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A Variation on Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice. Love and litigation, deep passions, and predatory lending are taken to a new level in this uneasy comedy, which wades fearlessly into the endless complexities and contradictions of life in America. Set among the Black and Jewish populations of an imagined time and place—simultaneously Shakespearean, post-Civil War Washington, DC, and today, a remarkable tale of money, merchandise, and mercy. It explores race, religion, power and money in America that feels all too contemporary.  Talkbacks scheduled after the 1/31 and 2/7 performance facilitated by Jennifer Wintzer, Associate Artistic Director, Shakespeare Festival St. Louis

Directed by Jacqueline Thompson; Cast: Gary Wayne Barker, J Samuel Davis, Courtney Bailey Parker, Alicen Moser, Erika Flowers, Karl Hawkins.

Thu Jan 24, 2019            7:30PM        Sat Jan 26, 2019               8:00PM            Sun Jan 27, 2019              2:00PM            Sun Jan 27, 2019              7:30PM           

Wed Jan 30, 2019           7:30PM        Thu Jan 31, 2019              7:30PM            Sat Feb 2, 2019                8:00PM            Sun Feb 3, 2019                2:00PM                                         

Thu Feb 7, 2019              7:30pm

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