Hedgerow Theatre Company continues its 2025 season with the presentation of I, Banquo, a solo show by award-winning international theatre-artist Tim Crouch starring celebrated regional actor Stephen Patrick Smith Jr. Presented as a Hedgerow Studio Series, the play retells the story of Macbeth from the perspective of his best friend and fellow thane, Banquo. In the production, Banquo, who is murdered in the original play, speaks from beyond the grave to Macbeth, asking the audience to consider how they would have handled the prophecies made to Macbeth.
Directed by Peter DeLaurier, I, Banquo runs March 26 to April 6, presented in Hedgerow’s 100-seat theatre, housed in an atmospheric 19th-century grist mill.
In Tim Crouch’s I, Banquo, the titular character Banquo (Smith) explores what might have been if he had killed the traitorous MacDonwald instead of Macbeth. Crouch uses Shakespeare’s language to have Banquo recount the events of the play. The show combines classic theater with modern storytelling. “Just imagine,” the title character instructs near the top of Tim Crouch’s I, Banquo. “Imagine your best friend for life,” he continues, “your brother-in-arms who has both saved your life and you his, imagine this closest of all friends is actually evil. And you’ve been utterly blind to it.” Those are the worst kind of betrayals, Banquo tells us; the ones that leave you unable to trust even yourself.
Hedgerow’s Studio Series presentation of I, Banquo features Stephen Patrick Smith Jr., a celebrated regional actor and director of 20 years. Most recently he performed as Ariel in The Pillowman and Jack in The Weir, at Hedgerow Theatre.
If You Go:
Hedgerow Theatre Company is at 64 Rose Valley Road, Media, PA
- Hedgerow’s presentation of I, Banquo has an estimated 50-minute runtime and is recommended for audiences ages 12+ due to elevated language and description/depictions of violence. for purchase online.
- For more information and tickets, visit www.hedgerowtheatre.org.