Photo Flash: A First Look at the World Premiere of DISTRICT MERCHANTS
By: Nora Dominick Jun. 01, 2016
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--District Merchants is a remarkable tale of money, merchandise, and mercy brought to the stage by four-time Helen Hayes Award-winner Aaron Posner.
Check out BroadwayWorld's first look of District Merchants now playing at the Folger Theatre until July 3, 2016.
For tickets visit: http://events.folger.edu/single/PSDetail.aspx?psn=2787
Photo Credit: Teresa Wood
Shylock (Matthew Boston) looks on disapprovingly as Lorenzo (William Vaughan) tries to steal a kind word with Jessica (Dani Stoller)
Benjamin Bassanio (Seth Rue) makes his point quite clear to Lorenzo (William Vaughan)
Portia (Maren Bush) tells her employee and confidant Nessa (Celeste Jones) about a certain gentleman she has her eyes on
Shylock (Matthew Boston, right) works out the terms of his loan with Antoine (Craig Wallace)
Matthew Boston is Shylock the moneylender
Jessica (Dani Stoller) finds herself getting closer and closer to Lorenzo (William Vaughan)
Craig Wallace stars as Antoine DuPre
A great distance between Shylock (Matthew Boston) and his daughter Jessica (Dani Stoller)
Shylock (Matthew Boston) demands to have his bond from Antoine DuPre (Craig Wallace)
Nessa (Celeste Jones, far right) looks on with great surprise as Benjamin Bassanio (Seth Rue) professes more than his adoration to Portia (Maren Bush)
Maren Bush stars as Portia
Lorenzo (William Vaughan) points out the evening’s stars to a captivated Jessica (Dani Stoller) in the “uneasy comedy,�
Nessa (Celeste Jones, left) is stunned to hear of Portia’s (Maren Bush) inspired plan to disguise herself as a male lawyer
Lancelot (Akeem Davis) receives a most important letter from Nessa (Celeste Jones)
Shylock (Matthew Boston) demands his “pound of flesh� of Antoine (Craig Wallace) in court
Dani Stoller, Seth Rue, Akeem Davis, Celeste Jones, and William Vaughan
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