“Ash K. Tata’s production brings Shakespeare’s tragedy of political unrest into a moment ‘just after now.'”
“The cast will be led by McKinley Belcher III as Coriolanus, Mickey Sumner as Aufidius—reimagined as a woman in this production—and Roslyn Ruff as Volumnia, Coriolanus’s mother. Their relationships form the emotional core of the political drama.”
“Rather than offering clear heroes or villains, Tata’s staging highlights the instability and precarity of a society undergoing democratic experimentation. The production incorporates contemporary design elements that evoke modern warfare and mediated political realities, examining how violence and opinion are broadcast, filtered, and consumed.”
“The cast will include McKinley Belcher III as Coriolanus, Mickey Sumner as Aufidius, Roslyn Ruff as Volumnia, Barzin Akhavan as Cominius, Kevin Alicea as Adrian, Jack Berenholtz as Nicanor, William DeMerritt as Sicinius Velutus, Meredith Garretson as Virgilia, Pomme Koch as Senator/Lieutenant/Aedile, Merlin McCormick as Young Martius, Jason O’Connell as Menenius Agrippa, Emma Ramos as Valeria, Zuzanna Szadkowski as Junius Brutus, and Sarin Monae West as Titus Lartius.”
Theatre for a New Audience presents William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Coriolanus at Polonsky Shakespeare Center from February 1- March 1, 2026, directed by Ash K. Tata.
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