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January 16-17, 22-24, 29 -31 @ 7:30pm
February 5-7, 12-14, 19-21 @ 7:30pm
January 18 & 25 @ 1pm
February 1, 8, 15 & 22 @ 1pm
$5-65
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Experience Theatre Project
18850 SW Alexander St, Aloha, OR 97006
Experience Theatre Project is proud to announce an electrifying new production of Macbeth, adapted and directed by Alisa Stewart. This visceral, movement-driven staging draws inspiration from the Royal Shakespeare Company’s acclaimed Hamlet: Hail to the Thief, witnessed by Stewart during its celebrated run in London and Stratford this past summer.
Set to the haunting and propulsive music of Radiohead, this production thrusts Shakespeare’s tragedy into an unsettling soundscape that amplifies themes of ambition, paranoia, and psychological collapse. Movement—infused with contemporary physical theater and interpretive choreography—drives the storytelling as much as Shakespeare’s language, weaving a fresh and immersive experience for audiences. The play will be choreographed by Andrea Parson.
Director Stewart shares, “Radiohead’s music opens a door into Macbeth’s internal world. Its restless energy and atmospheric depth allow us to explore the supernatural, the political, and the personal in ways that feel urgently modern. Seeing the RSC’s Hail to the Thief production demonstrated how music can reshape a classic; this Macbeth continues that exploration.” Stewart also performs live music with the band during the show (she plays keyboard).
This production also introduces a newly created entr’acte and epilogue that expand the play’s supernatural stakes. Stewart weaves in a powerful Faustian framework: Macbeth begins the play by entering into a shadowy pact with the witches, seeking the strength to destroy his enemies. In the closing moments, following Macbeth’s downfall, Macduff is confronted with the same offer—and ultimately accepts it. This cyclical ending reframes the tragedy as a perpetual pattern of power, temptation, and corruption, echoing the production’s Radiohead-driven energy and psychological tension.