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[[Folger Theatre|Folger Theatre]] performed their production of Aaron Posner's ''District Merchants'' from May 31 to July 3, 2016.  
[[Folger Theatre|Folger Theatre]] produced Aaron Posner's ''District Merchants'', directed by Michael John Garces, music by Christylez Bacon, from May 31 to July 3, 2016.  


[[File:2013 Mary Stuart Folger Theatre.jpg|350px|left|frame|Holly Twyford (Queen Elizabeth), ''Mary Stuart'', directed by Richard Clifford, Folger Theatre, 2015. Teresa Wood.]]
[[File:Forfolgerpedia.jpg|350px|Craig Wallace (Antoine) and Matthew Boston (Shylock), ''District Merchants'', directed by Michael John Garces, Folger Theatre, 2016. Teresa Wood.|alt=|center|thumb]]


== Synopsis ==
Love and litigation, deep passions, and predatory lending are taken to a new level in this uneasy comedy, which wades fearlessly into the endless complexities and contradictions of life in America.  Set among the Black and Jewish populations of an imagined time and place-—simultaneously Shakespearean, post-Civil War Washington, DC, and today-—<em>District Merchants </em>is a remarkable tale of money, merchandise, and mercy brought to the stage by four-time Helen Hayes Award-winner Aaron Posner.


== Production ==
==Production==
Entertainment unions represented in Folger Theatre productions include The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (**), United Scenic Artists (***), and the Actors' Equity Association (*), which includes members of the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers.
Entertainment unions represented in Folger Theatre productions include The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (**), United Scenic Artists (***), and the Actors' Equity Association (*), which includes members of the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers.


=== Cast ===
===Cast===
* Matthew Boston*:  Shylock
* Maren Bush*: Portia
* Akeem Davis*: Lancelot
* Celeste Jones*: Nessa
* Seth Rue*: Benjamin Bassanio
* Dani Stoller*: Jessica
* William Vaughan: Lorenzo
* Craig Wallace: Antoine


=== Understudies ===
*Matthew Boston*:  Shylock
* Jenna Berk: Jessica
*Maren Bush*: Portia
* Adante Carter*: Benjamin Bassanio/Lancelot
*Akeem Davis*: Lancelot
* Ross Destiche: Lorenzo
*Celeste Jones*: Nessa
* Melissa Graces: Portia
*Seth Rue*: Benjamin Bassanio
*Dani Stoller*: Jessica
*William Vaughan: Lorenzo
*Craig Wallace: Antoine
 
===Understudies===
 
*Jenna Berk: Jessica
*Adante Carter*: Benjamin Bassanio/Lancelot
*Ross Destiche: Lorenzo
*Melissa Graces: Portia
*Jeff Keogh: Shylock
*Jeff Keogh: Shylock
* Lilian Oben: Nessa
*Lilian Oben: Nessa
* Jefferson Russell* : Antoine
*Jefferson Russell* : Antoine
 


=== Creative team ===
===Creative team===
* Aaron Posner, Playwright
* Michael John Garces**, Director
* Tony Cisek*, Scenic Design
* Meghan Raham, Costume Design
* Geoff Korf*, Lighting Design
* James Bigbee Garver, Sound Design
* Michele Osherow, Resident Dramaturg
* Daryl Eisenberg, CSA, New York Casting
* Roy A. Gross**, Production Stage Manager
* Elisabeth Ribar**, Assistant Stage Manager


=== Production team ===
*Aaron Posner, Playwright
* Rebekah Sheffer, Assistant Technical Director
*Michael John Garces**, Director
* Katharine Pitt, Humanities Programs Assistant
*Christylez Bacon, Music
* Teresa Wood, Casting Assistant
*Tony Cisek*, Scenic Design
* Lila Rachel Becker, Assistant Director
*Meghan Raham, Costume Design
* Elizabeth Brodie, Production Assistant
*Geoff Korf*, Lighting Design
* Tony Koehler, Props Master
*James Bigbee Garver, Sound Design
* Paige Hathaway, Assistant Scenic Designer
*Michele Osherow, Resident Dramaturg
* Bella Faccia, Inc., Scenic Construction
*Ayanna Thompson, Co-Dramaturg
* Anne Nesmith, Wig Designer
*Daryl Eisenberg, CSA, New York Casting
* Cidney Forkpah, Wardrobe Head
*Roy A. Gross**, Production Stage Manager
* Mariah Hale, Ansaldo Costumes, Adalia Tonneyck, Costume Construction
*Elisabeth Ribar**, Assistant Stage Manager
* Kyle Soble, Assistant Lighting Designer
* James Neylon, Master Electrician
* Amanda Kircher, Assistant Master Electrician
* Brandon Roe, Sound Associate
* Jon Farber and Sasha Pensanti, Assistants for Daryl Eisenberg Casting
* WiT Media, Advertising Agency
* Teresa Wood, Production Photography
* Brittany Diliberto, Pre-Production Photography
* Lee Fanning, Mark Fastoso, and APTV, Promotional Video
* WAPAVA, Archival Video
* C2, Open Captioning


