Macbeth Program Details

The Department of Performing Arts and Humanities
of the School of Liberal Arts at CCBC

presents

MACBETH

By William Shakespeare

Director
Anne M. Lefter

Set & Lighting Designer
Terri Raulie

Costume Designer
James J. Fasching

Technical Director
Jason Randolph

Stage Manager
Miles Lawlor

October 27 at 11:10 am
October 28, 29 at 8pm
October 30 at 3 pm
October 31 at 10am

THE COMPANY

SETTING: Scotland 1000AD

(There will be a 15 minute intermission)

Who’s Who

CECE HECK

(Second Witch/Lady Macduff/Servant) is thrilled to be in this production of Macbeth. Cece graduated from the vocal magnet at Patapsco High School and Center for the Arts in 2015 and began attending CCBC as a theatre major that Fall. She appeared in last spring’s production of The Menaechmi Twins as Ancilla/Medicus and performed the monologue The Little Coohie Snorcher that Could in CCBC Essex’s Women Studies Club production of The Vagina Monologues. She has had a blast during this rehearsal process, working with such a lovely cast and crew, and can’t wait for the show to knock the socks off of everyone. She would like to thank the marvelous people and family in her life for keeping her grounded.

SARAH SPAIN

(First Witch/Second Murderer) enters the CCBC Theatre scene in this production of The Scottish Play. She has performed in local homeschool productions in the past, such as A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Les Miserablés. She works at a community center, part time, for the Baltimore County Department of Parks and Recreation and is dual-enrolled at CCBC Essex and home high school.

JALON PAYTON

(Third Witch) returns to CCBC Essex after appearing last season in Elephant Man and The Menaechmi Twins. A second year theatre major, he has also appeared in Our Town, Hello Dolly, Anything Goes, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, All I Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, Curtains, Uh Oh, Here Comes Christmas, and The Addams Family at Archbishop Curley High School. He works at Panera Bread.

TATE ERICKSON

(Duncan/Porter/Priest/Ross) is appearing in his first show here at CCBC Essex. While a student at Dundalk High School, Tate performed such roles as The Beast in Beauty and the Beast, Oliver Warbucks in Annie, Romeo in The Suessification of Romeo and Juliet and many more. After CCBC, Tate plans to work on his acting career.

HENRY MEDRANO

(Malcolm/Angus) is a theatre major at CCBC Essex. During the spring of 2016, Henry played the part of Hayden Hermes in a short film done by the Student Film Club entitled Corvus. Henry plans on continuing his theatre education at Towson University.

AMY FOWLER

(Banquo/Messenger/Siward) makes her CCBC Essex debut in this production of Macbeth. She is returning to theater after a hiatus of several years. Her last performance was the Mount Carmel Players production of Beauty and the Beast. Amy has also starred in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Bye-Bye Birdie, Annie, Once on this Island, and several productions of Godspell. She is a history major and is looking forward to continuing her education at Towson University or Goucher College.

SARA BAUNOCH

(Fleance) is making her debut on the CCBC stage, however she is no stranger to the stage. She played a Bird Girl in Seussical the Musical at Star Theater this past summer. She is both a lead and rhythm guitar player at the School of Rock. She also plays flute and piano.

DARIUS FOREMAN

(Macduff) is enjoying his role in CCBC Essex’s production of Macbeth. Darius is a theatre major at CCBC Essex, with Macbeth being his third production. Darius debuted by portraying John Merrick in CCBC Essex’s production of Elephant Man, as well as Takiehko in CCBC Catonsville’s production of Rashomon. Darius also has ventured into film acting with his recent role as Corey Corvus in Corvus. Darius is looking forward to further pursuing work in television and film.

SAMMY BAUNOCH

(Macduff’s Child) is making his theatre debut as Macduff’s Child. He plays guitar at the School of Rock, soccer with Ellicott City Soccer Club and takes trombone lessons.

