The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster directed by Michael Kahn assistant directed by Nolan Haims set designed by Walt Spangler costumes designed by Fabio Toblini lighting designed by Brian Haynsworth sound designed by William Padilla The Juilliard School Michael Kahn, the Artistic Director of The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C., set John Webster’s intense tale of madness and secret love in a created world of high stylization and extreme decadence that owed more to Eurotrash than the Jacobeans. As the assistant director, I not only served as a key liaison to the designers and other creative staffs throughout the production, but also remounted the production a few months later for Juilliard’s Repertory Season.