Founded in 1986 by a group of local artists, Monroe County Civic Th eater is a 501c3 not-for-profi t community theater compa- ny whose goal is to bring quality classical theater to Monroe County and surround- ing areas while providing experience in all aspects of theater production to all interested persons, regardless of their level of ability or experience.
Nearly thirty years later, MCCT is Bloomington’s only all-volunteer amateur community theatre. We learn and play
About MCCT together in a diverse atmosphere that celebrates individual accomplishments and contributions no matter how big or how small. We remain devoted to providing opportunities for individuals — no matter what their experience or back- ground — to know the many challenges and rewards of creating live theater.
Yolanda Valdivia President Phillip Addison Vice-President Brant Hughes Treasurer Jennifer Whitaker Secretary
Frank Buczolich Member Steve Heise Member Maryann Iaria Member Roy Sillings Member 2015 Board
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Info see audition announcements. Macbeth is Shakespeare’s deepest dive into the ocean of the imagination, written at a time when the fear of what would happen, of dark prophecy, of the nightmare images of the mind seemed fully capable of manifesting in reality. Th e play driven by what is not seen, and has refl ections in the dark which only time can reveal.
On the eve of Monroe County Civic Th eatre’s 30th anniversary season, MCCT has done a rare thing, to take personnel from the Shakespeare in the Park production of 2012, combine them with professional artists Macbeth donating their time and skill, and give them a fullness of time to nurture the Bard’s deepest planted seeds.
Th ere are several things that make this version of Macbeth unique.
Costumes: Th e cast and crew of this production have been dedicated to the idea of reuse and re-purposing where possible. Used items from Goodwill, Salavation Army and previous Monroe County Civic Th eatre productions as well as found items from nature and crew homes were refashioned to create at least 75% of the costumes, props and sets you will see on stage. Using everything from acorns found in the woods near Blue Ridge that line Duncan’s crown to quartz from a creek bed in Unionville that decorates the Land Witch’s mirror to the 5 diff erent garments re-purposed into an original design to create Lady Macbeth’s black gown (a 95% refashion), our excellent design and construction crew were dedicated to creating as green a production as possible.
Weapons: Weapons in service during Shakespeare’s time ranged from
About the Show centuries-old Viking era survivors to the newest fashions from Italy and Germany. Banquo carries with a Viking sword and Seyton an An- glo-Saxon seax, while Malcolm and Donalbain carry stylish Italianate ra- piers and daggers. Most other swords are variations on the broad-blade medieval design, Macbeth’s being a “hand-and-a-half” which could be used with either one hand or two. Th e armor ranges from Siward’s chain mail ultimately going back millennia to the early Celts to some plate on Macbeth and the Bloody Captain. Th e blades are not battle-sharp or very pointed, but all are steel and thus must be used with caution on stage.
Sound:From the time the show starts, there is no recorded sound or mu- sic. All the sound cues are generated from equipment backstage (includ- ing a most formidable knocker), and the music at intermission are live songs from the Elizabethan period. The Players Macbeth Steve Heise Lady Macbeth Jennifer Whitaker
Macduff Steve Scott Lady Macduff Emily Bedwell Th e Macduff 's Daughter Gwen Livesay
Duncan Roy Sillings Malcolm Jason Lopez Donalbain Brant Hughes
Banquo Dan Heise Fleance Gwen Livesay
Ross Phillip Addison Lennox Eric Van Gucht Seyton Zilia Clara Sellés
Siward Jeff rey Huntsman Young Siward Jennifer Drettman Menteith Brant Hughes
Th e Bloody Sergeant Jeff rey Huntsman Th e Old Man Roy Sillings Th e Gentlewoman Yolanda Valdivia Th e Doctor Roy Sillings Th e Murderers Brant Hughes Phillip Chamberlain Th e Servants Gwen Livesay Justin Brown Phillip Chamberlain
Hecate Katelin Vesely Th e Porter Roy Sillings Th e Sky Witch (Witch 1) Sarah Mae Ruggles Th e Sea Witch (Witch 2) Yolanda Valdivia Th e Land Witch (Witch 3) Zilia Clara Sellés Th e Spirits Janet Templeton-Heise Jennifer Drettman Gwen Livesay The Creators Directors: Steve Heise Jennifer Whitaker
Stage Manager: Anna Hughes
Costume Design: Lady Macbeth’s Gowns Kristi Robinson-Baugh Lady Macbeth’s Night Clothes Sarah Carpenter Th e Witches and Hecate Kristi Robinson-Baugh Shannon Pilrose Jennifer Whitaker Th e Spirits Sarah Mae Ruggles Janet Templeton-Heise Sewing Crew: Linda Barchet Kristi Robinson-Baugh Sarah Mae Ruggles Anna Hughes Leah Lee Pamela Milam Shannon Pilrose Janet Templeton-Heise Jennifer Whitaker
