Due to Popular Demand! E.D.G.E. Theatre's MACSITH Adds Two Weeks of Performances, Now Playing Through June 14

CHICAGO – E.D.G.E. Theatre is proud to announce the extension of MacSith at Pendulum Theater Space, 1803 W. Byron Ave. Added weeks include May 28 – 31 and June 11 – 14. Based on William Shakespeare’s Macbeth and set to the Star Wars universe, MacSith is adapted by Orion Couling and Jared McDaris and directed by Couling. Running time is 70 minutes. The performance schedule is Thursdays – Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. Tickets are $18 - $20 and may be purchased at EdgeofOrion.com.

“Since the announcement of our spring engagement, ticket sales have been strong and many performances are already sold out. We are thankful to the Sci-Fi community and to audience members who return again and again to see what we have created. They are loving the story, the actors and, especially, the fight combat. We are fortunate that all members of the cast are available for this two week extension,” said E.D.G.E. Theatre Artistic Director and MacSith Director Orion Couling.

MacSith is a Star Wars/Shakespeare mash up, it is not a parody or a farce and remains true to the Bard’s original work. Both Shakespeare/Star Wars-fanatics and the Shakespeare/Star Wars-novices will be transported to a new world based on a classic work featuring nearly 40 actors. Civil war has finally ended on the planet of Cumber. The victorious Mon Beth is returning home to celebrate his army’s triumph against the Weyan invaders. However, there is a dark power at work and forces unlike anything Mon Beth has previously faced are beginning to stir. Soon he encounters a sinister prophecy: Against all odds and his low station, Mon Beth will one day become King of Cumber. Driven by this prediction and by his wife’s insatiable lust for power, Mon Beth puts all his might into taking the throne at any cost.

The cast of MacSith includes Adam Betz, Malcolm; Alexandra Boroff, Ross; Miquela Cruz, The Master; Angela Davis, Witch Ens./Blood Coven; Sarah Franzel, Witch Ens./Blood Coven; Grace Gallager, Blood Coven/Witch 2 understudy; Meeja Hahn, Witch Ens./Magik Coven; Janae Hohbein, Witch 2/Moon Coven; Bryson David Hoff, Bounty Hunter 2; Katy Jenkins, Witch Ens./Moon Coven; Kevin Johnson, Fleance;

Keyanna Khatiblou, Witch Ens./Moon Coven; Kate Lass, Bounty Hunter 3; Jillian Leff, Blood Coven/Witch 2 understudy; Elizabeth MacDougald, Witch Ens./Magik Coven; Shira Marcus, Witch Ens./Blood Coven; Zack Meyer, Mon Beth understudy; Callum Miller, Young Siward; John Mobley, The Master; Izis Mollinedo, Witch Ens./Magik

Coven; Rick Olson, Duncan’s Bodyguard; Sydney Ray, Lady Monduff; Ally Reinke, Lennox; Lexi Saunders, Lady Mon (Moff) Beth; Michael Charles Saubert Jr., Monduff; Jack Sharkey, Banquo; Rok Teasley, Bounty Hunter 1; John Gleason Teske, Porter; Lucas Thatcher, Siward; Lisa Tosti, Witch 1/Blood Coven/Lady Mon (Moff) Beth understudy; David Trudeau, Duncan; Nick Toussaint, Mon Beth; Sarah Wisterman, Witch 3/Magik Coven; John Yenter, Menteith/Young Siward/Fleance understudy and Sara Yenter, Learner.

The MacSith production team also includes John Gleason Teske, assistant director; Shauna Warren, production stage manager; Orion Couling, violence designer; Roxie Kooi, stage manager; Catherine Cefalu, assistant stage manager; Ashley Ann Woods, costumes; Jason Clark, set designer; Kallie Rolison, sound design and Will Gallager, board operator.

ABOUT E.D.G.E. THEATRE

E.D.G.E.’s anachronism stands for “Esteem Development the Greater Expectations.” Using the theatre arts, they educate and entertain to foster the tools of social change. E.D.G.E. has a goal of finding every participant’s personal best and holding them accountable to it. E.D.G.E.’s main thrust is developing theatre for marginalized communities and to bring a message of non-violence, civic and social change through exploration of the theatre arts. E.D.G.E. four sectors are: E.D.G.E. Core, company produced classes offered on a select curriculum in theatre, social skills, history and stage combat; E.D.G.E. Satellite, E.D.G.E. programs produced, collaborated or sub contracted by an outside produced program; E.D.G.E. Troupe, a professional actor program providing a training ground for interns from our marginalized community to observe the highest standards of professionalism and be part of the process and E.D.G.E. workshops, limited time commitment programs are meant to harness their educational and entertainment abilities in a workshop environment. These programs are targeted for school assemblies, conventions and camps.

E.D.G.E. Theatre is proud to announce the extension of MacSith at Pendulum Theater Space, 1803 W. Byron Ave. Added weeks include May 28 – 31 and June 11 – 14. Based on William Shakespeare’s Macbeth and set to the Star Wars universe, MacSith is adapted by Orion Couling and Jared McDaris and directed by Couling. Running time is 70 minutes. The performance schedule is Thursdays – Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. Tickets are $18 - $20 and may be purchased at EdgeofOrion.com.

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E.D.G.E. is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Lucasfilm Limited or any of its subsidiaries, employees, or associates. E.D.G.E. offers no suggestion that the work presented in its original work MacSith is “official” or produced or sanctioned by the owner or any licensees of the aforementioned trademarks. E.D.G.E. will take all steps necessary to ensure that any usage of trademarked items in no way confuses the

audience of this play as to its origin. E.D.G.E. makes no claim to own Star Wars or any of the copyrights or trademarks related to it.

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