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Casting Completed for TFANA’s The Merchant of Venice and The Jew of Malta

F. Murray Abraham
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)
F. Murray Abraham
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)

Kenajuan Bentley, Arnie Burton, Cameron Folmar, Kate Forbes, Ezra Knight, John Lavelle, Nicole Lowrance, VInce Nappo, Tom Nelis, Saxon Palmer, Matthew Schneck, Christen Simon, and Marc Vietor will join Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham in Theatre for a New Audience’s upcoming productions of William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice and Christopher Marlowe’s The Jew of Malta at The Duke on 42nd Street.

The plays will be presented in rotating repertory. Merchant, which will be directed by Darko Tresjnak, will begin previews January 6, while Malta, to be directed by David Herskovits, will begin performances January 17. Both shows are scheduled to open on February 4; the engagement will end on March 11.

For both productions, Tony Award-winner John Lee Beatty will design the sets and David Weiner the lighting. Linda Cho will design the costumes for The Merchant of Venice and David Zinn will design the costumes for The Jew of Malta.

For more information, visit www.tfana.org.