Measure for Measure
Adapted/Directed by Madeline Wall
In residence with At Peace Tea Factory, March 2019
A feminist reimagining, focusing on the role of the sex workers in the play and the rights of the female characters in a #MeToo society. In this contemporary take, themes are personalized through the characters and relationships that help us empathize and recognize why these cyclic nature of systemic oppression.
Dramaturg: Tatiana Baccari
Stage Manager: Nikki Lint
Performed by Aliyah Hakim, Blake Prentiss, Joyia Bradley, Elizabeth Berkman, Daniel Cabrera, Javan Nelson, Ryan Meyer, Maria Lavalle, Louise Heller, and Jake Greary
Associate Producer: Hannah Goldman
Produced by Wednesday Derrico of Experimental Bitch Presents
Photos by Elle Simone
FROM THE DIRECTOR, MADELINE:
"This hypocrisy and abuse of power is unsettlingly familiar to the contemporary viewer. We can easily draw a line between the fictitious Angelo and the countless government officials and execs who have abused their power for sex and dominance.
This play is further contextualized by the #MeToo movement and the rise of consent culture, as Isabella pleads to the audience when she has been offered Angelo’s deal: “To whom should I complain? Did I tell this,/ Who would believe me?”
It is alleviating to realize these issues of injustice have been in the collective conscience for a long time. More importantly, in this contemporary take, we will see the themes personalized through characters and relationships that help us empathize and recognize why these cycles have to be broken.”