News and Press

FINAL WEEKEND FOR HEARTWOOD’S “MACBETH”

RELEASE DATE: May 6, 2013

It’s Shakespeare. It’s contemporary. It’s accessible. And this is the final weekend to experience it. Heartwood Theater’s “Macbeth” is not what you’re thinking. For a glimpse of the set, the costumes, the cast - visit www.heartwoodtheater.org and watch the video trailer.

REVIEW: Macbeth at Heartwood: Alive and Visionary

POSTING DATE: May 3, 2103

(By Maryli Tiemann, appearing in the Brunswick Times Record's Ticket section on May 10/ 2103)

REVIEW: Heartwood’s “Macbeth”: Outside the Box

(Review by David Treadwell for the New Maine Times)

POSTING DATE: April 30, 2013

HEARTWOOD OPENS “MACBETH” TO RAVE REVIEWS

RELEASE DATE: April 30, 2013

Heartwood Theater’s modern “Macbeth” opened last weekend, and audiences found that truly, it was not what they were thinking. In a contemporary setting, with a young cast, movie-like sound track, multi projections, and beautiful, complex lighting, Shakespeare suddenly becomes very accessible.

HEARTWOOD THEATER OPENS “MACBETH”

RELEASE DATE: April 22, 2013

Opening Friday, April 26th, Heartwood’s “Macbeth.” It’s not what you’re thinking …

HEARTWOOD WELCOMES NEW ACTORS TO STAGE

RELEASE DATE: April 16, 2013

Double rehearsals are well underway, as opening night rapidly approaches for Heartwood's modern day version of “Macbeth.” Embedded in the acting ensemble are several actors new to Heartwood, a natural evolution as Heartwood grows more and more regional.

HEARTWOOD’S MACBETH – MEET THE CAST

RELEASE DATE: April 8, 2013

"Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more..." (Macbeth) Heartwood’s actors will have their brief hour upon the stage, in seven fleeting performances of “Macbeth,” opening April 26th.

HEARTWOOD’S MACBETH - TECHNICALLY SPEAKING

“What’s done is done.” But it’s not done, yet. Long before the audience – even the actors - arrive for Heartwood’s production of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” there is toil and trouble bubbling behind the scenes.

HEARTWOOD PRESENTS THE JUANITO PASCUAL NEW FLAMENCO TRIO - ONE NIGHT ONLY!

“Juanito is a kind of Ry Cooder of flamenco guitar – he combines vivid colors, a rich imagination, and a yearning, never-satisfied mastery of his art,” says Steve Morse, a longtime Boston Globe writer. And now, the most recent chapter in Pascual’s musical journey, “a dream that started at the age of 15 - a seamless blend of flamenco, with blues, jazz, rock and classical,” is being realized in the Juanito Pascual New Flamenco Trio.

JUANITO PASCUAL NEW FLAMENCO TRIO - ONE NIGHT ONLY!

Heartwood Regional Theater Company is pleased to present the Juanito Pascual New Flamenco Trio for a single performance, on Thursday, April 4th. A special friend of Heartwood, Juanito has composed and performed flamenco guitar scores for two Heartwood productions - "Blood Wedding" in 2005 and "The House of Bernarda Alba," last summer.