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The Merchant of Venice

Production photo from The Merchant of Venice at Shakespeare BASH'd. iPhoto caption: Photo by Kyle Purcell.

REVIEW: How Shakespeare BASH’d transformed The Merchant of Venice into a tense, layered tragedy

Julia Nish-Lapidus’ recently closed production sensitively explored the issues raised in Mark Leiren-Young’s Playing Shylock without purporting to offer any answers.

By Ilana Lucas / Feb 27, 2025
iPhoto caption: Sara Farb as Petra in A Little Night Music. Photo by David Hou

Storytelling Through Song

How could I establish myself at this company, with so many impossibly talented people who had training and more experience in classical theatre, without being able to sing? It was a weird feeling.

By Sara Farb / Jun 20, 2016