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The Company Theatre on staging "Macbeth" in 2025 and founding a new community theater

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Guest host Matt DeTurck on "Connections with Evan Dawson"

The Company Theatre is one of Rochester's newest theater collectives and is currently staging a production of "Macbeth" at The Temple Theatre.

The Little Theatre is also screening a stage production of "Macbeth" this month, featuring David Tennant and Cush Jumbo.

The Shakespearean tragedy about power and corruption has made "The Scottish Play" as relevant as ever.

Guest host Matt DeTurck and the artistic team from the Company Theatre explore the political themes of "Macbeth" and how they relate to today, plus the team's decision to open a new theater in a post-pandemic world.

In studio:

Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.
Julie Williams is an associate producer for "Connections with Evan Dawson" and is also the office administrator for radio, news and technology and operations. She started at WXXI in 2019 and has been working on Connections since 2022.