Shakespeare’s Macbeth opened on Friday, May 1 at the Ragozzino Hall
By Amy Prince
It’s not difficult to draw parallels between the current political landscape and the ambition, violence and corruption of power portrayed in Shakespeare’s Macbeth.
Shakespeare’s Macbeth opened on Friday, May 1 at the Ragozzino Hall and was performed by the Student Production Association, directed and adapted by Paul Dunckel.
After the show, The Torch caught up with three of the actors; James Huntley, Blake “Teddy” Nelson and Ashley Hayden.
Hayden played Witch 1, and said that her favorite part of acting in the theater is that she can be playful. Hayden said, “I’ve been in the theater for 2 and a half years. I used to be reserved and soft spoken, and wanted to push myself outside of my comfort zone.”
Nelson, who played the part of Banquo, said the hardest part of acting in this play was portraying the ghost. Without speaking lines, communicating his character’s intense feeling of betrayal to the audience was described as being tough.
Huntley, who played Macbeth said, “My favorite part of being in theater is that it reveals something about me. These are things that I emulate in my daily life, and I try to think about what good things come out of shadowing such a negative person [like Macbeth].”
