This year, that manual’s most important lessons may come from the contrasting models the female protagonists, Esther and her predecessor, Queen Vashti, represent when it comes to negotiating the ...

they propose the king declare throughout the empire that Vashti would be expelled from the palace. This vacates the queen’s throne, and the stage is set for Esther’s entry into the story.

In the cast are Denise Garcia as Esther, Jeremy Yeo as King Xerxes, Jacob Michel as Haman, Nick Diliberto as Mordecai, Luke Michel as Teresh, Julie Carlson as Queen Vashti and Marissa Wright as ...