In The Merchant of Venice, Portia and Shylock face off in the courtroom. Here, we bring actors Mark Starratt (Shylock) and Faith Andrew (Portia) face to face on some of the important ideas and issues that this play addresses.

KWLT is looking for directors to participate in Playground, a festival of new theatre co-sponsored by KWLT and JM Drama.  An evolution of JM Drama’s ActOne festival and KWLT’s July One-Acts, Playground pairs both new and experienced directors up with playwrights to stage new works, as readings, workshops, or full-fledged productions.

Venus in Fur opens this week.  We chatted with Ryan Bassett, the director, about the play and his approach to it.