Community Theatre of Emporia

Mid Summer Fair
July 22nd thru 30th

Summer Fun For the Whole Family
July 22nd through the 30th

This year Community Theatre of Emporia is producing two very special shows. And we are doing things a bit differently than we have in past seasons.

Performance Dates:
Macbeth
July 22nd, 23rd, and 24th at 6:00pm
In Peter Pan Park at the Boat House
Holka Polka
July 27th through 30th at 7:30pm
2705 W Hwy 50 (next to Price Chopper)
in Emporia

Our 9th Annual Mid Summer Fair

The children’s production will be a fun Fairy Tale jaunt with HOLKA POLKA “A Fairy Tale Mystery” by D.M. Bocaz-Larson that will be performed at the little theatre at 2705 W Hwy 50 (next to Price Chopper), and the adults will be presenting Theatre in the Park at the Boat House  in Peter Pan Park with our adaptation of William Shakespeare’s dramatic tale of ambition, deceit, and betrayal,  MacBeth.

About Holka Polka

Join a good little witch who sets out to save Fairy Tale land with the help of the Big Bad Wolf and Cinderella. This is a Fairy Tale Mystery that puts a new twist on some famous fables such as Humpty Dumpty, Pinocchio, Little Red Riding Hood, The Wizard of Oz and Hansel and Gretel.

The Tragedy of Macbeth

The Tragedy of Macbeth (commonly called Macbeth) is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare’s shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607. The earliest account of a performance of what was likely Shakespeare’s play is April 1611, when Simon Forman recorded seeing such a play at the Globe Theatre. It was first published in the Folio of 1623, possibly from a prompt book for a specific performance.

Shakespeare’s sources for the tragedy are the accounts of King Macbeth of Scotland, Macduff, and Duncan in Holinshed’s Chronicles (1587), a history of England, Scotland and Ireland familiar to Shakespeare and his contemporaries. However, the story of Macbeth as told by Shakespeare bears no relation to real events in Scottish history as Macbeth was an admired and able monarch.