The MacFestival
RUNS MARCH 6TH - APRIL 27TH, 2025
A celebration of Shakespeare’s Scottish play and its myriad reimaginings, all of which examine the nature of power – and to what lengths we’ll go to attain and keep it.
With innumerable revivals since its original performances in 1606, the New York Times writes “Macbeth is the most instantly accessible of Shakespeare’s tragedies: violent, elemental, familiar, short. No matter which way the story is bent, it maintains its recognizable human core of ambition and regret. Directors can emphasize its witchy aura, its bloodthirsty politics, its marital drama or critique of masculinity without endangering its essential stageworthiness.”
Over the last few years, plays about Macbeth, alluding to Macbeth, invoking Macbeth and even the play Macbeth itself, have been on the S&S Short List for plays to do. At long last, rather than choose one, we have instead decided to take an innovative approach - and go all in. We are holding the first ever, to our knowledge, MacFestival -- two months of plays and events, lectures and artwork, that are tied to the dark and tormented Shakespearean tale about magic, desire, power and corruption.
We will kick off the festival with an all-female and non-binary topical telling of the tale, lean and fast-paced. We then will morph into a site-specific journey to the depths of our beloved Historic Y, to present It Is Magic. The festival will include other MacBeth inspired plays, readings, lectures and activities such as macbitches and Peerless. We will wrap up the festival with Five Acts, Five Macs, a mini-festival in itself in which we invite other performing arts companies including Borderlands Theater, Saguaro City Music Theatre, Winding Road Theater Ensemble, and Unscrewed Theater to present their interpretation of an act via their expertise whether puppets, improv, music, physical theater, and more.
Please note: Additional announcements regarding Macbeth-inspired film events will be forthcoming.
MacFestival 5-play Flex Pass
(includes all plays and readings!)
$125 Adult
$120 Senior
$100 Student | Teacher | Theater Artist
The second play of our 2024-25 Season
and the first play of the MacFestival.
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
RUNS MAR 6 - MAR 23, 2025
DIRECTED BY LISA WOLPE
& BRYAN RAFAEL FALCÓN
March 6 - 23, 2025
This Lady Macbeth centered retelling of the tale of Shakespeare’s darkest and most powerful work is lean and fast-paced. A tale of witchcraft, prophecy and political ambition, exploring the corrupting influence of power.
For Scoundrel and Scamps 13+
We will kick off the festival with a Lady Macbeth centered retelling of the tale of Shakespeare’s darkest and most powerful work, in a cutting that is lean and fast-paced. A tale of witchcraft, prophecy and political ambition, the S&S production will explore the way power corrupts the ambitious in a production focused on gender and the systematic forces that bend the individual.
THIS PERFORMANCE WILL BE ON THE MAINSTAGE OF THE S&S THEATRE.
General Admission Showtimes
Thursday March 6th 7:30p
Friday March 7th 7:30p
Saturday March 8th 7:30p
Sunday March 9th 2:00p
Friday March 14th 7:30p
Saturday March 15th 7:30p
Sunday March 16th 2:00p
Friday March 21st 7:30p
Saturday March 22nd 7:30p
Sunday March 23rd 2:00p
Location: The Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre at The Historic Y
738 N 5th Avenue #131, Tucson, AZ, 85705
The main entrance is located off the parking lot of The Historic Y; the parking lot entrance is accessed from 5th Avenue.
Runtime: Approximately 120 minutes
Note: Late seating is at the discretion of the House Manager and is not guaranteed.
Audience: Best enjoyed by Scamps and Scoundrels ages 13+
Ticket Prices
$35 Adults
$32 Senior
$25 Students
$25 Teachers
$25 Theater Artist
This show is free for The Scoundrel Society.
Questions? Call our Box Office at 520-448-3300 or email boxoffice@scoundrelandscamp.org.
https://www.scoundrelandscamp.org/
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