Merchant
Prenzies’ ‘Merchant’ production makes Shakespeare relevant today
Submitted by LadyM on October 23, 2008 - 10:43amBy Stephanie De Pasquale
The acting begins before the audience steps into the Village Theater. Andy Koski (Antonio) and Stephanie Moeller (Salarina) are stationed on the sidewalk leading to the theater in the Village of East Davenport, dressed in church clothes with Koski holding a Bible.
The two try to convince play-goers not to attend the production because of its lewd language and situations. When you brush by them, Koski says he’ll pray for you.
Natty "Merchant": "The Merchant of Venice,"
Submitted by LadyM on October 23, 2008 - 10:30amWritten by Mike Schulz
After six seasons of reverse-gender casting, anachronistic details, audience interaction, and unapologetic tweaking and trimming of classical works, the happily untraditional Prenzie Players have, with their production of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, moved in a truly subversive direction: They've gone traditional. Sort of.
"Merchant Plying Its Wares in Davenport"
Submitted by LadyM on October 20, 2008 - 5:36pmDaily Dispatch article by Julie Jensen
The Prenzie Players have moved to a new venue for their latest show. They'll be performing Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice” in the Village Theatre, the former Turner's Club in the Village of East Davenport.
Cait Bodenbender,director, says the company -- which has popped up all over the place -- “will use the thrust stage and bring the audience right up to the edge. An aisle around it will be the streets of Venice.
Prenzie Players present The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
Submitted by LadyM on October 3, 2008 - 1:37pm"The Merchant of Venice explores the interrelations of intolerance and acceptance, of justice and mercy, and of lucre and love."
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The Merchant of Venice Auditions!!
Submitted by LadyM on August 6, 2008 - 12:47pmThe Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
directed by Cait Bodenbender
Auditions will be held on Friday, August 22nd 6-9pm and Saturday the 23rd 1-4pm at the Village Theatre (formerly Turner Hall), 2113 E. 11th Street Davenport, Iowa.
Call backs will be held Sunday, August 24th 1-4 at the same location.
Merchant of Venice "is a tough sell"
Submitted by LadyM on October 25, 2008 - 8:25amby Jeff Dick
Not for the uninitiated, the Prenzie Players' modernized take on "The Merchant of Venice" may be better appreciated by those already familiar with Shakepeare's work and/or the maverick theatre troupe, which has moved into the Village Theatre in Davenport.
The play -- about a Venetian merchant named Antonio (Andy Koski), who finds himself indebted to a Jewish moneylender, Shylock (Aaron Sullivan), after securing a loan for a young nobleman, Bassanio (J.C. Luxton), so he can marry a rich heiress, Portia (Maggie Woolley) -- is a complicated one.
Merchant of Venice
Submitted by iachimo on October 13, 2008 - 1:08pmPhotos from our production of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice
Produced October 2008
Performed at the Village Theatre
