PORT ANGELES — Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” comes alive in a very different fashion tonight and Saturday on the Allé Stage, the performance-art venue in downtown Port Angeles.
Sarah Tucker, the local artist, costumer and experimental thespian, has brought together a diverse group of performers for the gory tragedy at 7 p.m. both nights.
Tickets are $10 at the Art Up Front gallery, which happens to be adjacent to the Allé Stage inside Studio Bob, 1181/2 E. Front St.
“I have a big cast of local folks . . . and they are starting to have a blast with their parts,” Tucker said last week.
Making relevant
“I have cut and hacked and edited and done just about everything traditionally sacrilegious to this play to adapt it to this stage and this town,” she added.
“Purists will be horrified; everyone else will, hopefully, be thoroughly entertained.”
The production has Shannon Cosgrove portraying Lady Macbeth, that wicked wife who pushes her man toward murder — and who lives to regret it most dramatically.
Bellydancer Lauren Johnson, Flora Jackman and Tucker play the witches known for their “Double, double/ toil and trouble/ Fire burn, and caldron bubble . . . eye of newt, and toe of frog . . .” lines.
Tim Tucker — no relation to Sarah — portrays Macbeth while Tony Cook is the King, Andrew Harrelson is the Prince, Kristi Robinson is the Bleeding Sergeant, Dano and Diane Charron are Macduff and Lady Macduff, and the Lewis brothers of Sequim, Carson, 17, and Jacob, 16, are murderers and captains. Sarah Tucker’s daughter Celeste, 8, has two roles: the drummer girl and Fleance.
Gregory Bondy, Steven Johnson and Nate Harrelson round out the cast, which is all over the age map.
Gamut of age
“Nate Harrelson is 13, Andrew Harrelson is 15, and then we run the gamut to Tony Cook who is proud to be 66,” Tucker noted.
This version of “Macbeth,” which Tucker wanted to create before the rest of the town’s Halloween revelry gets going, runs about two hours. She added that this is an opportunity to see an epic play while supporting local experimental theater.
To learn more about the Allé Stage and its opportunities for performance artists, email Sarah@TuckerArt.com or visit the venue’s page on Facebook.
