Georgia Shakespeare Presents MacHomer: A Comedic Twist On Macbeth; Premiers 8/26

Georgia Shakespeare announces a one-week-only engagement of the internationally renowned production, MacHomer. Written and performed by Rick Miller, MacHomer is the one-man, hilarious performance of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, performed in over 50 voices from TV’s “The Simpsons”. With a script that remains 85% Shakespeare, MacHomer will leave you "exhausted with laughter" (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette). MacHomer is 70-minutes long and suitable for all ages.

Members of the media are invited to attend the opening performance of MacHomer on Wednesday, August 26, 7:30 curtain. Please reply to Jenny Costantino (Jenny@KickStrategy.com) with your reservation. Tickets will be available at the media table in the lobby that evening.

MacHomer premieres Wednesday, August 26, and runs for one week only, through Sunday, August 30, at the Conant Performing Arts Center. For tickets and performance schedule, call 404.264.0020 or visit www.gashakespeare.org.  Georgia Shakespeare performs at the Conant Performing Arts Center on the campus of Oglethorpe University (4484 Peachtree Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA  30319).
 
MacHomer is written and performed by Rick Miller, is adapted from Macbeth by William Shakespeare and “The Simpsons” characters created by Matt Groening, and is directed by Sean Lynch, with lighting and stage design by Beth Kates.

Rick trained in Montreal as an architect, actor, musician, and playwright, and has performed in five languages on five continents. He is one of Canada’s most respected multi-disciplinary performers, with credits ranging from classical theatre to the avant-garde, from musicals to live comedy, from voice work to film and television.

Rick is the host of ABC’s primetime hit series “Just for Laughs”, the Canadian-made hidden-camera show that has now been sold to over 140 countries. Also on television, Rick’s many voices can be heard in hit cartoons such as “Atomic Betty” (Sparky), “My Big, Big Friend” (Bongo) and “Magi-Nation” (Orwin, Freep, Ashio).

As artistic director of WYRD Productions, an internationally acclaimed company devoted to multi-disciplinary theatre, Rick has created and performed shows such as Art?, Slightly Bent, Into the Ring (co-created with Dawson Nichols), and his worldwide hit MacHomer. The two latest WYRD Productions have been co-creations with award-winning director Daniel Brooks and Necessary Angel Theatre Company: Bigger Than Jesus and HARDSELL. Rick is also a frequent collaborator with renowned director Robert Lepage, having worked on such plays as La Géométrie des Miracles, Zulu Time (co-created with Peter Gabriel), on the film “Possible Worlds”, and on the new play Lipsynch, now touring internationally. MacHomer has played to over a half-million Simpsons and/or Shakespeare fans, in 130 cities, on four continents. It continues to draw rave reviews and packed houses.

Rick lives in Toronto with his wife, Stephanie Baptist, and their daughters Vivian and Ellen.