"Volpone"

More than four centuries since its first performance, Ben Johnson’s Volpone remains a relevant and ruthless satire of greed and lust. In Renaissance-era Venice, wealthy nobleman Volpone feigns illness to receive extravagant tributes from three men who seek to inherit his fortune. Meanwhile, Volpone’s parasitic servant Mosca works behind the scenes to manipulate events for his master’s—and his own—benefit. Director Gulshirin Dubash and the Arts Academy Theatre Division present a classic play widely regarded as one of the finest comedies of the Jacobean era.