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DIRECTION Karin Coonrod ORIGINAL MUSIC Frank London SCENIC/LIGHTING DESIGN Peter Ksander COSTUME DESIGN Stefano Nicolao DRAMATURGY Walter Valeri, Davina Moss PERFORMERS Dietrice Bolden, Lynda Gravatt, Toussaint Jeanlouis Abigail Killeen, Chris McLinden, Linda Powell Frank Rodriguez, Michael Rogers, Steven Skybell, Paul Spera Karim Sulayman, Titus Tompkins, Francesca Sarah Toich Michelle Uranowitz, Sorab Wadia Dates Tuesday, September 19 @ 7:30 p.m. Friday, September 22 @ 7:30 p.m. Saturday, September 23 @ 8 p.m. Sunday, September 24 @ 3 p.m. Wednesday, September 27 @ 7:30 p.m. Thursday, September 28 @ 7:30 p.m. Saturday, September 30 @ 8 p.m. Sunday, October 1 @ 3 p.m. Two hours, no intermission. Livestream Event Montclair State University Hosts A Roundtable Conversation Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Supreme Court of the U.S.) and Shakespeare scholars David Scott Kastan (Yale University) and James Shapiro (Columbia University) discuss "The Merchant of Venice," with an introduction and concluding remarks by Montclair State University scholars Naomi Liebler and Adam Rzepka. Saturday, September 23 @ 5 p.m. Watch live at howlround.tv or on Facebook Live. Engage! These events are free and open to the public. Art & Society Shakespeare in the Ghetto, the Ghetto in Shakespeare Sunday, September 24 @ 1:30 p.m. School of Communication and Media, Presentation Hall Shaul Bassi, associate professor of English and director of the International Center for the Humanities and Social Change at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, is the author of "Shakespeare's Italy and Italy's Shakespeare: Place,'Race,' and Politics." He will discuss the history and present situation of the ghetto of Venice, where a cosmopolitan Jewish community has lived since the early 16th century; the facts of the ghetto will be compared with Shakespeare's fictions to consider parallels, prejudices, echoes, resonances. Free tickets at peakperfs.org. Venice as a Metaphor for the World Tuesday, September 26 @ 6:30 p.m. Alexander Kasser Theater Teresa Fiore, Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies at Montclair State, leads a discussion with Karin Coonrod, director of "The Merchant of Venice," and Alessandro Cassin, deputy director of Centro Primo Levi in New York, on otherness, immigration and religion. Presented in collaboration with the Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies. RSVP at montclair.edu/inserra. Community Conversation Saturday, September 30, post-performance Alexander Kasser Theater Join Karin Coonrod to share reflections and responses immediately following the performance. www.peakperfs.org 11 American premiere produced by Peak Performances @ Montclair State University. O F VENICE