Photo Flash: Greasy Joan & Co.'s 'Macbeth'

Greasy Joan & Co. continues its twelfth year of producing innovative productions of classic plays with William Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth, directed by Artistic Director Julieanne Ehre.  Macbeth will play the Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport in Chicago, for a limited engagement April 15 through May 25, 2008.  The press opening is Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.

"Greasy Joan presents a freshly imagined version of one of Shakespeare's fastest moving plays.  Paranoid of losing power, Macbeth forges a path of murder and violence that tears his country apart.  How will his people emerge from his tyrannical rule and find hope to remake themselves?  Full of supernatural witches, ghosts, and 'strange imaginings,' Shakespeare's Macbeth remains a visceral and hair-raising classic," press notes state.

The cast of Macbeth includes: Karisa Bruin (Witch), Dan Cox (Lennox), Kevin Cox (Macduff), Paul Curry (Fleance/Lady Macduff's Son/Messenger), Craig Degel (Duncan), Tien Doman (Witch), Erica Elam (Lady Macduff/Gentlewoman), Sharina Martin (Lady Macbeth), Nick Mikula (Malcolm), Megan Faye Schutt (Witch), Samuel Taylor (Banquo), Dana Wall (Macbeth) and Greg Wenz (Ross).
 
Macbeth is written by William Shakespeare and directed by Greasy Joan Artistic Director Julieanne Ehre.  The production team includes:  Kevin Depinet (set), Lindsey Pate (costumes), Charlie Cooper (lights), Andy Hansen (sound/music), Kevin Asselin (fight choreographer) and Allison Goetzman (stage manager).