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AUDITION SIGN UPS HERE

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN

ACTORS OF ALL RACES, GENDER IDENTITIES, BODY TYPES, AND ABILITIES ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO AUDITION

SOME ROLES MAY BE REIMAGINED OR CAST ACROSS GENDER

MALE; LATE 20s TO EARLY 40s
AMBITIOUS MILITARY OFFICER WHOSE RAPID RISE TO POWER FRACTURES HIS SANITY; INTENSE, MAGNETIC, AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY UNRAVELLING

MACBETH

FEMALE, LATE 20s TO LATE 30s
A MASTER OF APPEARANCES AND MANIPULATION; COOL UNDER PRESSURE, BUT HAUNTED BY GUILT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

LADY MACBETH

MALE, 40s TO 50s
A COLD WAR ERA STATESMAN; CHARISMATIC AND TRUSTING, YET UNAWARE OF THE AMBITION SURROUNDING HIM

DUNCAN

MALCOLM

MALE, EARLY TO MID 20s
YOUNG POLITICAL HEIR LEARNING THE GAME; ANALYTICAL, GUARDED, AND ULTIMATELY RESOLUTE

ANY GENDER, LATE 20s TO EARLY 40s
RESPECTED AND COMPOSED MILITARY ALLY; A CALM OBSERVER MARKED BY PROPHECY; A THREAT WITHOUT ACTION

BANQUO

MALE, LATE 20s TO EARLY 40s
PRINCIPLED AND EMOTIONALLY DRIVEN A PATRIOT WHO SACRIFICES FAMILY FOR THE GREATER GOOD; BRIMMING WITH SUPPRTESSED RAGE

MACDUFF

FEMALE, LATE 20s TO EARLY 30s
MACDUFF'S PARTNER; STRONG, GROUNDED, AND PROTECTIVE IN A WORLD THAT UNDERVALUES DOMESTIC LIFE

LADY MACDUFF

MALE, LATE TEENS TO EARLY 20s
JUNIOR ROYAL; WARY, QUICK TO FLEE, AND SAVVY BEYOND HIS YEARS

DONALBAIN

ANY GENDER; ANY AGE
SHADOWY INTELLIGENCE OPERATIVES OR PROPHETIC FIGURES; EERIE, CRYPTIC, AND STYLIZED- STRONG MOVEMENT OR VOCAL SKILLS WELCOME

THE WITCHES

ANY GENDER, 13 TO 18
BANQUO'S CHILD, QUIET, PERCEPTIVE, AND SYMBOLLICALLY IMPORTANT TO THE FUTURE

FLEANCE

ANY GENDER 20s TO 40s
DVISORS, AGENTS, OR MILITARY OFFICIALS; POLITICAL, CAUTIOUS, AND CAPABLE OF SHIFTING ALLEGIANCES- EXCELLENT FOR DOUBLING

LENNOX, ROSS, ANGUS, MENTEITH, CAITHNESS

ANY GENDER, 20s TO 30s
MACBETH'S PERSONAL AIDE; PRECISE, UNSPEAKING LOYALTY WITH OMINOUS PRESENCE - POSSIBLE DOUBLING ROLE

SEYTON

MALE, 30s to 50s
ALLIED MILITARY COMMANDER; STRONG LEADERSHIP PRESENCE, DRIVEN BY DISCIPLINE AND NATIONAL PRIDE

SIWARD

MALE, LATE TEENS TO EARLY 20s
EAGER IDEALISTIC SOLDIER; HIS DEATH UNDERSCORES THE COST OF WAR

YOUNG SIWARD

ANY GENDER, 20s TO 50s
FACILITY OR COMPOUD GATEKEEPER; DRUNKEN CYNICAL AND A MASTER OF DARK COMEDY

PORTER

ANY GENDER, 20s TO 50s
PSYCHOLOGICAL OR MEDICAL ANALYST; UNNERVED BY LADY MACBETH'S DECLINE, YET POWERLESS TO INTERVENE

DOCTOR

FEMALE 20s TO 40s
LADY MACBETH'S AIDE; DISCREET, LOYAL, AND INCREASINGLY DISTURBED

GENTLEWOMAN

ANY GENDER 20s TO 40s
LEADER OF THE WITCHES OR PROPOGANDA CHEIF; ELEGANT, CONTROLLING, AND ENIGMATIC- COMMANDING PRESENCE REQUIRED

