Guthrie Theater

Macondo is a place of myth, a place where oil spills under and over water, creating a chain reaction that devastates human lives and animal habitats. It is also the name of the ruptured BP undersea oil field and oil well responsible for the current Gulf of Mexico spill. The gods awake from their slumber and intervene in this dramatically unfolding story that currently weaves itself through the fabric of our lives.

As theater artists we strive to explore the facts, imagine the secrets, question the truth and use our sense of humor in order to find an expression that can bring new perspectives to the powerful events of our lives.

This production contains mature language.

Run time

2 hours 13 minutes including intermission

About A Guthrie Experience for Actors in Training

Fourteen years ago, Artistic Director Joe Dowling created a new department at the Guthrie, Company Development, to create and oversee programs designed to develop and nurture relationships with young actors. Within that first year, A Guthrie Experience for Actors in Training made its debut and almost immediately began to bear the fruits of our efforts as alumni of the program began to appear in Guthrie productions. A Guthrie Experience quickly developed into a major program in this new department.

The objectives of A Guthrie Experience are to provoke and challenge the talents of the participants through various training workshops, discussions and individual working sessions to introduce young actors to the Guthrie and the Twin Cities and to help build a bridge between training and the profession. Our hope is that after the young artists return to their final year of training at their respective institutions and enter their professional careers, they will retain their relationship with the Guthrie and seek to spend some portions of their career here in the Twin Cities with us on our stages (and/or in other capacities) and on other stages of American Theater.