WYRD Productions presents the international smash hit show MacHomer!
This one-man vocal spectacular features impressions of over 50 voices from TV’s The Simpsons in a hilarious performance of Shakespeare’s Macbeth! With a script that remains 85% Shakespeare, MacHomer will leave you "exhausted with laughter" (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette). Rick Miller has performed MacHomer to capacity crowds across the U.S. and Canada. The show has also toured the world to rave reviews and awards in Scotland, England, Australia, and New Zealand.
Spot-on impressions of characters from the hit series populate this imaginatively staged version of the tragedy, a multi-media update truly “full of sound and fury”. The result is that rare jewel: an educational and entertaining show, which has amazed audiences of all ages, backgrounds and languages. Explore this website to find out more about the MacHomer phenomenon.
To see a map of the 130 cities that have presented MacHomer, visit the WYRD World page on the official WYRD Productions website www.wyrdproductions.com
Creators
Rick Miller, (Creator and Performer)
Rick Miller trained in Montreal as an architect, actor and singer, and has performed in five languages on five continents. He is the host of ABC's hit primetime series "Just for Laughs" and Entertainment Weekly has called him "one of the 100 most creative people alive today". As the Artistic Director of WYRD Productions, he has created and performed the award-winning solo shows Art?, Slightly Bent, and the worldwide hit MacHomer. He has also co-created Into the Ring with Dawson Nichols, and 2 plays with Daniel Brooks, HARDSELL and Bigger Than Jesus, winner of 3 DORA awards in 2005 including Best Actor. Rick has worked with internationally renowned director Robert Lepage on such plays as La Géométrie des Miracles, Zulu Time (co-created with Peter Gabriel), the film Possible Worlds, and the new 9-hour play entitled Lipsynch. He lives in Toronto with his wife Stephanie Baptist and their daughters Vivian and Ellen.To visit Rick Miller's official site, click here
Sean Lynch, (Director)
Sean first met Rick under the starry skies of Montreal in the summer of 1994, when they were both playing in MacBeth for Repercussion's 'Shakespeare in the Park'. It was during this time that everyone first became acquainted with Rick's phenomenal talent for parody and Simpson's impersonations. What started as backstage trickery soon took shape into something far more sophisticated as Rick began his epic Journey of MacHomer - from 'party trick' to 'fringe hit' to 'comedy act' to the international touring sensation it is today! It has been a wonderful and amazing time working with Rick along this journey and witnessing the energy, dedication and imagination that has gone into this show by all involved, including designer Beth Kates and the creative team at Entechnevision. What a brilliant ride it has been! These days, Sean lives in Ottawa, Canada with his beautiful family and is an Interactive Producer developing new ways of telling stories in the digital age.www.redstar18.com
Beth Kates, (Production/Stage Manager, Designer)
Beth has worked as a Lighting, Set and Projection Designer, and Stage Manager in rock and roll, dance, theatre, and opera across Canada, the U.S., Europe, New Zealand and Australia. Career highlights include Stage Manager for Evita (NZ Tour); Asst. Lighting Designer for Geometry of Miracles (Robert Lepage/Ex Machina). Set & Projection Designer for The Backyardigans 1 & 2 (Koba/Nelvana); Set & Costumes for All The World (Geordie Prod.) and the opera Get Stuffed; Lighting Design for Spurt of Blood and Miinigoowezewin (Banff Arts Festival), Morwyn Brebner's Music For Contortionist (Tarragon/Shaw Festival), and the French language world premiere of I Am My Own Wife (Theatre du Rideau Vert). Upcoming Designs include Lighting the Canadian premiere of Yellowman, and the English Premiere of Madonna Painter; and full production designs of Assassins (Birdland) directed by Adam Brazier, and Yichud/Seclusion (H.Green Jewish Theatre). In addition to designing Slightly Bent, MacHomer, Into The Ring, Bigger Than Jesus and HARDSELL for WYRD Productions, Beth tours with the productions and has been WYRD's resident Designer and Stage Manager since 1999. Her work on Bigger Than Jesus earned her (along with hubby Ben Chaisson) two 2005 Dora Award nominations and the 2005 Dora Award (Canada's Tony's) for 'Outstanding Lighting Design'. Beth was also nominated for a 2007 Dora Award for her lighting of Jason Robert Brown's Songs for a New World. In addition to the many projects she is currently helping to create, Beth enjoys taking photos in lovely cities around the world, and is a published photographer.www.bethkates.com
MacHomer
a WYRD Production
Created and Performed by Rick Miller
Adapted from William Shakespeare's Macbeth
and characters created by Matt Groening
Directed by Sean Lynch
Lighting & Stage Design by Beth Kates
Sound Design by Rick Miller
Drawings by Rick Miller and Craig Francis Design
Video Design by EnTechneVision.com
Video Staging by WYRD Productions
Costume Design by Veronik Avery
Production & Stage Manager: Beth Kates
Graphic Design, Web and Multimedia: EnTechneVision.com
WYRD Productions engages under the terms of the Independent Theatre Agreement, professional Artists who are members of Canadian Actors' Equity Association.