HECATE

ANY GENDER 20s TO 50s
MANIFESTATIONS OF PROPHECY, HIGHLY STYLIZED, MOVEMENT OR VOICE-FOCUSED ROLES (CAN DOUBLE WITH ENSEMBLE OR WITCHES)

APPARITIONS 1, 2, & 3

ANY GENDER 20s TO 50s
MACBETH'S HIRED ASSASSINS; DESPERATE, BRUTAL, AND EXPENDABLE- STRONG CHARACTER CHOICES ENCOURAGED

MURDERERS

ANY GENDER 20s TO 50s
WOUNDED SOLDIER WHO RECOUNTS MACBETH'S BATTLEFIELD HEROICS; BREIF BUT IMPACTFUL ROLE

CAPTAIN

ANY GENDER 50+
A CIVILIAN VOICE OF HISTORY AND CONSEQUENCE; A BREIF BUT HAUNTING APPEARANCE REFLECTING THE SPIRITUAL COST OF TYRANNY

OLD MAN

ANY GENDER 20s +
GUARDS, SOLDIERS, SERVANTS, CITIZENS, ATTENDANTS, REBELS AND BACKGROUND FIGURES, STRONG PHYSICAL PRESENCE, POSSIBLE DOUBLING

ENSEMBLE

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN

ACTORS OF ALL RACES, GENDER IDENTITIES, BODY TYPES, AND ABILITIES ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO AUDITION

SOME ROLES MAY BE REIMAGINED OR CAST ACROSS GENDER

MALE; LATE 20s TO EARLY 40s AMBITIOUS MILITARY OFFICER WHOSE RAPID RISE TO POWER FRACTURES HIS SANITY; INTENSE, MAGNETIC, AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY UNRAVELLING

MACBETH

FEMALE, LATE 20s TO LATE 30s A MASTER OF APPEARANCES AND MANIPULATION; COOL UNDER PRESSURE, BUT HAUNTED BY GUILT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

LADY MACBETH

MALE, 40s TO 50s A COLD WAR ERA STATESMAN; CHARISMATIC AND TRUSTING, YET UNAWARE OF THE AMBITION SURROUNDING HIM

DUNCAN

MALCOLM

MALE, EARLY TO MID 20s YOUNG POLITICAL HEIR LEARNING THE GAME; ANALYTICAL, GUARDED, AND ULTIMATELY RESOLUTE

ANY GENDER, LATE 20s TO EARLY 40s RESPECTED AND COMPOSED MILITARY ALLY; A CALM OBSERVER MARKED BY PROPHECY; A THREAT WITHOUT ACTION

BANQUO

MALE, LATE 20s TO EARLY 40s PRINCIPLED AND EMOTIONALLY DRIVEN A PATRIOT WHO SACRIFICES FAMILY FOR THE GREATER GOOD; BRIMMING WITH SUPPRTESSED RAGE

MACDUFF

FEMALE, LATE 20s TO EARLY 30s MACDUFF'S PARTNER; STRONG, GROUNDED, AND PROTECTIVE IN A WORLD THAT UNDERVALUES DOMESTIC LIFE

LADY MACDUFF

MALE, LATE TEENS TO EARLY 20s JUNIOR ROYAL; WARY, QUICK TO FLEE, AND SAVVY BEYOND HIS YEARS

DONALBAIN

ANY GENDER; ANY AGE SHADOWY INTELLIGENCE OPERATIVES OR PROPHETIC FIGURES; EERIE, CRYPTIC, AND STYLIZED- STRONG MOVEMENT OR VOCAL SKILLS WELCOME

