First workshopped with The New Play Lab @ Kane Rep, “The Venetians” by Matt Barbot is back in a new version with a 12-member cast.
Oak Park Festival Theatre, in partnership with Kane Repertory Theatre of St. Charles, presents a virtual production of “The Venetians” that brings together various characters from Shakespeare’s plays to address contemporary issues. The award-winning play premieres live at 7 p.m. May 8 and can be viewed on demand from May 10 to 16.
A crossover between Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice” and “The Tragedy of Othello,” “The Venetians” uses two classical outsiders to ask questions about immigration, assimilation, national identity and what “acceptance” truly means.
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