macbitches

Full-length
Dark Comedy
5W
play

Overview

When freshman acting major Hailey unexpectedly scores the coveted role of Lady Macbeth, her upperclassmen rivals immediately invite her over to “celebrate.” As the Fireball and Svedka flow, the young women interrogate their own ambitions as well as the power structures that have shaped their education—and when the night spirals into violent and shocking acts of betrayal, they come to
learn that what’s done cannot be undone.

Casting & Production

Casting

HAILEY HUDSON (Lady Macbeth) is a freshman BFA acting major from Kokomo, IN. She is thrilled to be making her mainstage debut at UMNC. “Shoutout to Mr. Hansen and the KHS Drama Squad!”

PIPER BELL (Messenger #1) is a sophomore BFA acting major from Eagle Bend, MN. She has previously been seen on UMNC’s mainstage as Berta in Hedda Gabler. “Psalm 33:3.”

CAM WITKOWSKI (Gentlewoman) is a junior BFA acting major and philosophy minor from Marquette, MI. She has previously been seen on UMNC’s mainstage as a Wedding Guest in The Drowsy Chaperone, Theban Elder/Chorus in Antigone, and an Attendant in Twelfth Night. “All my love to Mom, Dad, Abbie, and Lou (but none to Brian).”

ALEXIS LAPP (Lady Macduff) is a senior BFA acting major from Minneapolis, MN. She has previously been seen on UMNC’s mainstage as Kitty in The Drowsy Chaperone, Maria in Twelfth Night, Mary Warren in The Crucible, and others. “This one’s for you, Mom.”

RACHEL LABEAU (First Witch) is a senior BFA acting major from Mora, MN. She has previously been seen on UMNC’s mainstage as Hedda Tesman in Hedda Gabler, Janet Van de Graaff in The Drowsy Chaperone, Olivia in Twelfth Night, Abigail Williams in The Crucible, and others.

Setting

Time
Fall. The end of audition week.

Setting
A college apartment. Also, the campus of a public university in Minnesota

Reviews

“A tight 85-minute exercise in youthful ambition and the corrupting clashing of egos… With a fantastic understanding of tone and genre, MACBITCHES juggles headier themes while remaining a lively college drama.”
—The New York Times

“Bloody brilliant… McIntosh takes Shakespearean themes and grounds them in a new reality. Envy, ambition, treachery, and corruption look different among college girls than among soldiers and kings: while the latter may have farther reaching consequences, the first hits harder for a modern audience.”
—Stage Buddy

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