THE WITCHES

ANY GENDER, 13 TO 18 BANQUO'S CHILD, QUIET, PERCEPTIVE, AND SYMBOLLICALLY IMPORTANT TO THE FUTURE

FLEANCE

ANY GENDER 20s TO 40s DVISORS, AGENTS, OR MILITARY OFFICIALS; POLITICAL, CAUTIOUS, AND CAPABLE OF SHIFTING ALLEGIANCES- EXCELLENT FOR DOUBLING

LENNOX, ROSS, ANGUS, MENTEITH, CAITHNESS

ANY GENDER, 20s TO 30s MACBETH'S PERSONAL AIDE; PRECISE, UNSPEAKING LOYALTY WITH OMINOUS PRESENCE - POSSIBLE DOUBLING ROLE

SEYTON

MALE, 30s to 50s ALLIED MILITARY COMMANDER; STRONG LEADERSHIP PRESENCE, DRIVEN BY DISCIPLINE AND NATIONAL PRIDE

SIWARD

MALE, LATE TEENS TO EARLY 20s EAGER IDEALISTIC SOLDIER; HIS DEATH UNDERSCORES THE COST OF WAR

YOUNG SIWARD

ANY GENDER, 20s TO 50s FACILITY OR COMPOUD GATEKEEPER; DRUNKEN CYNICAL AND A MASTER OF DARK COMEDY

PORTER

ANY GENDER, 20s TO 50s PSYCHOLOGICAL OR MEDICAL ANALYST; UNNERVED BY LADY MACBETH'S DECLINE, YET POWERLESS TO INTERVENE

DOCTOR

FEMALE 20s TO 40s LADY MACBETH'S AIDE; DISCREET, LOYAL, AND INCREASINGLY DISTURBED

GENTLEWOMAN

ANY GENDER 20s TO 40s LEADER OF THE WITCHES OR PROPOGANDA CHEIF; ELEGANT, CONTROLLING, AND ENIGMATIC- COMMANDING PRESENCE REQUIRED

HECATE

ANY GENDER 20s TO 50s MANIFESTATIONS OF PROPHECY, HIGHLY STYLIZED, MOVEMENT OR VOICE-FOCUSED ROLES (CAN DOUBLE WITH ENSEMBLE OR WITCHES)

APPARITIONS 1, 2, & 3

ANY GENDER 20s TO 50s MACBETH'S HIRED ASSASSINS; DESPERATE, BRUTAL, AND EXPENDABLE- STRONG CHARACTER CHOICES ENCOURAGED

MURDERERS

ANY GENDER 20s TO 50s WOUNDED SOLDIER WHO RECOUNTS MACBETH'S BATTLEFIELD HEROICS; BREIF BUT IMPACTFUL ROLE

CAPTAIN

ANY GENDER 50+ A CIVILIAN VOICE OF HISTORY AND CONSEQUENCE; A BREIF BUT HAUNTING APPEARANCE REFLECTING THE SPIRITUAL COST OF TYRANNY

OLD MAN

ANY GENDER 20s + GUARDS, SOLDIERS, SERVANTS, CITIZENS, ATTENDANTS, REBELS AND BACKGROUND FIGURES, STRONG PHYSICAL PRESENCE, POSSIBLE DOUBLING

ENSEMBLE

MALE; LATE 20s TO EARLY 40s
AMBITIOUS MILITARY OFFICER WHOSE RAPID RISE TO POWER FRACTURES HIS SANITY; INTENSE, MAGNETIC, AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY UNRAVELLING

FEMALE, LATE 20s TO LATE 30s
A MASTER OF APPEARANCES AND MANIPULATION; COOL UNDER PRESSURE, BUT HAUNTED BY GUILT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

MALE, 40s TO 50s
A COLD WAR ERA STATESMAN; CHARISMATIC AND TRUSTING, YET UNAWARE OF THE AMBITION SURROUNDING HIM

MALE, EARLY TO MID 20s
YOUNG POLITICAL HEIR LEARNING THE GAME; ANALYTICAL, GUARDED, AND ULTIMATELY RESOLUTE

ANY GENDER, LATE 20s TO EARLY 40s
RESPECTED AND COMPOSED MILITARY ALLY; A CALM OBSERVER MARKED BY PROPHECY; A THREAT WITHOUT ACTION

