Shakespeare's Vengeance

IN JAZZ AGE NEW YORK, LOVE, CRIME, AND MYSTERY INTERTWINE AS A FORMER ACTOR IS DRAWN INTO A SECRET SOCIETY OF PERFORMERS HONORING THE ANCIENT GOD OF THEATER
New York, 1929. The champagne flows, the jazz plays, and beneath the glittering surface of Prohibition-era excess, a secret society of actors gathers to worship Dionysus. Their sacred rites demand the performance of timeless tragedies—no audience, no applause, only devotion.
Thomas Barese swore he'd never return to the stage. But when an old friend lures him back, he's drawn into a performance unlike any other—where the script is sacred, the players are bound by blood, and breaking character is unthinkable. Cast in a ritual staging of Romeo and Juliet, Thomas reunites with a long-lost love—and a role that demands far more than acting. As passion and peril collide, the line between performance and reality begins to blur, and Shakespeare's work takes on a life of its own.
But Thomas harbors a secret—one as compelling as the shadowy society now holding him in its grip. As the final act approaches, one question looms: Will the curtain fall on the performance... or on Thomas himself?

André Costa is a career diplomat, filmmaker, and writer whose work is deeply enriched by his exploration of diverse cultures. With a career that bridges diplomacy and the arts, his journey has been both a professional endeavor and a personal passion, inspiring stories that celebrate the human experience across borders.