Wardrobe Mistresses: QianQian Dong Shannon Pilrose
Prop Design & Construction Crew: Emily Bedwell Zilia Clara Sellés Shannon Pilrose Pamela Milam Bob Wilmoth Wine Set & Witches Mirrors Pamela Milam Duncan’s Crown Shannon Pilrose
Lighting Design: Steve Heise Anna Hughes Jennifer Whitaker
Weaponry: Jeff rey Huntsman
Flow Choreography for Witches & Spirits: Paula Chambers The Creators, CNTD
Fight Consultant: Steve Scott
Set Design & Construction: Forest Leah Lee (Design & Rendering) Jennifer Whitaker (Concept) Sarah Mae Ruggles (Seamstress) Steve Heise (Construction) Castle Steve Heise (Concept/Construction) Roy Sillings (Painting)
Music/Sound: Drums: Justin Brown Jason Lopez Sound Eff ects Jeff rey Hunstman Apparitions Voices Steve Scott
Program & Poster Art: Summer Davis
Program & Poster Design: Tim Bedwell Emily Bedwell
Publicity: Maryann Iaria Jennifer Whitaker
Th e Blockhouse is an event space, recording studio, & multimedia production house. Macbeth is fi rst theater production held in this venue. Meet the Cast & Crew
Phillip Addison (Ross) Phil is a 2013 through his acting in Macbeth that: “All graduate of Indiana University. He is also things in life are possible if you’re willing to Vice-President for Monroe County Civic risk publicly embarrassing yourself”! Th eater. Phil is the seafood manager at an Eastside supermarket. Phil has acted in Jennfi er Drettman (Young Siward, Spirit) is many of Shakespeare’s plays, including Th e a senior at Indiana University studying arts Tempest (Caliban), Titus Andronicus (Bas- management and administration. Dancing sianus), and, Macbeth in 2004, in which he since the age of four in a wide range of also played the Th ane of Ross. Phil recently disciplines, she landed in Bloomington to directed Shakespeare’s Cymbeline. receive her specialty with Jacobs School of Music as a ballet major. Her past times now Emily Bedwell (Lady MacDuff ) is the Busi- include a multitude of artistic endeavors ness & Communications Manager for Sher- with Windfall Dancers Inc. and Motus wood Oaks Christian Church and a proud Dance Th eatre. member of the Friends of the Library. Emily has acted with MCCT on several shows Dan Heise (Banquo) returns to the stage including Macbeth, Henry VIII, Alice in aft er 20 years spent honing his craft : as a Wonderland and Th rough the Looking Glass. consultant for Verizon Wireless Cellular Th is version of Macbeth marks her 30th Sales. Dan revels in physical humor and a live theater production. Favorite past roles good stage fi ght, and some of his favorite include the Stage Manager in Our Town and roles have been in Bloody Bess, Alphonse, Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing. Cyrano, and Eight Wheels of Death. Clarence Darrow in Hell, which he co-wrote and pro- Justin Brown (Servant) Th is is Justin’s duced at Chicago’s Talisman Th eatre, drew second show with MCCT, both of them in praise from Th e Chicago Tribune, Sun- Th e Scottish Play. He enjoys music, both lis- Times and NPR. He is currently involved in tening and performing. He plays the drums local projects including the Krampus Arts and harmonica, always looking for oppor- and Legends Workshop (KLAW). tunities to demonstrate his skills. Because he does not make any money as an actor or Steve Heise (Macbeth/Co-Director) future musician, he must make his living working biography includes Much Ado About at Best Buy where you can fi nd him on the Nothing and a Classical Greek play, which sales fl oor making sure all of the prices are are both part of MCCT’s 30th Anniversa- current and helping customers. ry Season. Here’s to it being part of your biography, too. Pip Chamberlain (Servant, Murderer) Pip Chamberlain is a lifelong resident of Brant Hughes (Donalbain/First Murderer/ Bloomington with a public aff airs and law Mentieth) is thrilled to be participating in degree from IU. He is a developer, real his forth MCCT production, having ap- estate broker, consultant and attorney. He peared as Terrence Downing in Off to Work stays busy coaching youth sports and reg- We Go, and Caius Lucius in Cymbeline. He ularly running 5K races. Th is is his second received his B.M. in music composition show with MCCT. He has two young chil- from the Jacob School of Music at IU, and dren and is trying to demonstrate to them currently sings with the Bloomington Chamber Singers and serves as Board Afraid of Virginia Woolf? She currently Treasurer of MCCT. He is currently pur- resides with her husband Mitch, three crazy suing a Master degree in Human-Comput- cats, and a wiley Boston terrier/Beagle mix er Interaction Design at IU. Franklin.
