"MacDuff was from his mother's womb untimely ripped."

Theater on Cedar just completed its second production, "MacBeth." Jeff played MacDuff, I played Malcolm, and David played the everyman/old man/bar man/music maestro. Jeff got to do a really cool fight scene and kill MacBeth. I didn't get to kill anyone (darn it), but, at least, I got to to be crowned king at the end. Well actually, I did get to do a little fighting too. A friend of ours, Patrick, who is knowledgeable in the martial arts, choreographed the fight scenes for us. We had a great time with those. However, I think it was the emotinal intensity of the acting that got the most props. Ellen and Terra, as MacBeth and Lady MacBeth, were phenomenal. Oh yeah, we had very sexy witches too. :-)

You may have noticed that, in contrast to Shakespeare's time, we had girls playing dudes. It was an interesting challenge for Ellen and I. In fact, my acting career thus far has consisted of portraying a fairy and a guy. Who knows what's next?!


It was a lot of work, and things got a bit tense leading up to the show's debut, but we pulled it all together in the end. The play went very well (particularly the second weekend of performances), and we had a marvelous time. Lots of videos and pictures were taken of the play, so we hope that we will be able to link to some of those in the near future. I mean, it will happen; I command it! 'Tis good to be the king.

Lastly, Jeff and I are very happy that some of our family members were able to come visit us at Deerfield, meet each other, and see the play. Unfortunately, they came opening weekend, when the play was a little less polished and the weather was crappy. Our first performance had to be held inside due to rain. We all crammed into the living room at the house on Cedar, where there was not much room for sword fighting. However, the added intimacy the smallish space afforded turned out to be a nice experience, after all. Jeff now has dreams of putting on Monty Python skits in that space during the winter months. Stay tuned...

-Annie