SOPHIA CLARK

(Macduff’s Child) is a 5^th grader at Vincent Farm Elementary where she has appeared in The Little Mermaid Jr., Aladdin Jr., and The Wizard of Oz Young Performers Edition. She has also appeared in Medea, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Wizard of Oz, Shrek the Musical and The Addams Family at Patapsco High School and Center for the Arts. Sophia would like to thank Melissa Simkins for her thoughtfulness and Anne Lefter for the opportunity to work with the faculty and students at CCBC Essex.

ANNA STEUERMAN

(Macbeth) returns to CCBC Essex Stage after having appeared in last year’s Menaechmi Twins as Prologa/Matrona, Pullman, WA as Anna, and Elephant Man as Princess Alexandra. Over the summer, Anna appeared in Cockpit in Court’s productions of Godspell singing By My Side and The Gazebo as Matilda/Joe/Officer Wyner. She is a sophomore theatre major graduating this coming spring. Anna would like to thank her stage manager Miles Lawlor, whom she has had the privilege to work with for three productions in a row now.

LASHAY MCMILLAN

(Lady Macbeth) returns to CCBC’s academic theatre after performing in The Laramie Project, last spring. Lashay is a theatre major at CCBC and enjoys being a part of the performing arts community. She hopes to start a career in film/TV, having been a part of several short films. She is excited to be a part of another CCBC production, and hopes to transfer to Towson University after graduating. She would like to thank her wonderful cast and crew, especially Anne and Miles, for all their love and support.

ALEX SPAIN

(Duncan’s Bodyguard/First Murderer) is pleased to make his CCBC Essex debut alongside his sister and a fantastic cast and crew.

Director’s Note

“Life’s but a walking shadow.” Macbeth, Act V, Scene v

For a warrior like Macbeth, the Scottish thane at the center of this tragedy, one more death should be no obstacle. Such a small thing stands between him and a throne—the greatest prize he can imagine. Just one death—the death of a sleeping man in his bed—delivers him a kingdom. And yet, for the fierce general who once split an opponent from navel to throat, the act of murder legitimately breaks him—and, in a very real sense, breaks the world itself.

Without the bonds of society—of kinsmen, of friendship, of decency itself—the world of Scotland sinks into horror. The sun fails to rise, ghosts rise from their graves, and the new king spills so much blood, he drives his own wife to madness.

The world of Shakespeare’s Macbeth may be rich with magic, haunted by shadows, and inhabited by ghosts, but it is also peopled with humans. The impulses, emotions and desires of the characters who walk their hour upon this stage are not meaningfully different from our own, giving the tragedy continued power to move and shock us. Four centuries on, that may be the true source of its horror.

Director’s Thanks

Thanks to Beth Baunoch and Christy Clark for sharing their most precious treasures with us
Ryan Clark for sharing his artistic eye
Jim and Josh for their general awesomeness

Production Staff

Director | Anne Lefter
Scenic/Lighting Designer | Terri Raulie
Costume Designer | James J. Fasching
Technical Director | Jason Randolph
Light Board Operator | Delvonta Wilson
Sound Operator | Ayla Boykin
Fight Choreographer | Rob Oppel
Fight Captain | Darius Foreman
Scare Consultant | Siobhan Beckett
Shadow Effects Designer/Operator | David Sunderland-Martin
Stage Manager | Miles Lawlor
Stage Crew | Christy Clark, Ty Lewis
Set Construction | Students of Stagecraft THTR 131
Scene Shop Assistants | Alli Boyce, Sam Callanta, Hailey Chaudron
Thomas P. Gardner, Glen Haupt, Miles Lawlor
Tim Neil, Michael Rasinski, Patrick Youells
Scenic Artist | Sam Callanta
Costume Shop Assistants | Emily Butterfield, Sam Callanta
Production Photographer | Dave Frey
Box Office Manager | Lisa L. Boeren
Box Office Staff | Eva Grove, Thom Purdy
Communications Assistant | James Lefter
Production Coordinator | Lisa L. Boeren

Production Staff Bios

ANNE M. LEFTER (Director) teaches, writes, and directs theatre, as well as serving as Director of Performing Arts at CCBC. Her original play with music O’er the Ramparts, with collaborator Bill Watson, was a featured event in Baltimore County’s bicentennial celebration of the Battle of Baltimore. In addition to her teaching and directing, she served as managing director of Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre for five seasons, was marketing and development manager at Everyman Theatre, and has had original plays produced by Baltimore Playwrights Festival and Little Red Hen Theatre in Cleveland, OH. She earned her PhD from Cornell University, and her BA from the University of Minnesota.

