At a pivotal moment in “Equivocation,” a key figure in the Bill Cain play comes up with a succinct way to describe theater: “It’s not a way, to lie, you know. It’s a way of telling the truth.” The ...

Ask me what the play “Equivocation” is about and I could give you lots of answers, including God, souls, religion, politics, theater, acting … and more! Bill Cain’s play, about a man named William ...

Theater Next Act's "Equivocation" leaves the audience with just words, words, words Part history lesson, part story behind the story and part portrait of a tired dramatist, "Equivocation" is jam ...

Widespread acclaim greeted the world premier of Equivocation, a new play by Bill Cain, S.J., that opened in April at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Ore., where it runs until Oct. 31. The ...

Throughout two thirds of Bill Cain's political thriller EQUIVOCATION, a confused Shagspeare (known to us otherwise as Shakespeare played by Ted Barton) keeps asking questions and getting answers that ...

Other than his magnificent plays, William Shakespeare left few traces of his life behind for posterity. That’s frustrated many theater-lovers. But it’s given modern dramatists a free pass to imagine ...

Bill Cain’s play “Equivocation” has had a wild ride since its world premiere at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival last year. It quickly went on to play Seattle and Los Angeles, and last weekend it won ...

The overwhelming feeling after seeing Bill Cain’s Equivocation is that the playwright is incredibly brainy. This is mostly a good thing. It’s true that, despite Cain’s best efforts to rope us in at a ...

I‘m having a hard time coalescing my thoughts about Bill Cain’s new play, “Equivocation.” Enjoyable, yes. Easy, not so much. An anachronistic, erudite visit with William Shakespeare and what he might ...