Macbeth presented by the University at Buffalo's Mobile Shakespeare Lab
The University at Buffalo’s department of Theatre and Dance is proud to announce the Mobile Shakespeare Lab, a new initiative spearheaded by Dr. Danielle Rosvally. The lab will offer free Shakespearean performances across the Buffalo area this fall. In its pilot year, the Mobile Shakespeare Lab presents Macbeth.
In the fall of 2026, three college students in the United States are struggling. With mounting discourse and legislative action putting their identities, their communities, and their safety in jeopardy, they turn to a hobby to help themselves escape: Dungeons & Dragons (D&D). These three “witches” and their Dungeon Master (Hecate) use role-playing games to process living in a world that is hostile to them and to fantasize about what a better world might look like.
Shakespeare’s parable about ambition and power is brought into direct conversation with contemporary politics and the ideological fight to belong faced by Americans whose identities remain marginalized. In Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth is driven mad by his lust for power, and mounting violence eventually leads Macbeth’s Scotland to a bloody civil war. Macbeth asks us to consider what qualities a good leader needs, how leaders can have healthy relationships to the power they wield, and the importance of protecting a nation from greed and corruption.
This touring production marks the Shakespeare Mobile Lab’s first iteration. Our fall 2026 production is a streamlined, re mounted version of the widely popular spring 2026 production, tailored for local touring and designed to bring our work to stages throughout the greater Buffalo community.
“This reimagining of Shakespeare’s Macbeth... hit it out of the park and perfectly blended the classic tragedy of Macbeth with queer expression.” -Kaden Zhong, review of the Spring 2026 production from The Spectrum
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