===Production team===


=== Folger Theatre ===
*Teresa Wood, Casting Assistant
* Janet Alexander Griffin, Artistic Producer
*Lila Rachel Becker, Assistant Director
*Elizabeth Brodie, Production Assistant
*Tony Koehler, Props Master
*Paige Hathaway, Assistant Scenic Designer
*Bella Faccia, Inc., Scenic Construction
*Anne Nesmith, Wig Designer
*Cidney Forkpah, Wardrobe Head
*Mariah Hale, Ansaldo Costumes, Adalia Tonneyck, Costume Construction
*Kyle Soble, Assistant Lighting Designer
*James Neylon, Master Electrician
*Amanda Kircher, Assistant Master Electrician
*Brandon Roe, Sound Associate
*Jon Farber and Sasha Pensanti, Assistants for Daryl Eisenberg Casting
*WiT Media, Advertising Agency
*Teresa Wood, Production Photography
*Brittany Diliberto, Pre-Production Photography
*Lee Fanning, Mark Fastoso, and APTV, Promotional Video
*WAPAVA, Archival Video
*C2, Open Captioning


* Beth Emelson, Assistant Artistic Producer
===Folger Theatre===


* David Polk, General Manager
*Janet Alexander Griffin, Artistic Producer


* Charles Flye, Theatre Production Manager
*Beth Emelson, Associate Artistic Producer


* Rebekah Sheffer, Assistant Technical Director
*David Polk, General Manager


* Katherine Pitt, Programs Assistant
*Charles Flye, Theatre Production Manager


* Teresa Wood, Casting Assistant
*Rebekah Sheffer, Assistant Technical Director


== Other media ==
*Katherine Pitt, Humanities Programs Assistant


Watch the trailer for this production of ''Mary Stuart''.
==Other media==


<html5media height ="180" width="320">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrpN-DO1ieA</html5media>
Watch the trailer for this production of ''District Merchants."''


Actors Holly Twyford (Queen Elizabeth) and Kate Eastwood Norris (Mary, Queen of Scots) talk about the most storied rivalry in English history.  
<html5media height="180" width="320">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewJtQ42A1LA</html5media>


<html5media height ="180" width="320">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3USy8TLEz-s</html5media>
==Reviews==


== Reviews  ==
*[https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/shylock-goes-to-washington-in-district-merchants-at-folger/2016/06/08/04bd22c2-2d85-11e6-9de3-6e6e7a14000c_story.html The Washington Post]
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/to-kill-a-queen-mary-vs-elizabeth-in-schiller-classic-mary-stuart-at-folger-theatre/2015/02/02/fde6cc4a-aaeb-11e4-abe8-e1ef60ca26de_story.html The Washington Post]
*[http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/theater/blog/20782823/district-merchants-at-the-folger-shakespeare-library-reviewed Washington City Paper]
* [http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/46829/the-widow-lincoln-at-fords-theatre-and-mary-stuart-at/ Washington City Paper]
*[http://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2016/06/09/review-district-merchants-folger-theatre/ DC Metro Arts]
* [http://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2015/02/02/mary-stuart-folger-theatre/ DC Metro Arts]
*[http://www.theatermania.com/washington-dc-theater/reviews/district-merchants-folger-theatre_77455.html/ TheaterMania]
* [http://www.mdtheatreguide.com/2015/02/theatre-review-mary-stuart-at-folger-theatre/ Maryland Theatre Guide]  


==Image gallery==
==Image gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:2015 Mary Stuart Folger Theatre 2.jpg|Nancy Robinette (Hannah Kennedy, top) and Kate Eastwood Norris (Mary Stuart, bottom), ''Mary Stuart'', directed by Richard Clifford, Folger Theatre, 2015. Teresa Wood.
File:District 354.jpg|Dani Stoller (Jessica) and William Vaughan (Lorenzo), ''District Merchants'', directed by Michael John Garces, Folger Theatre, 2016. Teresa Wood.
File:2015 Mary Stuart Folger Theatre 3.jpg|Kate Eastwood Norris (left) and Holly Twyford (right), ''Mary Stuart'', directed by Richard Clifford, Folger Theatre, 2015. Teresa Wood.
File:District 504 2.jpg|Maren Bush (Portia), ''District Merchants'', directed by Michael John Garces, Folger Theatre, 2016. Teresa Wood.
File:2015 Mary Stuart Folger Theatre 4.jpg|Lord Burleigh (Rajesh Bose, left),  Sir Amias Paulet (Louis Butelli, center), and the Earl of Shrewsbury (Craig Wallace, right) talk politics. Photo taken by Teresa Wood.
File:District 703 2.jpg|Dani Stoller (Jessica), Seth Rue (Benjamin Bassanio,  Akeem Davis (Lancelot), Celeste Jones (Nessa), and William Vaughan (Lorenzo), ''District Merchants'', directed by Michael John Garces, Folger Theatre, 2016. Teresa Wood.
</gallery>
</gallery>


[[Category: Public programs]]
[[Category: Public programs]]
[[Category: Folger Theatre]]
[[Category: Folger Theatre]]
[[Category: 19th century]]
[[Category: 21st century]]
[[Category: American theater]]

Latest revision as of 11:26, 4 February 2021

Folger Theatre produced Aaron Posner's District Merchants, directed by Michael John Garces, music by Christylez Bacon, from May 31 to July 3, 2016.

