THE CUTTING BALL THEATRE NEWSLETTER The Cutting Ball is proud to announce: 
Macbeth, by William Shakespeare For tickets, visit www.cuttingball.com/tickets.php Six actors enter the room to perform one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies. In a relentless, muscular adaptation, we find ourselves in a hall of mirrors in a Macbeth that lives in dreams, nightmares, and a surreal twentieth century landscape. Featuring Keith C. Davis, Andrew Harkins, Daniel Krueger, Garth Petal, Paige Rogers, & Jack Sale Produced by Adriana Baer The Cutting Ball’s Production of Macbeth was made possible in part by a generous grant from The Mental Insight Foundation and support from the San Francisco Arts Commission.
Why Macbeth: A Note From The Director Macbeth has been a pet project of mine for some time. I first directed it as a student at the Yale School of Drama in 1995. Since that time, I have been determined to revisit Macbeth and to take more risks with it. At the same time, I have been frustrated with what I witnessed as two extremes in American productions of Shakespeare: reverent but potentially stale renderings on one hand and inventive (ie. set in Las Vegas) but not textually meaty on the other. After graduate school, I received a grant to live in Europe for a year to observe rehearsals and productions of Shakespeare in translation. As a lover of literature, I appreciated the depth with which the Europeans dove into the text in order to translate it and was delighted with the freedom with which they explored the text in production. After returning to the U.S. and founding The Cutting Ball in 1999, one of my goals has been to see if I could have the best of both worlds: the informed inventiveness of the European productions coupled with detailed text work on Shakespeare’s original words. In 1995, I had a deep sense of needing to be faithful to Shakespeare. Now that I am older, I have a more mature understanding of faithfulness, one that is less concerned with being right and more interested in having a lifelong engagement with Shakespeare’s work. I hope you enjoy our production and hope you continue to be deeply engaged with us as we embark on our 2005 - 2006 season. -Rob Melrose, Artistic Director
Opportunities MACBETH LOAD-IN and LIGHT HANG CREW NEEDED: We need people with very basic technical experience. These are volunteer positions. ALL VOLUNTEERS RECEIVE 2 COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS TO ANY SHOW. There will be many more opportunities to work with and audition for The Cutting Ball during the 2005-2006 season.
The Wish List The Cutting Ball Theater relies on donations from individuals to continue producing the high-quality, energetic work on which we pride ourselves. To make a tax-deductible donation, please visit: http://cuttingball.com/donate.php We are also seeking the following in-kind donations:
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