ARLEKIN & MART Foundation
in association with Jadow Productions
present
a comedy, performed nightly for a live audience
written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
adapted & directed by IGOR GOLYAK
Starring Richard Topol as Shylock, Alexandra Silber as Portia & T.R. Knight as Antonio
Featuring Gus Birney, Tess Goldwyn, José Espinosa, Stephen Ochsner, Delilah Napier, Noah Pacht, Elan Zafir
November 22-December 22, 2024
Run time: 2 hours 50 min including intermission
The Merchant of Venice is one of two productions presented by MART Foundation
as part of ARLEKIN IN RESIDENCE at Classic Stage Company
The most excellent historie of the Merchant of Venice with the exxtreame cruelitie of Shylocke the Jewe
In this contemporary, spirited production of The Merchant of Venice, Golyak explodes Shakespeare’s complex play in his signature, inventive style. In a nightclub environment akin to a late-night comedy show, this Merchant brings Shakespeare’s “festival” setting for the play into our modern world.
Superheroes and their archenemies battle it out to protect good in the face of evil. Will love, justice and order prevail? Who defines love, justice and order? The audience and cast wrestle with these questions and their dead-serious consequences.
“This production is a dead-serious indictment of antisemitism and bigotry from a dizzyingly kaleidoscopic array of angles.” — The Boston Globe
“Zany, a wild ride, with an electric finale!” — WBUR/NPR
CREDITS
Jan Pappelbaum, Scenic Design
Sasha Ageeva, Costume & Props Design
Seth Reiser, Lighting Design
Fedor Zhuravlev, Sound Design & Composer
Igor Golyak, Projections Design
Keith Sherman & Associates, Press
Anna Rylnikova, Marketing Manager
Gosha Chubkin, Graphic Design
Stephanie Klapper Casting, C.S.A., Casting Consultant
John Lant, Production Manager
Kyra Bowie, Production Stage Manager
Ashton Pickering, Assistant Stage Manager
Anastasia Gudkova, Associate Producer
Mark Soucy, Arlekin General Manager
Martin Platt, General Management
Sofia Kapkova, Co-Presenter
Sara Stackhouse, Executive Producer
Igor Golyak’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice was originally developed and produced by Actors’ Shakespeare Project under the leadership of Christopher V. Edwards, Artistic Director. The production premiered in Boston September 23, 2021.
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