2020 - 2021 Season
Unless otherwise noted, all performances are
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00
Sundays at 2:00
Performed at Theatreworks at The Square
2085 Monroe Ave, Memphis, TN 38104
Our Oct. 9th - 25th production will be performed at
TheatreWorks at The Evergreen
1905 Poplar Ave.
Unless otherwise noted, all performances are
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00
Sundays at 2:00
Performed at Theatreworks at The Square
2085 Monroe Ave, Memphis, TN 38104
Our Oct. 9th - 25th production will be performed at
TheatreWorks at The Evergreen
1905 Poplar Ave.
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Measure for Measure, by William Shakespeare
Directed by Kell Christie Oct. 9. - 25, 2020 Cast: Isabella . . . . . Kilby Yarbrough The Duke . . . . . Greg Earnest Claudio . . . . . Zach Williams Lord Angelo . . . . . John Smiley Escalus . . . . . Matthew Hamner Lucio . . . . . Franklin Koch Mariana . . . . . Marianne Orendorff Mistress Overdone . . . . . Cheryl Wolder Pompey . . . . . Ural Grant Provost . . . . . Eric Shultz Elbow . . . . . Billy Pullen Barnadine . . . . . Chase Ring Juliet . . . . . Chelsea Robinson Justice, et al . . . . . Ron Kwoka Abhorson . . . . . Jimbo Lattimore Froth . . . . . Kashief Crain Gentleman 1, et al . . . . . Court Nixon Ladies . . . . . Alicia McKinney & Dana Terle Synopsis: The Duke of Vienna decides to leave the city for a while, appointing his deputy, Angelo, to govern in his absence. Angelo resolves to revive vigorous laws against sexual license, which have fallen into disuse. Under these laws a young gentleman, Claudio, is sentenced to death for having made his fiancé Juliet pregnant before their wedding ceremony. Claudio's sister Isabella, a novice nun, is persuaded by his friend Lucio to plead with Angelo for her brother's life. Angelo promises to free Claudio if Isabella will sleep with him. She refuses and tells her brother that she must keep her honor and he, therefore, must die. The duke has stayed in Vienna disguised as a friar observing the new regime and he now persuades Isabella to pretend to accede to Angelo's demands. Her place in Angelo's bed is secretly taken by Mariana, Angelo's former fiancé whom he deserted. After the event, Angelo betrays Isabella by trying to carry out Claudio's execution but his plans are foiled by the duke's intervention. |
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