intrepid shakespeare company announces

its inaugural production of MACBETH

JULY 10 - AUGUST 9

Previews:  July 3, 4, 5, 9

Opening:  Friday, July 10

Times:    Thurs-Sat. 8pm    

             Sunday 2pm 

at Compass Theatre 

(formerly 6@Penn) 

3704 6th Avenue, San Diego, CA 92103

purchase tickets online at www.compasstheatre.com

by phone at (619) 688-9210

An ensemble-driven cast of seven including Sean Cox as Macbeth and Christy Yael as Lady Macbeth with Jason Maddy, Jessie Mackinnon, Eddie Yaroch, Danny Campbell and Mark C. Peitrich.  Directed by Jason D. Rennie and Sean Cox.  Intrepid is thrilled to be working with Jonathan McMurtry as their textual advisor.  Mr. McMurtry is Associate Artist, Old Globe Theatre and 2008 recipient of the Craig Noel Lifetime Achievement Award.

Danny Campbell (ROSSE) has recently been seen as Dr. Glass in Room Service at Lamb’s Players Theatre, Adolph Freitag in The Last Night of Ballyhoo at Scripps Ranch Theatre, and Col. Pickering in My Fair Lady at Starlight Theatre. Other credits include: G.B. Shaw’s You Never Can Tell (Finch McComas), 1776 (Judge James Wilson), Dancing At Lughnasa (Michael), Hamlet (Horatio), The Taming Of The Shrew (Petruchio), Sweeney Todd (Jonas Fogg), West Side Story (Lt. Schrank), Fiddler On The Roof (Mordcha), Phantom (Ledoux), The Odd Couple (Felix), Brigadoon (Jeff), La Béte (Bejart), Much Ado About Nothing (Don Pedro), A Walk In The Woods (John Honeyman), I Never Sang For My Father (Gene), and Lips Together Teeth Apart (Sam). Directing credits include Closer Than Ever, Romeo And Juliet, Twelfth Night, Man Of La Mancha, 84 Charing Cross Road, and the Avo Theatre concert staging of Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along.

Sean Cox (MACBETH) is executive artistic director and a co-founder of Intrepid Shakespeare Company and has worked in the professional theatre for over twelve years.  As an actor, director and teacher he has worked with numerous theatre companies and festivals including Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Texas Shakespeare Festival, PCPA Theaterfest, Old Globe, San Diego Repertory, Los Angeles Repertory, Nevada Shakespeare Festival, North Coast Repertory, Bank Theatre of Philadelphia, La Jolla Playhouse, Sierra Repertory, Cygnet Theatre, Performance Riverside, Fritz Theatre, Lamb’s Players, Compass Theatre and Moxie Theatre.  Selected San Diego acting credits include Housman in The Invention of Love, Edmund Tyrone in Long Days Journey Into Night, John Merrick in The Elephant Man, Walker/Ned in Three Days of Rain, Tom Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie and the west coast premiers of The Sugar Syndrome, The Receptionist and Dying City.  Training includes the Pacific Conservatory of Performing Arts, the University of the Arts and the Globe Theatre (London).  Mr. Cox is the recipient of multiple awards for his work in the theatre.

Jesse MacKinnon (MACDUFF) is the recipient of the 2004 San Diego Critics Circle Craig Noel Award and The San Diego Playbill Award for Outstanding Performance in a Drama as Eddie Carbone in A View From The Bridge (Cygnet Theater).  Other regional credits include: Henry Peabody in Tobacco Road (La Jolla Playhouse); Polymester in Hecuba (6th@Penn); Renee Gallimard in M. Butterfly (Diversionary); Horace Vandergelder in Hello Dolly (Lambs Players); Jacob Marley in A Christmas Carol (North Coast Rep); Henri Fontannes in The Magic Fire (Moonlight at the Avo); Pharoah in Aida (Starlight); Emil De Becq in South Pacific (Lambs Players) and Pat Denning in 42nd Street  (Welk Theater)

Jason Maddy (MALCOLM) received his MFA from the University of Illinois Urban-Champaign. Local Credits include: Premiere Productions (Broadway Theatre), The Broadway Theatre, North Coast Repertory Theatre, the Welk Resort Theatre and San Diego Musical Theater. Regional Theatres include: the Utah Shakespearean Festival, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival and Pechanga Resort (Theatrical Arts International). He has taught for theatre companies and colleges all over the country including Mt San Jacinto College, The Utah Shakespearean Festival, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the La Jolla Playhouse. 

Mark C. Petrich (DUNCAN/PORTER) has performed locally for the past twenty years. At North Coast Rep he appeared in Charlie's Aunt, The Fantastiks, A Thousand Clowns, Breaking Legs, and The Dresser.  At Moxie he played Josiah in Bleeding Kansas and Bernard in Devil Dog Six.  He appeared as Karl Jaspers in the Laterthanever Production of Hannah and Martin, Sledgehammer’s Hamlet and Richard III, and as the Wizard in Starlight Musical Theatre's The Wizard of Oz. He is featured in the flims Night Train to Terror, Marilyn Alive and Behind Bars, and Hello Jack.  Mark is a proud graduate of the Shanghai Drama Institute. 

Christy Yael (LADY MACBETH) is producing artistic director and a co-founder of Intrepid Shakespeare Company.  Originally from Canada, she has worked at numerous Shakespeare festivals and regional theatres throughout the country.  After moving to Los Angeles to train at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, she has worked with many local regional theatre companies including South Coast Repertory Theatre, Shakespeare Orange County, Century City Playhouse, The Matrix Theatre, North Coast Repertory, Cygnet Theatre, San Diego Repertory Theatre, Moonlight Stage Productions, Compass Theatre, among others. Having studied and performed Shakespeare professionally from the age of nine, favorite roles include Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, Olivia in Twelfth Night, Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Isabella in Measure for Measure.

Eddie Yaroch (BANQUO): ACTS OF FAITH (Laterthanever), THE SHADOW BOX (Scripps Ranch), GOLDEN BOY (New Village Arts) and TERRA NOVA (Inukshuk) at 6th@Penn.  Later this year, he’ll appear in SIDE MAN (Inukshuk) at Diversionary and in NVA’s PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE. 

Caitlin Sussman (STAGE MANAGER) is a recent gradate of the Mesa College Theatre Company. During her time there, she designed for shows as diverse as Anna in the Tropics (sound), The House of Bernarda Alba (publicity), and School of the Americas (set), stage managed Steambath, and appeared in A Question of Mercy, The House of Bernarda Alba, and Giants Have Us In Their Books. She plans to continue her education, with focus in acting and stage management.