Macbeth

This year for Freshman English, Ashley has to read Macbeth.  I was pretty excited when I learned that North Central College's theater department was performing Macbeth, a mere minutes from our home and for only $10 a ticket.  I decided to take Ashley to see the play.  I figured that Shakespeare is really meant to be seen on the stage and it would be so much easier for her to read and understand it if she had seen the play.  Plus she also had to do "A Patron of the Arts" project for choir, which basically meant go see some kind of performance, play or art show and write a report on it, so seeing Macbeth would meet that goal too.

Dave, Ashley and I went to the play.  We wisely decided that this would not be Paige's cup of tea.  I've read Macbeth but none of us had ever seen the play on stage.  The college did a great job.  The acting was very good, especially Lady Macbeth and the three witches.  The stage was fabulous and intimate and our seats were the best in the house.  We all loved it.  The show was the weekend before Halloween which was perfect because Macbeth is one scary story!
 

waiting to be seated

The stage, a hole opens up in the middle of the floor
for the witches to crawl out of....spooky!