Macbeth at the New Victory

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) and Colla Marionette Company presents Macbeth at New Victory Theater from 20 - 29 Apr 2007.

The Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) joins forces with Italy's world-renowned marionette company, Colla Marionette Company (founded in 1835), to present an aridged version of Shakespeare's Macbeth.

With a full cast of three-foot-tall marionettes, designed by master Italian craftsmen and manipulated by expert puppeteers, Macbeth�s battle scenes will be filled with armies of horses and soldiers, fog and bats. The witches� cauldron will steam and Banquo�s ghost will ooze blood.

The puppets will be voiced by a cast of CST actors, seated in full view of the audience.