January 27, 2024 8:00PM
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Alexis Kulani Woodard
Rumors about the Duke are spreading through Vienna like the plague. Her response? To step down and temporarily hand her power over to Angelo, a man famed for his virtue. Measure for Measure is a play about what happens next. This bold new adaptation digs deep into the problems of Shakespeare’s problem play, into double binds and double consciousness, brothers and sisterhood, mortality and mercy, revenge and restorative justice, the center and the margins, and what it means to be a Black woman in power in 2024.