Shakespeare’s First Folio: The Merchant of Venice (Annotated), or In Sooth I Know Not Why I Am So Sad

In this highly theatrical new work, Los Angeles’ theatre dybbuk weaves together elements of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice with Elizabethan history and news from the 21st century, taking a kaleidoscopic view of the ways in which members of a society displace their fears on the “other” during times of upheaval. The piece explores issues of marginalization, assimilation, and power, both in the past and in our contemporary world.

Monday, October 23, 2023
7:30 p.m.
Lincoln Recital Hall
Portland State University
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This program funded in part by a Signature Grant from The Covenant Foundation.

Presented in partnership with the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education and the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland.

This event is part of Shakespeare’s First Folio: 1623–2023, a public humanities project staged by Portland State University and other regional arts organizations from September 2023 through May 2024.