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...Starring Jessica Shapiro, Libby Shani, Nicole Ruiz, Jay Chaffin & Joe Nuccio...
Across from Shylock are Antonio and Bassiano, played by Joe Nuccio '00 and Jay Chaffin '01. They are portrayed as unheroically as possible. Simpering and effeminate, Antonio hides himself behind the props of gloves and an ornate, scepter-like stick. Bassanio manages to rise from a state of dogged ineffectiveness for only a brief moment in his courtship with a stirring monologue condemning ostentation. The reversal of the hero roles in The Merchant of Venice, though effective and interesting, is at times taken a bit too far. When Bassanio throws himself at Portia's feet--kicking and yammering petulantly...
...Chaffin '00 skillfully conveyed both Rene's insecurity and futile search for a false ideal of true love when he described through a series of flashbacks from his cell in a Paris prison the details of Rene's scandalous affair. John Doan's portrayal of Rene's friend Marc as a ruthless womanizer who views women as objects designed for his pleasure magnified the pitiful character of Rene, who was unpopular at school, indulged his fantasies by reading playboy and married an older woman he didn't love...
...only a grand aesthetic risk--with its maze of entrances, Ptydepe graffitied walls, a slide, a crooked door and a rope swing reserved for Gross' boyhood digressions--it also proved a physical risk in what some are calling the visitation of the old "Macbeth curse." Jason S. Chaffin '00-'01 (Stroll) sprained his ankle during a rehearsal, Malka Resnicoff (Ms. P) was injured and had to be replaced by none other than Hostetler, and Mimi Asness '02 (Maria) punctured her finger while striking the set. But for all its hazards, the set, designed by Josh Perry '00, was a bold...