From: Photo Flash: Babes With Blades' All-Female 'MACBETH'

Babes With Blades closes its 2008-2009, 11th anniversary season with an all-female production ofWilliam Shakespeare's 'Macbeth,' directed by Next Theatre's Kevin Heckman. Enter a Scotland wracked by treachery and possessed by supernatural forces - a kingdom where loyalty is fatal, ambition is madness, and no motivation is pure. This production features mask work and broadsword-driven stage combat. The cast will be joined by youth actresses from The Viola Project, a Chicago organization offering Shakespeare performance workshops for girls 8-18 (violaproject.com).
Date Taken: April 27, 2009