Blaine Community Theater returns for first full performance since pandemic

Blaine Community Theater (BCT) is returning for its first full performance since the pandemic with an adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s “Wyrd Sisters.” The show will run weekends from Friday, October 21 through Sunday, October 30 at Blaine High School’s Orange and Black Box Theater.

The “Wyrd Sisters” is English author Terry Pratchett’s sixth novel in his 41-volume fantasy series Discworld and pulls inspiration from Shakespeare’s “MacBeth.” The play, which is told from the witches’ point of view, pokes fun at politics, theater and fairy tales. The play chronicles the three witches and other characters who triumph over an evil duke after the King of Lancre is murdered and his heir vanishes. 

BCT artistic director Nick McDonald directs the play, which British writer Stephen Briggs adapted for stage. Since the pandemic, BCT has put on a Christmas show as well as “Pirates of Penzance” during Pirate Daze, but this will be the first large-scale performance for the group. 

Mikael McDonald is the BCT president and plays the duchess Felmet, a Pratchett version of Lady Macbeth. She said her favorite part of rehearsals is being with the actors, which includes someone who was in BCT’s first play in 1999 to new members who will debut in “Wyrd Sisters.” 

“It’s been a while since we’ve been able to do a full production after the whole Covid shutdown,” she said. “All of these very different people and different backgrounds come together and turn into a family in the course of a very short time. I really have missed that.”

Mikael McDonald said people who appreciate Pratchett or Monty Python will enjoy the show. She said BCT will consider performing more plays adapted from Pratchett’s novels if the community is interested.  

“It’s a very funny play. Very British in a lot of ways,” she said. “It’s really fun and the performances are going to be pretty good. It’s one I want people to come out and get the chance to see.”

The play will start at 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. on Sundays for the next two weekends. The theater is located at 1055 H Street, behind Blaine High School’s football field. Tickets cost $15, and are reduced to $12 for seniors, veterans and students.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit blainecommunitytheater.com/now-playing.