When you come into the theater, you have to be willing to say, 'We're all here to undergo a communion, to find out what [is] going on in this world.' If you're not willing to say that, what you get is entertainment instead of art, and poor entertainment at that.
DAVID MAMET
Upcoming Productions
PIONEER SONG
A musical
Music by Omar Hansen and Aaron Pike
Book and Lyrics by Omar Hansen
Arrangements by Aaron Pike
The year is 1852. Ruth Maramin narrates her story as she and her three daughters leave Independence to make the pioneer trek to Oregon and the Willamette Valley. From The Big Blue river to Fort Kearney, from Independence Rock and Devils Gate to the blue mountains of Oregon, Ruth comes to know the hardships and trials of such a venture. She meets and learns to love a group of women who band together to brave the elements, the tragedies and joys and the long road that test them all more than any would have believed. Ruth believes she will find a song in the west but before she can do that, the Oregon Trail will take almost everything she loves.
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s shortest and bloodiest tragedy, Macbeth tells the story of a valiant Scottish general (Macbeth) who interprets a prophecy from a trio of sinister witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed with ambitious thoughts and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders King Duncan and seizes the throne for himself. He begins his reign racked with guilt and fear and soon becomes a tyrannical ruler, forced to commit more and more murders to protect himself from enmity and suspicion. The deceit swiftly propels Macbeth and Lady Macbeth from arrogance to paranoia and thence to madness and death.
