What’s done is a trip by MLHS juniors to Park Square Theatre to see matinee of William Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’
Members of the Mountain Lake Public High School (MLHS) junior class traveled to St. Paul today (Wednesday, May 3), to see a matinee performance of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth (from whence comes the quote used in the headline, ‘What’s done, is done.”) at the Park Square Theatre. Prior to attending the production, students and chaperones ate their noon meal at a downtown food court. The experience happened thanks to a Target grant. Traveling with the students were MLHS English instructor Kim Syverson and Kristin Pfeiffer, MLHS special education teacher.
About Park Square Theatre
Park Square Theatre has been producing productions in the 350-seat Proscenium Auditorium of the Historic Hamm Building since 1997. Remodeled with a taller arch, increased wheelchair seating, new seats and finishes, the Proscenium offers a great view of the action from every seat in the house. A private sound proof viewing booth with an expansive glassed-in view of the stage offers seating for up to six guests or three wheelchairs with companion seats.
The gracious Nicholson lobby echoes the history of the truly grand Capitol Theatre that was built on this site in 1919. Together with the Securian and Deluxe Galleries, as well as a dedicated rehearsal hall, the Proscenium Stage offers ample space for events, meeting and pre-show receptions.
The site’s newest stage, named for Saint Paul civic leader, banker and philanthropist W. Andrew Boss, audiences in the intimate embrace of 200 seats wrapped around the metro area’s top talent. With this addition to the Historic Hamm Building facility, Park returns to intimate, thrust stage roots with the newest generation of theatre makers and theatre goers.
The Ecolab Lobby is one of Saint Paul’s truly great party rooms, with a large white-and-blue tiled bar, sculpted metallic gold wall and room for live music or post-show cabarets. The adjoining Target rehearsal hall is perfect for play readings, semi-staged workshops and meetings.
Shakespeare’s tale of ‘Macbeth’
Macbeth is a tragedy by Shakespeare thought to have been first performed in 1606. The tale dramatizes the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its own sake.
A brave Scottish general named – Macbeth – receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders King Duncan and takes the Scottish throne for himself. He is then wracked with guilt and paranoia. Forced to commit more and more murders to protect himself from enmity and suspicion, he soon becomes a tyrannical ruler. The bloodbath and consequent civil war swiftly take Macbeth and Lady Macbeth into the realms of madness and death.