John McDaid

Burbage Theatre Co concludes its 14th season with William Shakespeare's "problem play" Measure for Measure, and this production shows how to take on the text's problems head-on. What emerges over two and a half hours is a Measure for Measure that treats the play as neither salvageable comedy nor failed tragedy but as something stranger and more contemporary: a study of surveillance, sexual coercion, and managed crisis that turns out to be uncomfortably relevant in 2026.

he set immediately grabs you when you walk into the theatre: An intricately crafted dining room, set on a stage with a pronounced tilt, in front of which sits one of those little museum gallery cards in a frame: "Dining Room. American. 20th Century." It is immediately clear that director and set designer Russ Ekstrom has a vision for the show, and he has worked capably with this local cast to bring it to life.

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