In Shishir Kurup’s Merchant on Venice, Venice, Italy intersects with L.A.’s Venice Boulevard in a wickedly funny, wildly inventive and politically provocative re-imagining of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. Written in iambic pentameter and vividly colored by Indian, American and Latino pop references, playwright Kurup transforms Shakespeare’s original by injecting the story with Bollywood musical numbers, L.A. Punk, Hindu-Muslim tensions, and a distinctly American landscape.

Full Credits  -  Video

September 15 - November 8, 2007
The World Premiere

Merchant on Venice

Written by Shishir Kurup  

Directed by Stuart Carden

Featuring:
Anish Jethmalani, Madrid St. Angelo, Gerardo Cardenas, Kamal Hans, Vincent P. Mahler, Andy Nagraj, Marvin Quihada, Sadieh Rifai, Amira Sabbagh, Pranidhi Varshney and Tariq Vasudeva