MALE, LATE 20s TO EARLY 40s
PRINCIPLED AND EMOTIONALLY DRIVEN A PATRIOT WHO SACRIFICES FAMILY FOR THE GREATER GOOD; BRIMMING WITH SUPPRTESSED RAGE

FEMALE, LATE 20s TO EARLY 30s
MACDUFF'S PARTNER; STRONG, GROUNDED, AND PROTECTIVE IN A WORLD THAT UNDERVALUES DOMESTIC LIFE

MALE, LATE TEENS TO EARLY 20s
JUNIOR ROYAL; WARY, QUICK TO FLEE, AND SAVVY BEYOND HIS YEARS

ANY GENDER; ANY AGE
SHADOWY INTELLIGENCE OPERATIVES OR PROPHETIC FIGURES; EERIE, CRYPTIC, AND STYLIZED- STRONG MOVEMENT OR VOCAL SKILLS WELCOME

ANY GENDER, 13 TO 18
BANQUO'S CHILD, QUIET, PERCEPTIVE, AND SYMBOLLICALLY IMPORTANT TO THE FUTURE

ANY GENDER 20s TO 40s
DVISORS, AGENTS, OR MILITARY OFFICIALS; POLITICAL, CAUTIOUS, AND CAPABLE OF SHIFTING ALLEGIANCES- EXCELLENT FOR DOUBLING

ANY GENDER, 20s TO 30s
MACBETH'S PERSONAL AIDE; PRECISE, UNSPEAKING LOYALTY WITH OMINOUS PRESENCE - POSSIBLE DOUBLING ROLE

MALE, 30s to 50s
ALLIED MILITARY COMMANDER; STRONG LEADERSHIP PRESENCE, DRIVEN BY DISCIPLINE AND NATIONAL PRIDE

MALE, LATE TEENS TO EARLY 20s
EAGER IDEALISTIC SOLDIER; HIS DEATH UNDERSCORES THE COST OF WAR

ANY GENDER, 20s TO 50s
FACILITY OR COMPOUD GATEKEEPER; DRUNKEN CYNICAL AND A MASTER OF DARK COMEDY

ANY GENDER, 20s TO 50s
PSYCHOLOGICAL OR MEDICAL ANALYST; UNNERVED BY LADY MACBETH'S DECLINE, YET POWERLESS TO INTERVENE

FEMALE 20s TO 40s
LADY MACBETH'S AIDE; DISCREET, LOYAL, AND INCREASINGLY DISTURBED

ANY GENDER 20s TO 40s
LEADER OF THE WITCHES OR PROPOGANDA CHEIF; ELEGANT, CONTROLLING, AND ENIGMATIC- COMMANDING PRESENCE REQUIRED

ANY GENDER 20s TO 50s
MANIFESTATIONS OF PROPHECY, HIGHLY STYLIZED, MOVEMENT OR VOICE-FOCUSED ROLES (CAN DOUBLE WITH ENSEMBLE OR WITCHES)

ANY GENDER 20s TO 50s
MACBETH'S HIRED ASSASSINS; DESPERATE, BRUTAL, AND EXPENDABLE- STRONG CHARACTER CHOICES ENCOURAGED

ANY GENDER 20s TO 50s
WOUNDED SOLDIER WHO RECOUNTS MACBETH'S BATTLEFIELD HEROICS; BREIF BUT IMPACTFUL ROLE

ANY GENDER 50+
A CIVILIAN VOICE OF HISTORY AND CONSEQUENCE; A BREIF BUT HAUNTING APPEARANCE REFLECTING THE SPIRITUAL COST OF TYRANNY

ANY GENDER 20s +
GUARDS, SOLDIERS, SERVANTS, CITIZENS, ATTENDANTS, REBELS AND BACKGROUND FIGURES, STRONG PHYSICAL PRESENCE, POSSIBLE DOUBLING