Macbeth

This season, the Guthrie’s WORLDStage Series has some especially meaty, contemporary takes on classic texts. This Macbeth, for instance, plucked from an ultra-hip niche of London’s theater scene by impresario James Morrison, is recast in a nameless but unmistakably modern African nation. It features an all-black cast with one exception: the character of Lady Macbeth, drawn from the real-life story of a white aid worker who married a Ugandan warlord. Even more interesting: The Three Witches are modeled after the notorious cross-dressing combatants in former Liberian president Charles Taylor’s militia. Their boas and frilly dresses summon mystical powers. 700 First St N.; www.guthrietheater.org