Khalid Gonçalves Houseman Theatre in New York City. In 2000, Gonçalves played the role of Borachio in the William Shakespeare comedy "Much Ado About Nothing", which was produced and performed by The Boomerang Theatre Company. The company performed the play in Central Park, Stuyvesant Square, Prospect Park, and at Theatre 22 in Manhattan. On September 22, 2013, Gonçalves returned to theatre for a benefit fundraiser for the Abingdon Square Theatre, sharing the stage with fellow actors Michael Barbieri, Anthony DeSando, Alfredo Diaz, Gina Ferranti, Nick Fondulis, Steven LaChioma, Tom Alan Robbins, Scott Seidman, and Johnny Tammaro. The group read from three plays
Richard III (play) attempt to circumvent the moral conscience of those around him. Therefore, historical determinism is merely an illusion perpetrated by Richard's assertion of his own free will. The Machiavellian reading of the play finds evidence in Richard's interactions with the audience, as when he mentions that he is "determinèd to prove a villain" (I.i.30). However, though it seems Richard views himself as completely in control, Lull suggests that Shakespeare is using Richard to state "the tragic conception of the play in a joke. His primary meaning is that he controls his own destiny. His pun also has a second, contradictory meaning—that