Witch Please

Double, double, toil and trouble

Imogen Pilar preferred the quiet sanctuary of her library and the predictability of stage managing the university’s Literary Festival. This fall’s production of Macbeth was no different. It meant she could solve problems and encourage from the shadows, without ever having to step into the spotlight. Until of course, Sebastian Doyle entered the picture, stage left.

Finally free from the domineering thumb of the retiring Dr. Krane, Sebastian was free to produce Macbeth however he saw fit. With a waning box office in recent years, the production desperately needed a shakeup. There was just one small problem. He needed his resident Shakespeare expert to break free from her wallflower ways and step into the spotlight.

There wasn’t time for romantic feelings when the future of the theater was on the line. When egos and insecurities create a firestorm of bad press, will it be the final curtain on the most storied Shakespearean festival? Or will the pair bring down the house when they accept the other is the principal in their love story?