indyweek.com: “We like to think of it as couples therapy,” actor Ron Menzel said with a laugh.
Menzel was referencing his upcoming lead role in Macbeth alongside his partner, Vivienne Benesch, who will take the stage as Lady Macbeth during the PlayMakers Repertory Company production’s upcoming run. It is the first time the couple has acted in the same play together.
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I’ve heard of PlayMakers before, in a certainly positive light. I think it’s really cool that a couple in reality is playing such an interesting duo of characters with a rich and complicated relationship in the Scottish Play. To bring the idea that this couple is actually a very happy one together, and to bring that ‘human quality’ is something I don’t believe I’ve heard verbalized before. For Menzel to say that ‘familiarity is always an advantage’ is so true. To know one’s collaborators well, to know their context, perspectives, and so on, is a strength in a process and going toward a product. I really enjoy Menzel’s later quote “all of us are in a benevolent conspiracy to communicate a strong desire” to the audience, because that is absolutely how I feel as a theatremaker in any capacity. All elements are made to serve the story, and to serve the same purpose(s).
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