In Venice, a Jewish businesswoman tries to join a clique of power-brokers, a wealthy merchant tries to buy a young man’s love and an heiress attempts to escape her dead father’s will.
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Adam L. Sussman
A businesswoman, hated for being Jewish, tries to break into the clique of rich men who run Venice. A wealthy merchant seeks to buy the love of a young man. A sheltered heiress attempts to escape her dead father’s will. One of Shakespeare’s most controversial and misunderstood plays, this production of The Merchant of Venice tackles, head-on, the topics of anti-Semitism, misogyny and homophobia in society.
Part scathing social satire, part romantic comedy, part revenge thriller, The Merchant of Venice defies expectations and asks us to examine what hatred we hold in our hearts.
The running time for The Merchant of Venice is approximately two hours with one intermission.
Preview: November 14 at 7:30 p.m. *
*Additional performances available – https://theatredance.utexas.edu/event/merchant-venice-0
$5 for students, $10 for adults
Preview performance tickets must be purchased at in-person at the box office.
Phone: 512-477-6060
2018/11/14 - 2018/11/14
Texas Performing Arts at The University of Texas at Austin - Oscar G. Brockett Theatre
300 East 23rd Street, Austin, TX 78712