Writing Contributor: Reese Falgione

Photo Contributor: Mrs. Aranyos

On Friday, October 24, Mrs. Aranyos and Mr. Connolly took 29 high-schoolers and 1 lucky middle-schooler to the Byham Theater in Pittsburgh to watch The 4th Witch. The production company describes the play on its website: "Manual Cinema’s The 4th Witch is a fantastic new tale, inspired by elements of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, in which a girl escapes war and flees into a dark forest. Told through shadow puppetry, actors in silhouette and live music (without dialogue or narration), The 4th Witch begins on the eve of an invasion of a small town by the local warlord, Macbeth. The girl flees the invading army and escapes into the nearby forest. Orphaned and exiled, she is rescued by a witch, who adopts her as an apprentice. As she becomes more skilled in witchcraft, her grief and rage draw her into a nightmarish quest for vengeance against the warlord who killed her parents: Macbeth."