Adaptor 1	Miller, Rick
Date of First Production	1995, July 29-September 8
Title	MacHomer
Alternate Title	MacHomer: The Simpsons do MacBeth
Director	Sean Lynch
Production Company	Soulpepper Theatre Company & Premier Dance Theatre; currently adminstered by WYRD Productions
Technical Design/Direction	Lighting design: Beth Kates Costume design: Veronik Avery
Cast/Performers	Rick Miller
Performance History	2012, May 2nd - 26th Place of Production: Studio Theatre, Stratford, Ontario Series Festival Title: The Stratford Festival of Canada ====== 2002, January 25-27 John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C. ====== 2002, January 29-30 Jack and Ina Kay Theatre & Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College Park, MD ====== 2002, February 1-2 California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA ====== 2002, February 5-6 CSU CHICO Laxson Auditorium, Chico, CA ====== 2002, February 8 Kentwood High School Performing Arts Center, Kent, WA ====== 2002, February 13 McCallum Center, Palm Desert, CA ====== 2002, February 15-16 Arts San Antonio, San Antonio, TX ====== 2002, February 18 Bass Performing Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX ====== 2002, February 23 Kresge Auditorium, Greencastle, IN ====== 2002, February 28-March 1 Kirkland Performance Center, Kirkland, WA ====== 2002, March 3 University of Montana, Missoula, MT ====== 2002, March 5-6 Myrna Loy, Helena, MT ====== 2002, March 7-8 Alberta Blair, Billings, MT ====== 2002, March 10-11 Montclair State, Montclair, NJ ====== 2002, March 14 Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA ====== 2002, March 16-17 Broadway Center, Tacoma, WA ====== 2002, March 19-20 Wheeler Opera House, Aspen, CO ====== 2002, March 22 Vilar Center, Beaver Creek, CO ====== 2002, April 10-11 Brockville Arts Centre, Brockville, ON ====== 2002, April 26 Center for the Arts, State University of NY, Buffalo, NY ====== 2002, May 3-4 Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, CA ====== 2002, May 10 UC Riverside, Riverside, CA ====== 2002, May 17 Oscar Peterson Hall, Concordia University, Montreal ====== 2001, April 1, August 25-26 Irvine Barclay Theatre, Orange County, CA ====== 2001, April 4-22 Assembly Hall, Melbourne, Australia ====== 2000, June 28 McGill University, Montreal Annual meeting of the Shakespeare Association of America ====== 2000, August Scotsman Assembly, Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Publishing and Multimedia	McHugh, Marissa. "The Simpsons* Do Shakespeare: An Interview With Rick Miller On MacHomer." Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare. [Link1]. Miller, Rick. MacHomer: The Simpsons do MacBeth. Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare. [Link2]. Miller, Rick. MacHomer: The Simpsons do MacBeth. Ts. March 25, 2001.
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Secondary Materials	Brownstein, Bill. "Rick Miller at Comedyworks: Creator of MacHomer* adds stand-up to his already impressive resumÃƒÂ©." Montreal Gazette 4 Dec. 1997: B7. "Canada's oldest Fringe Theatre festival opens after near-death experience." Canadian Press Newswire* 16 Aug. 1996: N.pag. Conlogue, Ray. "Is this a dagger I see before me? Or a pizza?" Globe & Mail* (Metro edition) 18 Oct. 1999: A18. Cullen, Kevin. "Play on, MacHomer." Boston Globe* 21 Aug. 2000: A2. Cushman, Robert. "Dial mmmmmm for murder." National Post* 8 Aug. 2001: B6. Cushman, Robert. "Parody a comedy at your peril." National Post* 16 Oct. 1999: F11. Davis, Phil. "A Tale Told by an Idiot: Rick Miller voices about 50 of 'The Simpsons' characters in a takeoff on the Bard. But Fox isn't laughing." 31 Mar. 2001. Los Angeles Times* 23 Sept. 2003. [Link1]. Friedman, Robert. Rev. "Rick Miller's MacHomer." 23 Sept. 2003. [Link2]. Huffa, Joanne. "Is this a doughnut I see before me?" Eye 9 Aug. 2001: 46. "Machomer." Machomer.com. 23 Sept. 2003. [Link3]. McCulloh, T. H. "A Consuming Marge Madness: Writer-actor Rick Miller uses 'The Simpsons' to turn Shakespeare classic into a terrific 'MacHomer.'" Los Angeles Times 3 Apr. 2001. [Link4]. "Montreal comic Rick Miller a hit at Edinburgh Fringe Festival." Canadian Press Newswire* 22 Aug. 2000:N.pag. Raihala, Ross. "The Bard meets Bart: 'MacHomer' merges works of Shakespeare with 'The Simpsons.'" The Olympian* 8 Mar. 2002: N.pag. Richards, Tim. Rev. of MacHomer* by Rick Miller. Stage Left. [Link5]. "Rick Miller." Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia. 23 Sept. 2003. [Link6]. Rick Miller. "The IT List 2002." Entertainment Weekly's EW.COM. 4 July 2002. N.URL. Shuttleworth, Ian. Rev. of MacHomer, by Rick Miller. 23 Sept. 2003. [Link7]. Spevack, Leatrice. "Simpsons do Shakespeare: Rick Miller's show a fringe hit." Toronto Star 9 Oct. 1999: N10. Srebotjnak, Tina. "Macbeth* with a twist: Rick Miller on his one man show MacHomer." iCulture 22 Oct. 1999. [Link8]. Taylor, Kate. "Out, damned MacHomer! Out I say!" Globe & Mail* (Metro edition) 2 Aug. 2001: R3.
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Adaptor 1 Biography	"Rick Miller is a Toronto-based actor/writer who has performed in 3 languages on 4 continents. As the Artistic Director of WYRD Productions, he has created and performed 3 award-winning solo shows: Art?, Slightly Bent, and the worldwide hit MacHomer: 'the Simpsons' do Macbeth (still touring after 6 years). A member of Toronto's Soulpepper Theatre Company, he is one of Canada's most respected multi-disciplinary performers, with credits ranging from classical theatre to the avant-garde, from musical theatre to film & television. Rick is currently working with director Robert Lepage on two new projects: Zulu Time (a 'technological cabaret' co-created by Peter Gabriel and Ex Machina), and Baroque (a two-person multimedia exploration of the Baroque period and String Theory). He is also collaborating with Seattle writer/performer Dawson Nichols on a new show based on the work of J.R.R. Tolkien. Most recently, Rick played the role of Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar for Theatre Aquarius, and is premiering a new solo show called Bigger than Jesus at Manitoba Theatre Centre in April 2003" (qtd. from 23 Sept. 2003. http://www.rickmiller.ca/new/about/index.html).
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Synopsis	"MacHomer: The show that has taken North America by storm! With 6 years of packed houses and critical acclaim across the continent, it is ready to take on the world! Written and performed by Rick Miller, this one-man vocal spectacular features over 50 voices from TV's favourite dysfunctional family in a hilarious performance of Shakespeare's bloodiest tragedy! Starring 'Homer Simpson' as MacHomer and 'Marge' as Lady MacHomer! The show is accompanied by an original musical score by Miller and a spectacular multimedia staging" (qtd. from 23 Sept. 2003. http://www.rickmiller.org/new/shows/machomer.html).
Keywords	Comedy Multimedia Production One-man show Pop Culture Professional
Notes	MacHomer has an extensive international performance history of which the above listing is only partial.
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Adaptation of	Macbeth
Entry Last Updated	31Jul12 10:08AM