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"HIGH ART forged in the furnace of
POPULAR DESIRE"
-MN Monthly
"MACBETH" IS AN AWESOME HIT!
Macbeth was the #1 best selling show
by total attendance at a whopping 1780 tickets sold!
The show was also #4 in total capacity--with 91% of available seats sold
over the massive 26 shows-in-11-days run!
Thanks to all who came to see the show!
Check this space or josephscrimshaw.com for updates about future runs
ofMacbeth's Awesome Scottish Castle Party!
MUST SEE! -Pioneer Press
"Fringe darling Joseph Scrimshaw turns his sharp comic eye on The Scottish Play, recasting it as an audience-participation spectacular (Get framed for Duncan's murder! Help kill Banquo!). Taking the title role for himself (in a kilt and red Converse hi-tops), Scrimshaw manages to skewer and entertain both high art-snobs and lowest-common-denominator rubes in a rollicking ride. Props to Mo Perry for her manic and decidedly unsubtle take on Lady Macbeth ("Let's kill somebody!") and Tim Uren, who gets murdered multiple times - and doused with condiments - in defense of the Bard."
- Dominic P. Papatola
Macbeth photos and write-ups are featured in teh following lovely periodicals--MN Monthly, Metro, Southwest Journal, and Dowtown Journal!
YOU are guests at Castle Macbeth!
Drink with the Witches!
Dine with Banquo's Ghost!
Wash your hands with Lady Macbeth!
Foul IS foul in this unnatural parody of pandering interactive theater and pompous Shakespeare!
Macbeth's Awesome Scottish Castle Party questions how we define what is "good" in live theater.
Is Macbeth a good play by modern standards? Is there artistic merit in audience pleasing interactive shows? Is the guilt of perverting the Bard's sacred text driving the cast insane? Or is just the curse of the "Scottish Play"?
EAT, DRINK, and SCREW YOUR COURAGE!
A limited selection of Black Forest food, beer, and soda
will be available for purchase in the Banquet Hall before the show!
Prices include tax and tip!
Seafood salad $13.75
A seafood, pasta, red & green pepper salad in a creamy dressing. Served with a soft breadstick.
Bratwurst Green Bean Salad $11.25
Cold bratwurst slices mixed with fresh green beans, and red onion over field greens in mustardy vinaigrette. Served with a soft breadstick.
Lentil and Spaetzel Salad $8.75
Spaeztel noodles, lentils, parsley and pimento are tossed in a lemon oil dressing and served atop field greens. Served with a soft breadstick.
Cookie Bars from Two Smart Cookies for Dessert $2.50
Water $2
Soda $2
Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Root Beer, Ginger Ale
Beer $5
Bottle Summit Extra Pale Ale (from St. Paul)
Bottle Amstel (from Holland)
Bottle Gosser Dark (from Austria)
Weiss Beer $6.50
Hacker Pschorr Weiss Bier
Wine $6.50
Grand Cru Merlot
Xplorador Chardonnay
TOMORROW and TOMORROW and TOMORROW!
The show plays EVERY NIGHT of the Fringe Festival
Thursday, August 2nd through Sunday, August 12th
with shows at 7 PM and 8:30 PM
PLUS 10 PM shows on Fridays and Saturdays
for an insane total of 26 shows!
WHERE SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES!
The show will be performed at
THE BLACK FOREST BANQUET HALL
located on 26th and Nicollet in South Minneapolis
Ample parking is available in the Black Forest parking lot
on Nicollet just south of 26th or find a handy non-metered parking spot
in the neighborhood!
Google your way to Castle Macbeth here!
MACBETH ALSO RECOMMENDS...
