Equivocation

In the Bill Cain play Equivocation, events revolve around “Shagspeare,” a playwright commissioned in 1605 by England’s prime minister to tell the “true historie” of the Gunpowder Plot to assassinate King James I. But all is not as it appears. “It’s a fascinating investigation into a situation where no one will be benefited by telling the truth,” director Jan Powell says of the co-production of Henley Street Theatre/Richmond Shakespeare and Virginia Repertory Theatre at Virginia Rep Center. $30 to $46.