There will be multiple drunken and frightening events happening around Athens this weekend, but the Athenian Berean Community Players are throwing in a curveball.
The players will be performing Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters at Stuart's Opera House, 52 Public Square, in Nelsonville through Sunday. The play is a spinoff of Shakespeare's Macbeth, but includes Monty Python-esque humor instead of dry-cut poetry.
I was looking through Terry Pratchett's Web site and saw they made play adaptations to his books
Director Dean Barker said. I thought it was perfect for Halloween because it has witches demons and ghosts.
The story revolves around a coven of three diverse witches that live in the Kingdom of Lancre. They cross paths with a stolen baby they name Tomjon and a crown from a former king.
The witches learn the Duke Felmet, played by Joe Balding, has killed the king, and Tomjon is the rightful heir to the throne. They decide to wait 15 years until Tomjon, played by Sam Witmer, grows up and fulfills his destiny to destroy the duke.
Duke Felmet thinks the witches spread rumors about him and sets out to kill them. The duke's humorless Fool, played by Cody Bonds, advises the two to battle the witches with words.
Granny Weatherwax, played by Celeste Parsons, is the head of the coven and steals the show with her scorn for brainless tyrants. Magrat, the absolutely beautiful witch, as the Fool calls her, played by Heidi Wilhelm, keeps laughs going with her witty humor and surprising fighting skills.
Nanny Ogg, played by Karen M. Chan, is the other older witch who continually uncorks her bottle for a swig and has no care for torture and threats. She and Granny must eventually start up their broomsticks like motorcycles to send the kingdom 15 years into the future so Tomjon can fulfill his destiny with the duke and the lost crown.
Barker hopes the play will turn the audience on Pratchett's other works.
If this is a successful process we will bring in other plays of his in the future
Barker said.
Wyrd Sisters has so many twists and turns that it is impossible to predict the ending. The show will be performed at 8 tonight through Saturday and at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are $7 for students and $12 for non-students.
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Tracy Corrigan and Joe Balding perform during a presentation of Terry Pratchett?s Wyrd Sisters adapted by Stephen Briggs at Stuart?s Opera House in Nelsonville.
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