"Equivocation", Idle Muse Theatre Company, as Cecil/Nate

In the aftermath of the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605 to assassinate King James I and destroy the British Parliament, playwright William Shagspeare is commissioned by the powerful Lord Robert Cecil to write the "true historie" of the plot...to the particular specifications of His Majesty. As they work to unravel the truth behind the conspiracy, navigating clandestine meetings, betrayals, and brawls, the King’s Men acting company tests just how far they’re willing to go for each other and to speak truth to power. When duty to country and pursuit of the truth collide, the Globe Theatre becomes the stage for Shag’s darkest play yet - and the battle for a nation’s soul. Fact, fiction, politics and comedy all vie for control in this critically acclaimed dramatic account of an historical national crisis!

Featuring

Brendan Hutt (Shag)
Michael Dalberg* (Cecil/Nate)
Jake Baker (Richard)
Emerson Elias (Armin)
Kade Cox (Sharpe)
Kali Skatchke (Judith)
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Production Team

Evan Jackson*, Director
Becky Warner, Stage Manager
Libby Beyreis, Violen Design
Milo Bue, Scenic Design
William Sidney Parker*, Consultant
Jen Mickelson, Intimacy Design
Laura Wiley*, Lighting & Projection Design
LJ Luthringer, Music & Sound Design
Joshua D. Allard*, Costume Design / Marketing Director
Tristan Brandon*, Properties Design/Literary Manager/Dramaturg
Carrie Hardin, Speech and Dialect Coach
Shellie DiSalvo*, Production Manager / Makeup Designer
Mara Kovacevic*, Treasurer & House Management​
*IMTC Company Member
Sep 23 - October 20, 2019

The Edge Theater Off-Broadway | 1133 W. Catalpa, Chicago, IL 60640
8pm Thursdays-Saturdays, 3pm Sundays
Special Wednesday night performance 8pm, 10/9/2019

Runtime: 2 hour 45 minutes with a 10 minute intermission


​Supported by The MacArthur Funds for Arts and Culture at The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation