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The Magic Theatre, in partnership with Resident Company\u00a0Play On Shakespeare, will present the World Premiere production of\u00a0Macbeth, a new version written by\u00a0Migdalia Cruz\u00a0and directed by\u00a0Liam Vincent<\/a>.\u00a0Macbeth\u00a0will perform from March 18 \u2013 April 5, 2026 at the Magic Theatre (Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, 2 Marina Boulevard, Landmark Building D, 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94123). The opening party performance and press opening will take place on Saturday, March 21, 2026 at 8:00 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfad NEW! San Francisco Theatre Newsletter<\/p>\n Resident Company Play On Shakespeare and the Magic theatre partner again on a new version of a Shakespeare classic! Following the sold-out premiere of\u00a0Richard II- the Magic Theatre is creating a new version of\u00a0Macbeth\u00a0by legendary writer Migdalia Cruz, directed by the Magic\u2019s own Associate Lead director\u00a0Liam Vincent<\/a>.\u00a0Featuring\u00a0Catherine Castellanos<\/a>\u00a0as Macbeth and\u00a0Sarah Nina Hayon<\/a>\u00a0as Lady Macbeth, this\u00a0Macbeth,\u00a0set in 1970\u2019s New York City, cuts to the grief and core of this Shakespeare- like never seen before.<\/p>\n Featuring an all-star cast:\u00a0Catherine Castellanos<\/a>, Juan Amador, Nora el Samahy<\/a>, Sarah Nina Hayon<\/a>, Danny Scheie<\/a>, Kina Kantor, and Brian M. Rivera.<\/p>\n Creative Collaborative Team includes:\u00a0Carlos Aceves,\u00a0Dany Benitez,\u00a0Alina Bokovikova, Bianca Hernandez, Justin Partier<\/a>,\u00a0Lauren Quan, Julius Rea,\u00a0Matt Stines, Peyton Whiteside, Imani Wilson. \u00a0<\/p>\n Macbeth, translated and adapted from Shakespeare\u2019s original play by Migdalia Cruz, and directed by Liam Vincent<\/a>, is the first major project of the Magic Theatre\u2019s 2026 Programming year,\u00a0 running the calendar year of 2026. The Magic Theatre remains one of the last buildings standing dedicated to new play development\u00a0and\u00a0reflecting the communities we work with.\u00a0The Magic Theatre spaces are at an active\u00a0constant\u00a0with new works and events. And new play development is at the center, most recently the workshopping of heralded writer\u00a0Julie Heb\u00e9rt\u2019s new play development\u00a0 of her new play\u00a0Entangled\u00a0with Resident Company\u00a0Rainbow Zebra\u00a0this January.<\/p>\n This process and production are part of the multi-tiered new work and community process and creation the new Magic Theatre\u00a0has been focused on in this recent chapter. This premiere play is another ambitious project with the Magic Theatre and Play On Shakespeare!; as part of Play On Shakespeare! as a Resident Company of the Magic Theatre; this is in a trajectory of premiere projects that started with the sold out new version of\u00a0Richard II\u00a0from\u00a0Naomi Iizuka<\/a>, directed by\u00a0Dr. Karina Gutierrez;\u00a0and will be followed next year with a new version of\u00a0Titus Andronicus\u00a0from\u00a0Amy Freed<\/a>, directed by\u00a0Danny Scheie<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n This is the first time Migdalia has returned to the Magic Theatre after being part of the AIDS awareness anthology\u00a0Pieces of the Quilt\u00a0in 1996.\u00a0Cruz wrote her original translation of\u00a0Macbeth\u00a0as part of the\u00a0Oregon Shakespeare Festival\u00a0initiative Play On. Play On was created\u00a0to\u00a0write\u00a0new versions of all the Shakespeare plays, from an ambitious and impressive collection of some\u00a0of this country\u2019s most exciting writers. The “translations” are\u00a0NOT changing anything or editing, but rather updating and translating language for the modern ear to hear.\u00a0Play On Shakespeare has not only had all the Shakespeare plays translated by an amazing array of contemporary writers, but now have productions across the globe, being taught in universities, and many of the\u00a0plays\u00a0are now published.\u00a0Cruz\u2019\u00a0Macbeth\u00a0and her\u00a0Richard III\u00a0are two of the first published of this new canon of plays, and both have had audio productions premiered with\u00a0Next Chapter Podcasts. This version is a more updated version of the play\u00a0which has had performances in different iterations. Excitingly\u00a0this is a new premiere production and vision between Cruz and director Liam Vincent<\/a> that will premiere with this incredible\u00a0group of artists. The script now has a further condensed script, and features a cast led by women as both of the Macbeths.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n The Magic Theatre and Play On ethos is to \u201ctranslate\u201d in the sense, that it is still the Shakespeare story and words, but embodied with the people seldom featured in the Shakespeare plays- which is to say Women, Queer folx, People of Color, immigrants\u2013 the people who are at the center of our every day communities.\u00a0A model of this ethos is in production with the Magic Theatre\u2019s Lead Director\u00a0Sean San Jos\u00e9\u2019s version of\u00a0Coriolanus\u00a0produced by and at Portland Center Stage and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival;\u00a0and the\u00a0Richard II\u00a0by Naomi Iizuka<\/a> premiered by the Magic Theatre and Play On last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udfad NEW! 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