Macbeth

​MIT Shakespeare Ensemble
By William Shakespeare, Adapted for Radio by Andrew Child
Directed by Andrew Child

Macbeth: Nelson Shuheng Niu
Lady Macbeth: Andres Molano Sotomayor
MacDuff/ Old Man: Sarah Pertsemlidis
Malcolm/ First Apparition/ Murderer #1: Alex Evanchik
Banquo: Tomás Guarna
King Duncan/ Murderer #2: Leon Fan
Witch #1/ Fleance/ Young MacDuff/ Third Apparition:Yizhi (Cherry) Wang
Witch #2/ Lady MacDuff: Raquel Garcia
Witch #3/ Gentlewoman/ Porter: Xinyi (Hope) Fu
Donalbain/ Second Apparition/ Messenger: Madeleine Swartz
Doctor/ Lennox: Tiffany Trinh
Angus: Kiersten Mitzel

Edited by
​Amena Khatun, Lori Won, Valerie Chen, + Kat Jimenez

Music by
​Clio Batali, Katherine He, Ishikah Shah, + Anna Rose Osofsky

Foley Artist
​Kelcey Allen

Thoughts on creating Macbeth...

In Elizabethan England, audiences would not go to "see" a play. They would go to "hear" it. This practice departs from the spectacle of the Greek theatre and stands isolated from the decades of theatre tradition which followed. It feels appropriate that the most famous poet in the world should be returned to the radio medium, as became common with the advent of radio entertainment, so that audiences can, again, "hear" his work. It is my hope that Shakespeare's work as well as the work of the students in the MIT Shakespeare Ensemble can capture your imagination, divert your attention, and engross you in a tale of witches, ghosts, and murder.