Everything's Coming Up Macabre!

Hey all,

I don't know how many people actually read this but for those who have been following us, we have been making a lot of progress this semester. We have produced two fantastic original shows: "You Know What They Say", directed and written by the fabulous Maxie Mettler, as well as "Angels and Demons (and the rest of us)", a song cycle written by the musical genius that is Ben Viagas. The amount of positive feedback we have been getting is overwhelming. In fact, we got a really awesome article in the Ithacan, and if you haven't read it, you can read it here.

So first off, I'd like to make a few announcements about some new and exciting things that are happening next semester (and in the future...)

The Receptionist by Adam Bock

Director/Props/Costumes: Sean Pollock
Assistant Director/Media Coordination/Lights: Owen McIlmail
Produced by Melanie Schniederman
Starring: Tommy Maher, Caleb Cushing, Melanie Schniederman, Casey Phillips
Performances: January 26 (6pm, 8pm)

Carrie: The Musical (US College Premiere!)
Book: Lawrence D. Cohen
Lyrics: Dean Pitchford
Music: Michael Gore
Directed by: Sean Pollock
Auditions: January 27th and 28th
Performances: March 1st and 2nd (8pm)

Equus by Peter Shaffer
Directed by Josh Kay
Assistant Directed by Owen McIlmail
Auditions: February 8th, 9th
Performances: March 22nd, 23rd (8pm)

Salome Hamlet
Written and Directed by Maxie Mettler

Assistant Directed by Melanie Schniederman
Auditions: March 29th, 30th
Performances: April 26th, 27th

 

Also, expect YouTube Clips of "You Know What They Say" as well as "Angels, Demons (and the rest of us)". We know it's taking a while to put up, but we have finals.

 

Now hopefully the mayans won't be right and we won't all die, so in case we do all die and none of this happens, we apologize for a bunch of empty promises.

 

-Sean Pollock

Artistic Director, Macabre Theatre Ensemble

A few updates...

Hello my fellow Macabrers...

Macabre's first completely original student-written play, "You Know What They Say" goes up next week, November 30th & December 1st @ 8pm in Job 161 at Ithaca College. The rest of the information is as followed:

Written and directed by IC's own Maxie Mettler, "You Know What They Say" challenges everything you've ever been told! Join Macabre Theatre Ensemble for the dark comedy of the season!

Starring:
Tommy Maher as the Detective!
Eric Surette as the Associate!

Delaney Weber as the Deranged Seven-Year-Old!
Mell Abbe as the Landlady!
Haley Brannelly as the Doctor!
E.J. Luther as the Patient!
Casey Phillips as the Devoted Wife!
Sappho Hocker as the Vampiress!
Sean Pollock as the Sandman!
Mia Canale as Eve (yes, THE Eve!)
Matt Tribble as Adam (yes, THE Adam!)
Caleb Cushing as the Innocent Child!
Amelia Marino as the Voice of Reason!
Samantha Guter as the Gentleman!
and featuring Josh Kay as the Host!

This universal spectacle will be taking place in Job 161 on 

Friday, 11/30 and Saturday, 12/1 at 8:00 pm!
Tickets: $2.00 at the door

But the fun doesn't stop there, our first musical "Angels, Demons and Everyone Else" will go up the week after: Friday, December 8th and Saturday, December 9th at 8:00 pm in the Whalen School Music, admission will be $2. More information to follow!

Meanwhile, you can view our trailer for "You Know What They Say" here

Updates (Part 2)

Also, I'd like to take this time to announce our shows for the fall 2012 semester which I am more than stoked for!

You Know What They Say
Written and Directed by Maxie Mettler

Angels, Demons And Everything In Between
Book, Music and Lyrics (and directed by) Ben Viagas 


~more details soon~

Updates (Part 1)

Hey all!

Even though we're only three weeks away from school I hope everyone's had a great summer. For all you kids who don't know, we did produce Trepidation Nation as well as Betelgeuse: A Parody. I don't know who actually reads this but I feel bad not informing the public and posting pictures, so here's a few of them!

From Trepidation Nation:

 

Then from Betelgeuse...

Congrats to our new Macabre Theatre Ensemble members!

For our Fall 2012 semester, we've brought on eight newbies! Congrats to Ryan Chiaino, Meredith Clarke, Carly Doyle, Owen McIlmail, Josh Kay, Nicole Murray, Ben Shipley and Ben Viagas! We look forward to working with you all :)

Night Of The Living Dead pictures!

It's been a while, but...

Who even reads this anyway?

Point being, we've come a LONG way. Night of The Living Dead went off without a hitch (footage to be uploaded soon!) as did our other production, Trepidation Nation (you can find the trailer here!).

Below you can see the working cover art of Betelgeuse: A Parody, our next production.

Stay tuned, freaks!

Sean Pollock
Artistic Director, Macabre Theatre Ensemble

Night Of The Living Dead Trailer is up!

The dead walk the earth February 24th and 25th...

What's next?

Hello various wanders of the interviews, in case you're wondering what's next for MTE, this is our Spring 2012 season line up:

Night Of The Living Dead
Directed by Tommy Maher
February 24th & 25th

Trepidation Nation
Directed by Caleb Cushing
March 23rd & 24th

Beetlejuice: A Parody
Directed by Sean Pollock and Angie Barry
Exact dates TBD