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The Merchant of Venice

September 30, 2017, 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location Alexander Kasser Theater
SponsorPeak PerformancesCost$20; no charge for undergraduates with valid Montclair State ID, courtesy of your Performing Arts FeeMore Informationhttps:/‌/‌www.peakperfs.org/‌event/‌the-merchant-of-venice/‌2017-09-19/‌Posted InPeak Performances
PremiereAmerican PremiereArtistKarin Coonrod | Compagnia de’ ColombariTicketshttp://peakperfs.tix.com/Schedule.aspx?OrgNum=1631&ActCode=141780

Karin Coonrod “looks for the flash in the actors’ eyes and listens for the music of the audience.” Now this internationally acclaimed director brings her groundbreaking production of Shakespeare’s most controversial play, “The Merchant of Venice,” to the United States. Coonrod first staged this thorny masterpiece in 2016 in its original setting, the Jewish ghetto of Venice, to mark the 500th anniversary of its creation. Five actors of different races, creeds, nationalities and genders play Shylock, the iconic Jewish moneylender at the center of the play. According to Coonrod, “These five actors, all of them very different, open up the play in a way that is both Jewish and universal.”