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The Merchant of Venice was conceived for and minted in the Jewish Ghetto of Venice in 2016 on the 500th anniversary of its founding.
Originally produced in the Venice Ghetto in partnership with Ca' Foscari University of Venice and the Creative Europe Project "Shakespeare In and Beyond the Ghetto." Mille graze to Shaul Bassi, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Beit Venezia, Maria Ida Biggi, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Carol Rutter, David Kastan; filmmakers Ted Hardin and Elizabeth Coffman; and the entire company of extraordinary actors and crew who together breathed the production into its first life. We honor you all.
After the performance in the Venice Ghetto, the production traveled to Castello degli Ezzelini in Bassano del Grappa, Italy and to the high security Padova Prison for men in Padova, Italy.
North American Tour
June 19–23, 2018
The International Festival of Arts&Ideas
Courtyard of the Yale Law School
127 Wall Street
New Haven, CT
June 26–28, 2018
The BEMA
Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth
Hanover, NH
Cast
Sandro Isaack - Antonio
Sorab Wadia - Graziano/Shylock #1
Linda Powell - Portia
Sofia Jean Gomez - Nerissa
Karim Sulayman - Salanio
Titus Tompkins - Bassanio
Paul-Robert Pryce - Salarino
Michelle Uranowitz - Jessica
Paul Spera - Lorenzo
Frank Rodriguez - Arragon/Shylock #2
Francesca Sarah Toich - Lancillotto
Trazana Beverley - Duke/Shylock #3
John Rothman - Tubal/Shylock # 5
Michael Rogers - Morocco/Shylock #4
Dietrice Bolden - Balzarina
Frank London (A&I, Yale) - trumpet, MD
Joshua Camp - piano/ accordion, AMD
Nikole Stoica - violin
Alexandra Stoica - violin
Kaitlyn Raitz (A&I, Yale) - cello
Aaron Alexander (A&I, Yale) - drums/rhythm
Brian Shankar Adler (Dartmouth) - drums/rhythm
Eva Boodman (Dartmouth) - trumpet
Jane Scarpantoni (Dartmouth) - cello
Cailtin O'Rourke - PSM
September 19–October 1, 2017
Peak Performances at Montclair State University
Cast
Reginald Cathey - Antonio
Sorab Wadia - Graziano/Shylock #1
Frank Rodriguez - Arragon/Shylock #2
Myra Lucretia Taylor - Duke/Shylock #3
Michael Rogers - Morocco/Shylock #4
Ned Eisenberg - Tubal/Shylock # 5
Linda Powell - Portia
Abigail Killeen - Nerissa
Karim Sulayman - Salanio
Paul Pryce - Salarino
Titus Tompkins - Bassanio
Michelle Uranowitz - Jessica
Paul Spera - Lorenzo
Francesca Sarah Toich - Lancillotto
Dietrice Bolden - Balzarina
World Premiere
Venice, Italy
In partnership with Ca' Foscari University of Venice and the Creative Europe Project "Shakespeare In and Beyond the Ghetto."
Cast
Emeline Mele
Emanuele Piavone
Creative Team
Frank London (Grammy Award, member of Klezmatics) - music
Peter Ksander (Obie Award) - set & lights
Stefano Nicolao (Oscar nominated) - costumes
Walter Valeri - dramaturgy
Gigi Buffington - voice and text
Andrea Santini - projections and sound
John Conklin - graphics
Karin Coonrod - director
The Merchant of Venice was conceived for and minted in the Jewish Ghetto of Venice in 2016 on the 500th anniversary of its founding.
Originally produced in the Venice Ghetto in partnership with Ca' Foscari University of Venice and the Creative Europe Project "Shakespeare In and Beyond the Ghetto." Mille graze to Shaul Bassi, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Beit Venezia, Maria Ida Biggi, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Carol Rutter, David Kastan; filmmakers Ted Hardin and Elizabeth Coffman; and the entire company of extraordinary actors and crew who together breathed the production into its first life. We honor you all.
After the performance in the Venice Ghetto, the production traveled to Castello degli Ezzelini in Bassano del Grappa, Italy and to the high security Padova Prison for men in Padova, Italy.