TIM UREN'S ADAPTATION OF
ROBERT ANTON WILSON'S
THE MASKS OF THE ILLUMINATI
DRP DANCE'S
AN ELEMENT OF CHANCE
THIRD RABBIT DANCE ENSEMBLE'S
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RICHARD ROUSSEAU and GONE TODAY'S
NOR DID THE ATOMIC BOMB DROP ITSELF
CHARLIE BETHEL and CHOPPING BLOCK'S
TOM THUMB, or THE TRAGEDY OF TRAGEDIES
FOUR HUMOUR'S
BARDS
MIKE FOTIS'
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING FOTIS
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"IF THERE'S ONE GUY YOU CAN COUNT ON
FOR AN ENTERTAINING SHOW AT THE FRINGE
IT'S JOSEPH SCRIMSHAW"-The Onion
Joseph Scrimshaw IS Macbeth!
Jen Scott IS the Witches!
Mo Perry IS Lady Macbeth!
Dan Rooney IS the Porter!
Tim Uren IS Duncan, Malcolm, Donalbain, Macduff, Banquo, The Ghost of Banquo, Lady Macduff, and if we have time the Ghost of Lady Macduff!
PLUS live music and original songs by Pablo!
Click here for full bios!
WELCOME TO MACBETH'S MacBLOG!
Thurs, June 28th, 1057 A.D.
Today totally blew. I got nothing done around the Castle, because some f**king peasants tried to revolt. I had to go running up and down the highlands slaughtering them in front of their children. Lol. Then I ate some haggis and went to bed early. Boring, I know, but--hey, that was my day. I don't even know if anyone reads this. I just got all this personal s**t I've got to get off my mind sometimes, you know? And, to be honest, my wife could really work on her listening skills. Any-hoo, off to bed. It's hard out there for a Thane.
Mon, July 2nd, 1057 A.D.
I didn't get s**t done this weekend. Banquo came up to the Castle to hang on Friday night and it turned into one of those all weekend binges. Friday night, we started on the single malt. Everything went down hill from there. By the time the second cock crowed we'd chugged all the scotch and all the mead and we were drinking that rubbing solution we use to clean the broadswords. And then Banquo was all like, "Screw this, let's go to Fife!"
So by Sunday we met up with Macduff and started hitting some of his insane root. How could something that comes from the earth be that evil? Somehow, this morning I woke up back in Inverness with the worst headache ever, no kilt and Banquo's name branded on my ass with one of those sheep irons. I swear on my loyalty to King Duncan--I am never drinking again. Never. Drinking. Again.
Sat, July 14th, 1057 A.D.
I drank again. King Duncan threw a big party for his son Malcolm's birthday. When the King says, "hey, buddy have a flagon or two" you don't say no. That's treason. Once he was in the bag, the King let it slip that some Norwegians might be headed our way trying to invade Scotland. My reaction: OMFG, that's awesome. One of the BEST things about being a brutal warrior from the Highlands is all the Norwegians you get to slaughter. Yeah, yeah, technically they want to be called "Vikings", but that's because they think it sounds scarier. Well, it's Saturday--I'm looking at an afternoon of yard work--gotta go outside and help the peasants dredge the moat, then in the evening about four hours of rubbing the wife's feet until she gets too relaxed to keep talking and finally falls asleep. Then, I'll finally get some f**king Macbeth time.
Later.
Thurs, July 19, 1057 A.D.
Macduff is a dick. I don't mean to start a flame war here, but it's my blog and I just gotta say what I think. I found a post on Banquo's blog where Banquo was writing about this time we kicked some invading Norwegians' asses. Woot! But, then Macduff responded saying I'm sure Banquo did all the real ass-whupping and I was just riding his "kilt-tails" because when you get right down to it Macbeth is "the baby of a girl". Well, who the hell isn't? I mean, I don't even really get what he's trying to say, but it sounds like he's claiming I'm a p*ssy. I mean, I know it's the 11th century and s**t, but that's real sexist to say anyone who is "woman-like" can't be kick-ass. Hey, Macduff, you "baby of an ass-hole" I bet my wife can kick your ass any day. I gotta blow off some steam. I'm going to hit some insane root and ride a sheep around the castle parapets.
It's good to be the Thane.
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