeth’s Scotland as it collides with Civil War era and modern day San Francisco. In collaboration with the National Park Service.

Where

Fort Point, San Francisco Golden Gate National Recreation Area (National Historic Site, California)

The Cast

Macbeth: John Hadden
Lady Macbeth: Ava Roy
Macduff: Dixon Phillips
Duncan/Porter: Steve Boss
Malcome: Kevin Singer
Ross: Nathaniel Justiniano
Banquo: Jack Halton
Lady Macduff: Brandice Thompson
Macduff Child Fleance: Mae Capron & Lila Popell (played alternately)
Bloody Captain: Scott Ragle Murderer 1: Carmen Maria Mandley Murderer 2: Steve Boss (as Porter) Murderer 3: Nathaniel Justiniano (as Ross) Captain of the Diamonds: Jennie Brick
Captain of the Crescents: Scott Ragle
WITCHES: Julie Douglas, Maria Leigh, Caroline Parsons

The Musicians

Nick Fishman (percussion)
Ari Micich (trumpet)
Charlie Gurke (saxophone)

The Sergeants

Ben Capron
Monica Herbert
Rebecca Popell
Ruth Tringham

The Production Team

Directors: John Hadden & Ava Roy
Producers: Lauren D Chavez & Ava Roy
Music Director: Charlie Gurke
Stage Manager: Briana Dickinson
Costume Designer: Julia Rose Meeks
Master Seamstress: Dana Taylor
Properties Set Artisan and Properties Master: Rachel Berquist
House Hospitality Manager: Connor Rowe
Fight Choreographer: Benjamin Stowe