I want to welcome you to a dark and possibly not-so-distant future.  I time when large multinational corporations dominate the economic and political landscape. I place where ordinary life is lived on the edges of the long shadows these “megacorps” cast, and that life is driven by greed, ambition, and violence.  This is the time our play occurs. A Scotland where the clans have become street gangs, science and magic combine, and where “Blood will beget Blood.”  This is Macbeth through this eye of Cyberpunk, and remember, chooms “He burned down half the city just to prove he was right, and the other half just for fun.”

You might be asking why I decided to place this play in this setting, or you might be rolling your eyes. My reasoning is thus: we live in a time on the brink where power is held by the wealthy, information is manipulated by the minute, and the ability to connect to the world has only made us more isolated.  The world of the play suggests a possible future if the use of devices and the state of the current world continue as they are.   As power and control are willingly shifted to those who can buy it, Macbeth’s world becomes more and more a reality. When we let style reign over substance, we risk being trapped in the shadows. That is why this play is placed in this setting to caution against what could come to pass.