The Lady Doth Protest is a darkly comic, present-day battle of the sexes underpinned by an original, continuous live accordion score that is part
commedia dell'arte fan-fare, part
shakespeare mashup, part
modern day take on the desperate places we will go to be heard.
In 2026, the battle over intellectual agency is urgent. The play exposes how quickly civilized debate degrades into a raw power struggle when tradition is used as a weapon.