Everything goes wrong. The witches take over the storytelling, Queen Duncan would rather open a donut franchise than die, Lady M's a bloodthirsty June Cleaver, and the murderers are preoccupied with creating a commercial for their services.

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Characters

10
5 Women, 5 Any Gender, Easily Expandable

MMMBETH [A] 59 lines: Easily frustrated Thane of Cawdor. One Monologue.
LADY MMMBETH [W] 57 lines: A gentle housewife… at first. One Monologue.
BANQUO [A] 21. lines: Mmmbeth’s best friend. Thinks something’s rotten in the State of Scotland.
MACDUFF / SON OF MACDUFF [A] 29, 7 lines: Knows something’s rotten in the State of Scotland / Played by MacDuff
QUEEN DUNCAN [W] 28 lines: Brilliant, misunderstood, and refuses to die.
HAGGY / DOCTOR [W] 42, 4 lines: The smart witch / Played by Haggy
NAGGY / GENTLEWOMAN [W] 33, 1 lines: The sly witch / Played by Naggy
TWIT / GENTLEWOMAN [W] 38, 1 lines: The dumb witch / Played by Twit
HECATE [W] 6 lines: Big Mama Hecate, head of the witches and a blues queen.
MURDERER ONE / SOLDIER [A] 9, 10 lines: Eager to help dispose of inconvenient obstacles to the throne, like heirs and suspicious thanes / Behind the door when the brains were passed out.
MURDERER TWO / SOLDIER [A] 9, 8 lines: Eager to help dispose of inconvenient obstacles to the throne, like heirs and suspicious thanes / Behind the door when the brains were passed out.
MARATHON RUNNERS: Played by the cast.

Subgenres: Farce Parody Adaptation
Settings: 16th Century / Elizabethan
Dress: Period costumes
Audience: Teen
Features: Variable Cast Size Audience participation Music Physical comedy Special effects Stage combat Variable gender breakdown

Set: Simple set Interior set
Cautions: Adult themes Onstage murder
Themes: Betrayal Death Relationships Morality Revenge Theatre
Other uses: Competition Class work Scene work

Prop List

letter, sign, big knife, sword, magic 8-Ball, dagger, sword, sledgehammer or axe, chainsaw, bloody leg, list, plate of cookies, knife-shaped cookie, frying pans, gun, wig, box of donuts, donut, potted plant

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