Top Story: The Sticking Place, an Unknown Classics Project in development
2/27/2008

An Unknown Classics Adaption of Shakespeare's MacBeth

Directed by Chris Covics
With Art Horowitz, Ph.D. as Dramaturge

The Sticking Place is an all female adaptation of Shakespeare's MacBeth in development for our 4th season. Currently in its first phase, these work-in-progress demonstrations are designed to incorporate the Unknown Theater audience community into the development process. A talk-back with the director and ensemble follows each performance. Join us for the beginning stages of this exciting adaptation and future Unknown Theater Main Event.

Ensemble includes Yuri Brown, Kathy Bell Denton, Brittany Slattery, Angela Stern, Erika Stone, Mia Tramz, Toni Trenton & Amy Tzagournis

PHASE ONE PERFORMANCES
Saturday, April 19th at 2PM
Sunday, April 20th at 2PM
Saturday, May 10th at 12PM & 2PM
Sunday, May 11th at 2PM

Special LATE NIGHT performance on
Thursday, May 8th at 10PM

FREE TICKETS
First come first served. No reservations necessary.

Currently in Phase One Development
For more information regarding the Unknown Classics Project, click here

The Sticking Place in the working title for an adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth. The initial stages of the nearly year-long development process began in December of 2007. The final adaptation is scheduled to open on Halloween of 2008, with in-progress workshop performances slated for April and July.

The current imagining of the final concept is a kind of one-woman show with an all female supporting ensemble of about 8. The baton may be passed from night to night in performance, with a different woman reliving her version of the tragic purgatorial nightmare each evening.

Some threads of investigation are: the female identity as seen both through the male and female lenses, especially as it relates to the notion of ambition; the relationship of fear and spirituality and how both of these define a self-fulfilling image of the world; and finally the role of the audience as accomplice rather than spectator.

Workshop and rehearsal schedule outline:

JANUARY - TABLE WORK:
We comb through an act a week, clarifying textual questions, learning the story, make observations regarding poetic imagery, structure, rhythm, etc.

FEBRUARY - MAKING THE WORDS OUR OWN:
We begin to explore the work on its feet twice a week, diving deeper into character and textual analysis. We begin playing with the idea of the story as a recursive nightmare entirely from the perspective of Lady Macbeth.

MARCH - REHEARSALS FOR PHASE ONE PERFORMACES IN APRIL.

APRIL - PHASE ONE PERFORMANCES:
SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS AT 2PM, Starting April 12th
Special late-night performances Thursday the 10th and the 24th at 10PM

MAY, JUNE - FINDING CONTEMPORARY RELEVANCE AND PERSONAL CONNECTIONS.

JULY - PHASE TWO PERFORMANCES

AUGUST - 'FINAL' SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT

SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER - MAKING THE KNOWN UNKNOWN: Rehearsals for the Main Event adaptation of Macbeth called The Sticking Place, currently scheduled to open on Halloween 2008 with performances Thursday - Saturday at 8pm and Sundays at 6pm.