The Merchant of Venice

Theater Breaking Through Barriers' take on Shakespeare's classic THE MERCHANT OF VENICE will be performed with seven actors, including five with disabilities. A comedy about 4 contracts and 4 outcasts, THE MERCHANT OF VENICE follows a Christian merchant and his relationship with a Jewish moneylender. The contracts deal with flesh, rings, caskets, and livery; and the play asks how you respond to a broken deal: with justice or mercy.