
Matt Bayer (Macbeth) and Courtney Moors (Lady Macbeth).
Barefoot Shakespeare Company, Macbeth. 2017.
Photo credit Jillian Musarskiy

Christopher Berghoff (Banquo) and Ruby Hurlock (Witch).
Barefoot Shakespeare Company, Macbeth. 2017.
Photo credit Jillian Musarskiy

Joe Raik (Bloody Sergeant).
Barefoot Shakespeare Company, Macbeth. 2017.
Photo credit Jillian Musarskiy

Matt Bayer (Macbeth) and Joe Raik (Macduff).
Barefoot Shakespeare Company, Macbeth. 2017.
Photo credit Jillian Musarskiy

Christopher Berghoff (Banquo).
Barefoot Shakespeare Company, Macbeth. 2017.
Photo credit Jillian Musarskiy.

Matt Bayer (Macbeth), Ruby Hurlock (Witch), and Charly Bivona (Witch).
Barefoot Shakespeare Company, Macbeth. 2017.
Photo credit Jillian Musarskiy

Ruby Hurlock (Witch) and Courtney Moors (Lady Macbeth).
Barefoot Shakespeare Company, Macbeth. 2017.
Photo credit Jillian Musarskiy

Christopher Berghoff (Banquo), William Bednar (Lennox), Cody Wilson (Ross), Charlotte Foster (Malcolm), Collin Blackard (Duncan),Courtney Moors (Lady Macbeth), and Matt Bayer (Macbeth).
Barefoot Shakespeare Company, Macbeth. 2017.
Photo credit Jillian Musarskiy

Matt Bayer (Macbeth) and Courtney Moors (Lady Macbeth).
Barefoot Shakespeare Company, Macbeth. 2017.
Photo credit Jillian Musarskiy

Matt Bayer (Macbeth) and Courtney Moors (Lady Macbeth).
Barefoot Shakespeare Company, Macbeth. 2017.
Photo credit Jillian Musarskiy

Charlotte Foster (Malcolm).
Barefoot Shakespeare Company, Macbeth. 2017.
Photo credit Jillian Musarskiy

Emily Gallagher (Witch), Christopher Berghoff (Banquo), Ruby Hurlock (Witch) and Charly Bivona (Witch)..
Barefoot Shakespeare Company, Macbeth. 2017.
Photo credit Jillian Musarskiy.

Courtney Moors (Lady Macbeth).
Barefoot Shakespeare Company, Macbeth. 2017.
Photo credit Jillian Musarskiy
Macbeth reeks of death, decay, and destruction, all caused by knee-jerk reactions to fear in the conquest for power. Director Matt Bayer feels that Macbeth has many parallels to the Vietnam War and using South Vietnam as our setting is an unsettling–albeit appropriate–fit. “The echoing horror of that war will cross the memory of the first time you read Macbeth and learned: “you’ll not find ‘a devil more damned in evils to top Macbeth’”.