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MacFest Stages 2026
MacFest Stages 2026
As part of Macalester’s annual fall festival, the Theater and Dance Department celebrates playwrights, actors, and first-year opportunities by presenting MacFest, a staged reading performance. This year, three ten-minute plays will take place in the Mainstage Theater (T121) in the Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center.
Seats are first-come, first-served with no entry fee.
Content warnings: Explicit language, death, discussion of violence.
The Inevitable by Sophia Okite ‘27
The Inevitable by Sophia Okite ‘27
Apollo's lover is dead. That is the beginning. That is the end.
Cast:
Kath Bonnell '30 as Clotho/Lachesis
Maggie Walker '27 as Apollo
Minna Wu '30 as Clotho/Lachesis
Oliver Meskell '30 as Atrophos
Skye Raymond '28 as Hyacinthus
Ian Machalek '27 reading Stage Directions
The Interrogation Rooms by Max Schuette ‘28
The Interrogation Rooms by Max Schuette ‘28
Cast:
Cameron Hall '30 as Don
Natasha Friedman '29 as Lottie
Nicola Wahl '30 as Julia
Taegan Eisele '29 as Claudia
Ian Machalek '27 reading Stage Directions
For Ten Points by Moxie Strom ‘27
For Ten Points by Moxie Strom ‘27
The members of the John Fitzgerald High School Quiz Bowl team are in the middle of their lunch break on the second day of nationals when they realize the door to their conference room won't open. While they wait for hotel staff to let them out, the players are forced to confront problems they've been trying to ignore. Can this Quiz Bowl team face questions beyond tossups and bonuses?
Cast:
Liam Davis '30 as Jay
Mary Cebra '30 as Ada
Nora Valaas '30 as Vanessa
Rowyna Kindl '28 as Sage
Ian Machalek '27 reading Stage Directions
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