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Friday – Sunday
Feb 15 – Mar 17
All shows at 7PM
Milepost 5, The Studios. Post5 Theatre’s Black-Box Space. 850 NE 81st Ave. 97213. Enter from NE Oregon St.
Located 4 blocks South of the Red, Blue, and Green MAX Lines
$10 Fri & Sat. Pay-What-You-Can Sunday ($10 Suggested Donation) Book tickets at postfivetheatre.org
Street parking only. Milepost 5 lot is reserved for tenants.
About the Production:
Post5 Theatre inaugurates its new Black-box theater space with Shakespeare’s dark and bloody tale of ambition, Macbeth. The show opens February 15th and runs Fridays through Sundays for five weekends at 7 PM every night. Macbeth will continue with Post5 Theatre’s tradition of quick and story-based Shakespeare while also marking its first indoor classical production.This fast-paced and visceral production of the Scottish play runs approximately two hours with one 15 minute intermission. Post5 Theatre’s young and fresh take on Macbeth is directed by Orion Bradshaw and features the talents of Portland staples such as Ithica Tell, Melissa Whitney, and Nicole Accuardi as the Witches, Nathan Dunkin as Banquo, Jonah Weston as Macduff, R. David Wyllie as Malcolm, Phillip J. Berns as Seyton, Brian Allard as Ross, and Ty Boice and Cassandra Schwanke as the bloody couple, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.
Macbeth will run approximately two hours with one15 minute intermission. Admission is $10 Fridays and Saturdays, Pay-What-You-Can Sundays, with two Pay-What-You-Can previews on Wednesday and Thursday, February 13th and 14th. Tickets available for reservation at postfivetheatre.org.
Cast & Crew:
Macbeth – Ty Boice
Lady Macbeth – Cassandra Schwanke
First Witch – Ithica Tell
Second Witch – Melissa Whitney
Third Witch – Nicole Accuardi
Macduff – Jonah Weston
Lady Macduff/Gentlewoman – McKenna Twedt
Banquo – Nathan Dunkin
Ross – Brian Allard
Seyton/Sergeant – Phillip J. Berns
Duncan/First Murderer – Brian Harcourt
Malcolm – R. David Wyllie
Lennox/Rebel – Jeff Arrington
Angus/Macdonawald – John Bruner
Donalbain/Second Murderer/Soldier – Nevan Richard
Porter/Doctor – Keith Cable
Fleance – James Swinford
Macduff’s Daughter/Apparitions – Kate Forrest
Director – Orion Bradshaw
Stage Manager – Kira Atwood-Youngstrom
Production Manager – Winston Bischof
Technical Director/Set Designer – Ginnie Loomis
Lighting Designer – Michael Miranda
Sound Designer – Christopher Beatty
Costume Designer – McKenna Twedt
Props Master – Amanda Swinford
Fight Choreographer – Sam Dinkowitz
Holly
03/02/2013How lucky for me that your production company is performing the very play that I am currently teaching
to my 10th graders. I posted the preview that was in The Oregonian’s A&E section last month on my whiteboard
with the caption, “Is this an opportunity that I see before me?” I gave students the option of either writing the traditional literary analysis
essay this quarter on Macbeth, or attending your performance and writing a review.
I had two students attend the first weekend and they could hardly contain themselves on Monday morning. “It was AMAZING!” one
of the boys exclaimed. The other said something to the effect of, “No, seriously it was pretty bad-ass.” These particular students
are not “A” students nor are they particularly dedicated to the arts. They told me initially they had nothing better to do and didn’t want
to write an essay. They rode MAX, skated the few blocks to your theater and they became totally immersed. Who knew that the Scottish play
and a local company could light a fire in them. They both since then, have been volunteering daily for parts, paraphrasing for students who are lost
and are acing quizzes.
Since that first weekend, I have had over 35 students attend your production and each one has been impressed and excited. They loved
the “creepy” witches, the “real” knives and honestly how beautiful Lady Macbeth is. The boys all had something to say about her. They
were impressed with how perfectly you all recited your lines and one even referred to how your production also omitted the Hecate scene
like the Patrick Stewart version we have been watching in class. When I asked yesterday in class, “Who is going to Macbeth this weekend?”,
a sea of hands were waving. I imagine that out of 70 10th graders, I will have over 60 attend.
So…thank you. Your passion and talent for the arts is making a colossal impact on my students. Keep up the fantastic work and I look forward to
attending the performance next weekend.
Sincerely,
Holly Munly
English Teacher
Beaverton High School
Orion Bradshaw
03/07/2013Hi there, Holly–
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for this truly amazing letter! We are overjoyed to hear that members of our young audience are being positively affected by the storytelling happening over here. We had a special ‘student performance’ a couple weeks ago for about 35 high schoolers, complete with a prologue and talk-back (and pizza!), and it was one of the most high-energy, fun
nights this young theatre company has ever experienced. So, thank you for sending your students our way– and for exposing them to arguably the greatest poet of all time. Looking forward to seeing you this weekend! I would love to meet you; I am a teacher as well, and am always looking for other local teachers to notify about Post5′s offerings (shows, events, classes, workshops, etc.).
Hopefully, I will be around the night you’re attending. Thanks, once again, for your inspiring words & for sending a whole new audience our way. See you at the theatre!
~ Orion Bradshaw
Managing Director, Post5 Theatre
Director, MACBETH