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{7} In this sensational and provocative update, nothing is as it seems in Vienna.
The most loved Duke appoints Angelo, a strict subordinate, to sweep the streets of sexual licentiousness, who succeeds in suppressing vice butnot his own primitive desires when he is confronted with the beautiful and virtuous Isabella. The powerful and the powerless balance the scales and bargain for justice and mercy requiring sex for payment and placing authority above all else.
Director Montica Pes (A Midsummer Night's Dream, New York Stage and Film; Trust, Actor's Express Dark Night Series), who returns to Atlanta from stints in New York and Los Angeles, fuses Shakespeare's sumptuous language with the hottest music and movement to create "in-your-face" entertainment by equal turns heart-wrenching and hilarious. Newly formed Rogue Planet's Producing Artistic Directors - Jen Apgar, David Crowe, Montica Pes - present an inaugural production with purpose and passion pushing Shakespeare into a direction not seen in Atlanta. The central role of the Duke is played by Jeff Feldman (Dying Gaul, Actor's Express).
Stacy Melich (Stop Kiss, Synchronicity) plays the desired and tormented Isabella and Damon Boggess (A Midsummer Night's Dream, Georgia Shakespeare) is Angelo, who loses his objectivity when his lust is roused. The company also features David Harrell, John Benzinger, Adam Fristoe, Jill Perry, Rob Beams, Alison Hastings, Melvin Patterson, Claire Bronson, Matthew Myers, Marcus Durham, Jason Armit, Anna Kate Nalesnik, Stacey Bode, Dewayne Morgan, Jane Bass, and Shellie Sims
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