Kim Jackson and Patrick Sweetman play the titular characters in “Mr. and Mrs. M, a Fantasia on Shakespeare’s Macbeth”A reconceived, film-noir-inspired “Macbeth,” with a back story involving the very theater in which it will be performed, will open at the Chattanooga Theatre Centre tonight.
“Mr. & Mrs. M, a Fantasia on Shakespeare’s Macbeth” was crafted from The Bard’s play by the theater’s costume designer, Scott Dunlap, who also designed the set, the costumes, the lighting and the sound.
“It’s been really, really fun,” he said. “It’s been a labor of love. Everyone [in the cast] is anxious to see what folks will think of it.”
Dunlap said in creating the production, which uses the Shakespearean language, he tried to “really hit all of the chief moments, lines [and] soliloquies” in the play.
“Whether you are a purist or novice [on Shakespeare],” he said, “there should be something to take away from it. It’s just a creative and imaginative way to look at it in different way.”