another othello (in process)
Theater Direction • Adaptation
Adobe Illustrator • The Work of Ayanna Thompson and Keith Hamilton Cobb
“One feels his two-ness, — an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body”
W.E.B. DuBois
Othello is not generally called one of Shakespeare’s “problem plays”. This should not be taken to mean that it is not problematic. 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 the role for modern black actors, expected to find some mythical middle-ground of acting without being.
Othello is not generally called one of Shakespeare’s “problem plays”. This should not be taken to mean that it is not problematic. 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 the role for modern black actors, expected to find some mythical middle-ground of acting without being.
another othello
Theater Direction • Adaptation
Adobe Illustrator • Adobe InDesign • The Work of Many Black and Brown Academics and Intellectuals