Craig Wallace (Antoine) and Matthew Boston (Shylock), District Merchants, directed by Michael John Garces, Folger Theatre, 2016. Teresa Wood.

Synopsis

Love and litigation, deep passions, and predatory lending are taken to a new level in this uneasy comedy, which wades fearlessly into the endless complexities and contradictions of life in America.  Set among the Black and Jewish populations of an imagined time and place-—simultaneously Shakespearean, post-Civil War Washington, DC, and today-—District Merchants is a remarkable tale of money, merchandise, and mercy brought to the stage by four-time Helen Hayes Award-winner Aaron Posner.

Production

Entertainment unions represented in Folger Theatre productions include The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (**), United Scenic Artists (***), and the Actors' Equity Association (*), which includes members of the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers.

Cast

  • Matthew Boston*: Shylock
  • Maren Bush*: Portia
  • Akeem Davis*: Lancelot
  • Celeste Jones*: Nessa
  • Seth Rue*: Benjamin Bassanio
  • Dani Stoller*: Jessica
  • William Vaughan: Lorenzo
  • Craig Wallace: Antoine

Understudies

  • Jenna Berk: Jessica
  • Adante Carter*: Benjamin Bassanio/Lancelot
  • Ross Destiche: Lorenzo
  • Melissa Graces: Portia
  • Jeff Keogh: Shylock
  • Lilian Oben: Nessa
  • Jefferson Russell* : Antoine

Creative team

  • Aaron Posner, Playwright
  • Michael John Garces**, Director
  • Christylez Bacon, Music
  • Tony Cisek*, Scenic Design
  • Meghan Raham, Costume Design
  • Geoff Korf*, Lighting Design
  • James Bigbee Garver, Sound Design
  • Michele Osherow, Resident Dramaturg
  • Ayanna Thompson, Co-Dramaturg
  • Daryl Eisenberg, CSA, New York Casting
  • Roy A. Gross**, Production Stage Manager
  • Elisabeth Ribar**, Assistant Stage Manager

Production team

  • Teresa Wood, Casting Assistant
  • Lila Rachel Becker, Assistant Director
  • Elizabeth Brodie, Production Assistant
  • Tony Koehler, Props Master
  • Paige Hathaway, Assistant Scenic Designer
  • Bella Faccia, Inc., Scenic Construction
  • Anne Nesmith, Wig Designer
  • Cidney Forkpah, Wardrobe Head
  • Mariah Hale, Ansaldo Costumes, Adalia Tonneyck, Costume Construction
  • Kyle Soble, Assistant Lighting Designer
  • James Neylon, Master Electrician
  • Amanda Kircher, Assistant Master Electrician
  • Brandon Roe, Sound Associate
  • Jon Farber and Sasha Pensanti, Assistants for Daryl Eisenberg Casting
  • WiT Media, Advertising Agency
  • Teresa Wood, Production Photography
  • Brittany Diliberto, Pre-Production Photography
  • Lee Fanning, Mark Fastoso, and APTV, Promotional Video
  • WAPAVA, Archival Video
  • C2, Open Captioning

Folger Theatre

  • Janet Alexander Griffin, Artistic Producer
  • Beth Emelson, Associate Artistic Producer
  • David Polk, General Manager
  • Charles Flye, Theatre Production Manager
  • Rebekah Sheffer, Assistant Technical Director
  • Katherine Pitt, Humanities Programs Assistant

Other media

Watch the trailer for this production of District Merchants."

Reviews

Image gallery

  • Dani Stoller (Jessica) and William Vaughan (Lorenzo), District Merchants, directed by Michael John Garces, Folger Theatre, 2016. Teresa Wood.

    Dani Stoller (Jessica) and William Vaughan (Lorenzo), District Merchants, directed by Michael John Garces, Folger Theatre, 2016. Teresa Wood.

  • Maren Bush (Portia), District Merchants, directed by Michael John Garces, Folger Theatre, 2016. Teresa Wood.

    Maren Bush (Portia), District Merchants, directed by Michael John Garces, Folger Theatre, 2016. Teresa Wood.

  • Dani Stoller (Jessica), Seth Rue (Benjamin Bassanio, Akeem Davis (Lancelot), Celeste Jones (Nessa), and William Vaughan (Lorenzo), District Merchants, directed by Michael John Garces, Folger Theatre, 2016. Teresa Wood.

    Dani Stoller (Jessica), Seth Rue (Benjamin Bassanio, Akeem Davis (Lancelot), Celeste Jones (Nessa), and William Vaughan (Lorenzo), District Merchants, directed by Michael John Garces, Folger Theatre, 2016. Teresa Wood.