Flushed with victory over enemy forces, generals Macbeth and Banquo are met on a stormy heath by three witches who predict that Macbeth will become King of Scotland. Once this seed is planted, Macbeth and his equally ambitious wife will stop at nothing to fulfill the prophesy and secure their power! One murder leads to many in a spiral of escalating evil, while the political, moral and natural order descend into chaos. Shakespeare's shortest tragedy moves at a rapid pace toward its inevitable, cataclysmic conclusion! Written circa 1600, the play's timeless themes still resonate.

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What would you do if your hometown and all its people were under dire immediate threat? What if you lost your home, your land, and your family belongings, and no one seemed to care, much less lend a hand? What if the children in your community fled their homes and lives without option as your family and culture decayed in their wake? What if the lives of your neighbors or grandparents were unnecessarily lost while politicians seemed incapacitated and outsiders idly observed? What if all of this was avoidable, occurring because of man-made problems? What would you do?

The youth of South Louisiana are forced to ask themselves these difficult questions every day, growing up in a land where threat, loss, and survival take precedence over the traditional spoils of youth. In Southern Louisiana, man-made environmental problems are causing the loss of one football field of land every 15 minutes, resulting in a devastating disintegration of personal lives and irreplaceable heritage. Formulated directly from a year of on-site interviews, Evangeline Drowning is a riveting new docu-drama that investigates the socio-environmental crisis in Southern Louisiana through the lens of those it impacts the most, notably the voices of its future.

Evangeline Drowning was developed through a project titled "Vanishing Wetlands, Vanishing Cultures," supported by a Missouri State University Future's Grant and the College of Arts and Letters.

This production will travel to the Southern Repertory Theatre in New Orleans on March 8 and the Swine Palace (Louisiana State University) in Baton Rouge on March 9, 2010.

This play contains representations of American youth culture in realistic fashion. Some mature language is utilized.