Sham

A thief with excellent taste breaks into a house on a wealthy street and finds nothing worth stealing. Then the owners come home early.

What follows is a negotiation. The Sheffield tray is plated. The Wedgwood is wrong. The paintings are copies. And the only house on the block that doesn't get robbed tonight is going to have some explaining to do to the neighbors.

Adapted from Sham: A Social Satire by Frank G. Tompkins (1920).

Featuring:

Sasha Leslie as Clara

Nathan Ashcroft as Charles

Chaya Alynna as The Reporter

Eric VanRensselaer as The Thief

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