Rough Magic Performance Company Podcast

THE MACBETH PROJECT

A PODCAST PRESENTED BY ROUGH MAGIC PERFORMANCE COMPANY

Just in time for Halloween and the monumental 2020 election, RMPC delivers a new spin on Shakespeare’s classic tale of ambition and loss with an all-female podcast production. The Macbeths, in a state of joint postpartum psychosis after the loss of several children to miscarriages and still-births, are left vulnerable to the corrupting influences of the evil spirits lurking in Scotland’s forests and the darker side of the pursuit of power. Intermingling Shakespeare’s text with that of Sylvia Plath’s poem “Parliament Hill Fields,” the adaptation creates a soundscape of poetry within a classic ghost story. Featuring the voice talents of Aimee Bryant, Ashawnti Sakina Ford, Alayne Hopkins, Katie Kaufman, Catherine Johnson Justice, and Taj Ruler.

THE MACBETH PROJECT

A PODCAST PRESENTED BY ROUGH MAGIC PERFORMANCE COMPANY

ADAPTED FROM THE SHAKESPEARE BY CATHERINE JUSTICE WITH EXCERPTS FROM “PARLIAMENT HILL FIELDS” by SYLVIA PLATH

DIRECTED BY TRACEY MALONEY

SOUND DESIGN BY TAJ RULER

Just in time for Halloween and the monumental 2020 election, RMPC delivers a new spin on Shakespeare’s classic tale of ambition and loss with an all-female podcast production. The Macbeths, in a state of joint postpartum psychosis after the loss of several children to miscarriages and still-births, are left vulnerable to the corrupting influences of the evil spirits lurking in Scotland’s forests and the darker side of the pursuit of power. Intermingling Shakespeare’s text with that of Sylvia Plath’s poem “Parliament Hill Fields,” the adaptation creates a soundscape of poetry within a classic ghost story. Featuring the voice talents of Aimee Bryant, Ashawnti Sakina Ford, Alayne Hopkins, Katie Kaufman, Catherine Johnson Justice, and Taj Ruler.