Jeff rey Huntsman (Siward, Bloody Steve Scott (Macduff ) wns and operates Sargeant) started acting seriously in high Monroe County Martial Arts. Th is is his school, then totally immersed himself in fi ft h production with MCCT. He’s played the Bowdoin College theatre program Tom Patrick in Stud’s Terkel’s “Working”, as an actor, director, playwright, and all- Nick Bottom in “A Midsummer Night’s around technician. While at Bowdoin, Dream”, Corambis (Polonius) in last year’s he was a founder of Th e Potluck Players, “Hamlet” and Juror #3 in “12 Angry Jurors”. small theatre group. Aft er acting for the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, he then Roy Sillings (Duncan, Porter, Old Man, spent three years in Kansas, where he Doctor) has performed frequently with Mon- founded another small group, and wrote, roe County Civic appearing in more than directed, and acted. Earning his AB and a dozen of Shakespeare productions and MA in medieval drama and a Ph.D. in other roles ranging from Dracula to Humpty English historical linguistics, he joined Dumpty. He has also worked with Bloom- the IU English department in 1970, from ington Playwrights, Merry MAC Commu- which he retired recently. His local credits nity Th eatre, Starry Night Productions and include acting for Cardinal Stage; acting Cardinal Stage Company. He has appeared and directing for BPP; and acting, direct- in several locally produced fi lms. He has ing, and coaching period weapon use for participated in the Indianapolis Fringe Fes- MCCT. He also writes occasional theatre tival and the Indiana New Plays Festival. He pieces for Bloomington’s Th e Ryder. has written for the stage and designed sets. He holds degrees in Classical Languages Gwen Livesay (Macduff child, Fleance, and Instructional Systems Technology from Servant, Spirit) has acted in several shows Indiana University. For the last twenty years with Th eatre of the People and Blooming- has worked for Communication Disorders ton Playwrights Project. Th is is her second Technology, Inc in graphics, soft ware design show with MCCT, having previously and programming. appeared in Cymbeline this past summer for Shakespeare in the Park. Zilia Clara Sellés (Land Witch, Seyton) has completed all the work for her Ph.D. in the Jason Lopez (Malcom) teaches English Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicol- and Science to adolescents at Bloomington ogy at Indiana University. Th is is her sixth Meadows Hospital. He has been working production with Monroe County Civic in the mental health fi eld for several years. Th eater. Her previous work includes Kath- He was also involved in MCCT’s produc- erine in Henry VIII, Millworker in Working, tion of Cymbeline in the summer of 2015. and Grandma Georgina in Cardinal Stage Company’s Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Sarah Mae Ruggles (Th e Sky Witch) is a Factory. While steadily applying for jobs technical writer for BAE Systems, Inc. at in academia and elsewhere, she is work- NSWC Crane. She has previously been ing as a freelance landscaper, editor, and seen in MCCT’s production of Othello as tutor. Th anks to the lovely cast, makers and Desdemona, Th e Tempest as Maranda, and designers, directors, and her sister Witches. Th e Merry Wives of Winsor as Mistress Th anks to her mother Vera, ever present, and Ford. Sarah was also Honey in a Starry the animal clan. Night Productions performance of Who’s Janet Templeton-Heise (Spirit) has always caretaker of a bed and breakfast, and loved live theater, and caught the bug early works with the substance abuse and men- on as one of the King’s many children in a tal health recovery community. She has production of Th e King and I in 3rd grade, a degree in Art History and Art Admin- and felt the energy from everyone laughing istration, and intends on returning for when the director said, “he’s not a tree to graduate school in the latter next fall. She climb, just reach up for a hug!” Janet was would like to attribute all of her success to involved in vocal and instrumental per- her wonderful family and friends, and to forming for many years, in diff erent ways her black lab Cymbaline Louise. and places. Aft er moving to Bloomington in 1988, she focused on other areas of my life, Jennifer Whitaker (Lady Macbeth/C0-Di- and ended up falling in love with and marry- rector) has a long history with MCCT. ing a handsome young man, who ended up Appearing in Shakepeare in the Park Pro- re-entering acting aft er their son turned two. ductions in the early 90’s including Two Janet is a home care RN in my day job, and it Gentlemen of Verona and Th e Comedy of gives me great joy to facilitate Steve’s ongoing Errors and, aft er an 18 year break, starring theater roles. Th is is the fi rst time they’ve in the 2012 production of Macbeth and been involved in a production together, and the 2013 production of A Midsummer it’s been wonderful. Night’s Dream as well as appearing as Cornelius in this year’s park production Yolanda Valdivia (Sea