TERRI RAULIE (Scenic/Lighting Designer) is an Assistant Professor in the Performing Arts and Humanities Department at CCBC. She holds a BFA and an MA in Theatre Design and Production from Montclair State University in New Jersey. Professional and regional credits include The Whole Theatre, The Hangar Theatre, and Playwright Horizons in New Jersey and New York. Locally, she has designed sets and/or lights for productions with Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre, Phoenix Festival Theatre and the Baltimore School for the Arts.

JAMES J. FASCHING (Costume Designer) is the resident costumer in the Performing Arts and Humanities Department at CCBC. His career in design has taken him from designing for the Miss America Pageant, to having his own television spot on KDKA-TV for interior design tips, to designing hundreds of productions for Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre, Dundalk Community Theatre, Peabody Opera Company, Theatre Hopkins, and The School for the Arts in Philadelphia, to name a few. Mr. Fasching teaches Makeup Design for the Theatre program.

MILES LAWLOR (Stage Manager) is thrilled to be stage managing his second consecutive show here at CCBC Essex. He is a sophomore technical theatre major here at CCBC Essex and previously stage managed this past spring’s The Menaechmi Twins. In stage managing The Menaechmi Twins, Miles was awarded the CCBC Student Life Academic Award for Outstanding Achievement in Theatre (Production and Design). Over the summer, Miles made his Cockpit in Court debut stage managing for The Gazebo. He has also stage managed other plays such as Medea and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde while a student at Patapsco High School and Center for the Arts, winning the Cappies of Baltimore 2015 award for Best Stage Crew for the latter. He would like to thank Anne and the cast for making this one of the best theatre experiences ever and his parents for all their love and support.

DAVID SUNDERLAND-MARTIN (Shadow Effects Designer) returns to the CCBC Essex stage as tech crew for Macbeth. David was formerly a theatre design major, but is now taking a break. David previously ran tech crew positions as a student at Perry Hall High School.

ROB OPPEL (Fight Choreographer) is very active in Baltimore theatre as both a director and actor. Director: Legally Blonde, Crazy For You, Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged!), Proof, All Shook Up, Spring Awakening, Company, The Shadowbox, Lost In Yonkers, Crazy For You, The Full Monty, Urinetown, Songs For A New World, Assassins, The Life, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, All In The Timing, and Sylvia. Actor: Proof (Hal), Dog Sees God (C.B.), The Shape of Things (Adam), Sideshow (Reptile Man), Curtains (Johnny Harmon), One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (Martini), A Chorus Line (Zach), The Mercy Seat (Ben), La Cage Aux Follies (Phaedra), Mr. Roberts (Ensign Pulver), Lost In Yonkers (Uncle Louie), Hamlet (Horatio), An Actors’ Nightmare (George Spelvin), Macbeth (Malcolm), The Woods (Nick), Children of a Lesser God (James Leeds), and All In The Timing. Rob is an alumnus of CCBC and will be directing our upcoming production of Love’s Labour’s Lost.

Special Thanks

Dr. Sandra Kurtinitis | President, CCBC
Dr. Mark McColloch | Vice President of Instruction
Dr. Rich Lilley | Vice President of Enrollment & Student Services
Dr. William Watson | Dean of Liberal Arts
Patti Crossman, Chair | Performing Arts & Humanities
Jacqueline Lucy | Media Relations Coordinator
Jacqueline McTear | Graphic Designer
Beth Baunoch
Christy Clark
New Arts Foundry