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Mainstreet Theatre is where it all happens: in the heart of Michigan City’s old downtown, thriving after World War II, a victim of the industrial slump in the sixties and seventies, and now working on coming back.
Franklin St. combines views of industrial grit with small-town American main street charm. |
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Burning bad poetry in Every Man in His Humor, spring 2007. |
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The jealous husband and innocent wife. |
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Rehearsing the big fight. |
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Rosalind and Orlando talk things out in As You Like It, spring 2008. |
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Brothers do quarrel now and then. |
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Our first tragedy: Macbeth, spring 2009.
As Shakespeare’s shortest, fastest tragedy, Macbeth still provided many challenges: we needed all the help we could get.
Rick and Dave of R&D Fight Choreography begin a workshop on fight scenes. |
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Community theatre virtuoso actor Grant Fitch joins the cast and offers elemental support. |
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Cast of Macbeth |
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Don’t cross the cast. |
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Macbeth and Macduff settle the score. |
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The witches make an appearance. |
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Along with training and weapons for the fight scenes, in 2009 we added our first composed score and sound effects for the show, by Rob Clearfield, a young musician and composer working in the Chicago area. Rob composed music for the show, and supervised recording of the score at Rattlesnake Studios on the west side of Chicago.
The setup |
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Rob rehearsing musicians for the hard-rock ending of Macbeth |
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Listening to a rough mix |
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This past spring it was Julius Caesar, and our first experience with togas . . . |
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There was still plenty of fighting that needed expert coaching. |
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Caesar didn’t take the warning about the Ides of March seriously enough. |