Witch/Gentlewoman) of Cymbeline. Jennifer is playing Lady is thrilled to be participating in her fi ft h Macbeth for MCCT for the second time full-length production with MCCT, most and co-directing her fi rst MCCT show. recently as Pisanio in Cymbeline. She has Jennifer works as a peer counselor for also performed in the BPP Playoff s and in Centerstone, Bloomington’s Community Cardinal Stage Company production of Th e Mental Health Center, and produces Acti- Wizard of OZ (Nikko/Ensemble). She sings vate! for WFHB Community Radio. with the Bloomington Chamber Singers, dances with the Windfall Dance Company, and serves as Board President of MCCT. She CREW works at the IU Credit Union and is getting a Master degree in Information Science at IU. Tim Bedwell (Poster & Program Design) is at IU Telecom graduate and works as Eric Van Gucht (Lennox) reprises his role the Video Designer for Sherwood Oaks from the 2012 Shakespeare in the Park Christian Church. He is also the found- production. Shakespeare roles: Cymbeline; er and owner of Media Quarry, a local Macbeth (twice); Hamlet; Othello; Th e Two Bloomington production company. Gentlemen of Verona; Twelft h Night. MCCT: Urinetown; Twelve Angry Jurors (director). Paula Chambers (Choreography) has Local fi lm roles: Saint; Remember; Flick: A been hoop dancing since 2009. She has Movie About the Movies; Gangs of Clowns of completed over 300 hours collectively New York; Th e Small Town Chronicles trilogy of Hoop Dance Teacher training with (also script re-writes). He is a 2011 gradu- Jonathan Livingston Baxter of Hoop- ate of Indiana University Bloomington and path, Caroleeena, Brecken Rivara, Gail works in retail here in town. O’Brien, Khan Wong, Anah Reichenbach, Ann Humphreys, Tiana Zoumer and Katelin Vesely (Hecate) When not making Vivian Spiral to name a few. Paula is the sandwiches at the Bloomingfoods West Deli, Co-founder of Th e Hudsucker Posse hoop she is a professional tarot reader at Gypsy dance troupe in Bloomington Indiana and Hope Tarot, Reiki 3 master practitioner, she continues to coach, mentor and foster a fl ow arts community there. Paula is Th eatre Ensemble, and IU Th eatre. In her the Producer and Director of the Kinetic day job, she is an IT professional for the IU Arts Academy, a fl ow arts education or- College of Arts and Sciences. ganization that works to elevate fl ow-art- ists and promote the art form through Maryann Iaria (Publicity) is a native of workshops, retreats and performances Indianapolis, Indiana and has taken the across the Midwest. www.fearlessring- stage as a dancer, sctor, and supernumer- leader.com for more information about ary. Most recently, Maryann performed her classes, appearances and dance class in MCCT’s Radio Th eatre production oh off erings. www.fl owmotionretreat.com Night of the Living Dead which will be aired on WFHB on Halloween. She performed QianQian Dong (Wardrobe) is a fi rst in Cardinal Stage Production of A Streetcar year student in Arts Administration named Desire, her 1st character acting role master program, Indiana University as the haunting fl ower seller, and served Bloomington. She is from China, grad- as Assistant to the Stage Director of the uated from Shanghai Conservatory of Cardinal Stage Company’s production of music with a major in Musical Th eatre Big River. She serves on the Monroe County Performance. She played a major role Civic Th eatre’s Board of Directors. She in musical ONCE ON THIS ISLAND as has performed in the MCCT “Going Solo” graduation show, at the meantime; she showcase, Working the Musical, and in assisted manager responsible for market- numerous Shakespeare in the Park” events’. ing and fundraising of this show. She is She is a Performance intern with Th e highly interested in performing arts ad- Windfall Dancers, and is in her 26th year as ministration and her vision is to promote an Administrative Secretary for IU! improvement in art education and bridge the gap between art and commerce. Leah Lee (Costumes, Curtains) is excited to contribute to her fi rst show. She studies Anna Hughes (Stage Manager) Th is is Studio Art at IU and draws webcomics, Anna’s fourth show with MCCT. Her pre- which can be found here: tapastic.com/ vious work has included assistant stage lealeelee. During the day, she is a Program- managing at BPP, BPP’s Youth Musical mer/Analyst for the IU Digital Libraries Thank You to our Donors! Honorary Executive Producer • Emily Bedwell • Jim Blickensdorg & Grazie Italian • Ken Pimple & Jennifer Livesay Eatery • Joseph Ricks • Jim Floyd Honorary Producers • Yolanda Valdivia • Pamela & Mike Milam • Eric VanGucht • Pip Chamberlain • Alex Stratis Honorary Directors • Linda Barchet & Dirk VanGucht Additonal Special Th anks • Jeff rey Huntsman • Sherwood Oaks Christian Church • Monroe County Martial Arts Honorary Crew Members • Rebecca DeLong & Emily Solt McGee • Phillip Addison • Jay Pilrose & the Pilrose Children • Amanda Whitaker • Ritz Barbershop • Maryann Iaria • Campus Costumes • Jennifer Whitaker • Alan Pease