Greasy Joan & Co. Presents 'Macbeth' Apr.15-May25

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 Theater, 2936 N. Southport in Chicago, for a limited engagement April 15 through May 25, 2008. 
 
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.
 
Macbeth marks the second of two back-to-back classics on the Greasy Joan mainstage, directly following Molière's The Misanthrope.
 
The cast of Macbeth includes: Karisa Bruin (Witch), Daniel Cox (Lennox), Kevin Cox (Macduff), 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 design team includes: Kevin Depinet (set), Lindsey Pate (costumes), Charlie Copper (lights) and Andy Hansen (sound/music).

Tickets are $10 - $20 ($10 for preview performances and students), Thursday $10 industry nights and are available by calling Ticketmaster at (312) 902-1500, at www.ticketmaster.com or at the Athenaeum Box Office. Groups of 10 or more can receive a discount by calling (312) 458-0718.
 
A special benefit performance of Macbeth will be held on Friday, April 18 at 7:00 p.m. Benefit tickets cost $40 and include a post-play reception with the artists and appetizers, drink specials and a silent auction.  Reservations can be made by calling (312) 458-0718.