The Shylock and the Shakespeareans On Demand

A video of the acclaimed production.  A dark humorous retelling of The Merchant of Venice.

The Shylock is a Jewish diamond seller named Jacob, called “shylock” as a slur. The Shakespeareans are a gang of white supremacists, led by Jacob’s former clownish servant, Gobbo. Jacob finds himself in a business entanglement with the merchant Antonio, a Shakespearean, while Jacob’s daughter Jessica has fallen in love with the son of Asian immigrants and faces her own battles against prejudice. And in Belmont, an heiress named Portia subjects her suitors to a strange, nonsensical game. When Antonio’s business encounters hardship, he reneges on a debt with Jacob then spreads the rumor Jacob wants him dead. A trial in a kangaroo court follows.

Gobbo: Craig Anderson
Salarino: Ethan Fox
Salarina/Aragon: Janine Hegarty
Jessica: Yael Haskal
Bassiano: Chapman Hyatt
Lorenzo: Chase Lee
Nerissa: Stephanie Litchfield
Jacob: Jeremy Kareken
Portia: Nina Mann
Terach/Prince: Kingsley Nwaogu
Antonio/Shakespeare: Eric Oleson
Gratiano: Thomas Shuman

Music: Richard Philbin

Stage Manager: Berit Johnson
AD/Sound Design: Becca Silbert
Set Design: Mike Mroch
Costume Design: Ramona Ponce
Lighting Design: Eric Norbury
Video/livestreaming: Iben Cenholt
Assistant Costume/Wardrobe: Erica Reichler
Assistant Scene Designer: Tyler Herald
Fight Choreography: JaneAnne Halter

Production Assistants: Nick Hamparyan, Mia Jurkunus, Aria Martinelli, Aimee Reiss, Mirit Skeen

Press Representative: David Gibbs/DARR Publicity

Poster art by Eric Shanower