On Friday, APRIL 12 at 7:30pm, ALT presents an orchestral workshop of WORKING FOR THE MACBETHS by composer Johanny Navarro and librettist Marcus Yi. Shakespeare meets Monty Python in WORKING FOR THE MACBETHS, a riotous look behind the tragedy we think we all know. After three witches prophesize the downfall of Macbeth, Florinda - Lady Macbeth’s Lady-in-Waiting - is determined to fight fate and give the Macbeths the happy ending they deserve. Can destiny be changed, or is the play doomed to repeat itself? ALT’s Associate Artistic Director Kelly Kuo conducts a great orchestra and cast of artists:

CAST

Macbeth - Ethan Vincent

Lady Macbeth - Meghan Kasanders

Florinda - Mack Wolz

Madame Alice - Jennifer Zetlan

Macduff - Dane Suarez

Witch 1 - Karen Vuong

Witch 2 / Malcolm - Kimberly Sogioka

Witch 3 / Banquo - Wayne Tigges

InsightALT events were created to give the public an intimate, insiders look behind the scenes of American Lyric Theater’s process of creating new operas. Each event features a concert reading of a new opera in development at ALT, featuring guest singers from the world's leading opera houses, followed an interactive discussion between the audience and the writers behind each work. These conversations, moderated by ALT's founder, Lawrence Edelson, use Liz Lerman's Critical Response Process to engage with those experiencing the opera for the first time to help the writers on their journeys.

American Lyric Theater’s programs are made possible by generous lead funding from The Mellon Foundation, with additional support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the New York State Council on the Arts, the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Howard & Sarah D. Solomon Foundation, The Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund, OPERA America’s Innovation Grants / The Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, New Music USA, the Amphion Foundation, the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, and the Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University.