Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

I Put a Spell on You

“Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bubble.” Shakespeare’s trochaic tetrameter in Macbeth rolls off the tongue nicely, yet superstition has it that his words originate from real witches’ spells. That explains why the Scottish play is often believed by theater troupes to be cursed. SITI Company actors get a taste of that black magic — onstage, at least — in Radio Macbeth. Orchestrated as a 1940s-era radio-play rehearsal, the haunting drama takes on a new layer of darkness as the storyline, and the ghosts of previous productions, develop an eerie grip on the actors. If the title character’s ruthless rise to king wasn’t already gripping enough, get spellbound at the Flynn on Tuesday, or at Dartmouth’s Moore Theater in early April.