The University of Findlay will present “Macbeth,” by William Shakespeare, Oct. 1-5, in the John and Hester Powell Grimm Theatre, located in the Frank J. Egner Center for the Performing Arts. Performances Wednesday through Saturday are at 8 p.m., and the performance on Sunday is at 6 p.m.
   
Heather Williams, instructor of theatre, will direct the performance. The cast includes students Matt Waugh, Tom Lalonde, Jeremy Springer, Shannon Scott and Michelle Billen and Marie Louden-Hanes, Ph.D., dean of undergraduate education.
   
Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for seniors or non-UF students. UF students, faculty and staff tickets are free. Call the UF Box Office at 419-434-5335. Tickets also will be available at the door.
   
“Macbeth,” a chilling tale of greed, corruption and death, is a powerful political thriller that follows Macbeth’s transformation from a battlefield hero to a bloody tyrant. Macbeth lives in a world torn by war, in which ambition and superstition lead him to murder king and comrade in his quest for the crown, only to lose all, in the process of turning his country upside down. The madness of Lady Macbeth, ghostly apparitions and the “weird sisters” provide a sinister backdrop to this savage political thriller.

Well-renowned Shakespeare critic Harold Bloom suggests that “’Macbeth’ transcends what might seem the limits of art. It is a visionary tragedy.”