{"id":73666,"date":"2018-02-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-theatre-department-presents-shakespeares-measure-for-measure\/"},"modified":"2023-01-23T20:39:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T20:39:37","slug":"uri-theatre-department-presents-shakespeares-measure-for-measure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2018\/02\/uri-theatre-department-presents-shakespeares-measure-for-measure\/","title":{"rendered":"URI Theatre Department presents  Shakespeare\u2019s \u2018Measure for Measure\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Feb. 13, 2018 \u2014 The University of Rhode Island Department of Theatre will open its modern take on Shakespeare\u2019s \u201cMeasure for Measure\u201d beginning Feb. 22.<\/p>\n<p>Shakespeare\u2019s blackest comedy is set against a modern American city where crime, corruption and sex work run rampant. The city\u2019s ruler has installed Angelo, a \u201ctough-on-crime\u201d deputy who resurrects dormant laws to curb the sexually permissive culture erupting throughout the city. When a pious nun begs mercy from Angelo for her condemned brother, he makes her a perverse bargain: surrender her body to him, or her brother to the gallows. Funny, audacious, and shockingly modern, \u201cMeasure for Measure\u201d is a tale of political corruption, religious hypocrisy and the surprising measures a society must take to rebuild.<\/p>\n<p>Performances of \u201cMeasure for Measure\u201d will run Feb. 22 through Feb. 24 and March 1 through March 3 at 7:30 p.m. in J Studio of the Fine Arts Center at 105 Upper College Road on the Kingston Campus, with additional showings Feb. 25 and March 4 at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>General admission is $20, and $15 for students, URI faculty and staff, and seniors. To purchase tickets, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/web.uri.edu\/theatre\">web.uri.edu\/theatre<\/a>, or call (401) 874-5843.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel Walshe, a Rhodes Scholar and lecturer in the Honors Program and the Department of Theatre, will direct; set design is by Renee Surprenant, a URI alumna and visiting lecturer from Brown University; costume design is by URI Theatre majors Abigail Dufresne and Jennifer Stavrakas; lighting design is by guest artist Kathleen Giebler; and sound design is by guest artist Michael Hyde.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CAST<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Actors, Character, Hometown<br \/>\n<\/em>Catia, Mistress Overdone, Providence<br \/>\nJake Edward Clarke, Pompey, Narragansett<br \/>\nMadison Cook-Hines, Provost, Coventry<br \/>\nJohn Thomas Cunha, Lucio, Middletown<br \/>\nDaniel F. Greene, Angelo, Easton, Mass.<br \/>\nLorraine Guerra, Juliet and Francisca, Cranston<br \/>\nArtemis Kassabian, Mariana, Ensemble, Wakefield<br \/>\nEmily MacLean, Isabella, Chariho<br \/>\nCassidy McCartan, Escalus, Stewartville, Minn.<br \/>\nDaria Montaguila, Elbow\/Barnadine, Ensemble, Providence<br \/>\nNicole Pelletier, Ensemble, Newport<br \/>\nArturo Puentes, Claudio, Pawtucket<br \/>\nJosh Raymo, Fr. Thomas, Froth, Ensemble, Portsmouth<br \/>\nDavid Richards, First Gentlemen, Servant and Messenger, Abhorson, Newport<br \/>\nVincent Taylor, Ensemble, Providence<br \/>\nKatharine Templeton, Duke Vincentio, Providence<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Feb. 13, 2018 \u2014 The University of Rhode Island Department of Theatre will open its modern take on Shakespeare\u2019s \u201cMeasure for Measure\u201d beginning Feb. 22. 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