This production (set in the great room of a grand old house) literally splits the eponymous character into the two parts that so often seem conflicting: Othello and The Moor.
Throughout, the production will use several other meta-theatrical tools – most notably the casting of Iago in not only many of the auxiliary roles (Brabantio/Montano etc.) but also the role of dramatist, as if it’s his production – to accentuate the impossibility of Othello for modern black actors, expected to find some mythical middle-ground of acting without being.
A fuller explication of the idea can be found below, in a deck that includes an essay on the history of the play.
another othello
Theater Direction • Adaptation
Adobe Illustrator • Adobe InDesign • The Work of Many Black and Brown Academics and Intellectuals
another othello (in process)
Theater Direction • Adaptation
Adobe Illustrator • The Work of Ayanna Thompson and Keith Hamilton Cobb
