Othello (2010)
Performance Dates:
July 9, 10, 15, 17, 22, 25, 30, August 1 at 8pm
Plot Synopsis
Othello doesn't begin as a tragedy. Othello is a brave and noble soldier, he has a beautiful and loving wife, and he is being sent off to win an easy war and be a hero. What goes wrong? . . . Tragedy doesn't happen all at once. Little things become bigger things, become bigger things. People don't want tragedies to happen. When bad things happen, we try to fix them... It is the nature of classic tragedy that the same noble qualities that make a tragic hero a hero are the same qualities that cause his downfall. Othello has a supreme sense of justice. Once he believes that Desdemona is guilty, he feels it is his duty to kill her to maintain justice... Why does Shakespeare set this tale of a foreign island? Why does he frame this story with an occupation? What effect does such a tragedy have on a people who are occupied when the event is caused by the occupiers? An event such as this has an effect on one's whole community.
Cast & Crew
| Iago | Rod Breton |
| Roderigo | Jason Oler |
| Brabantio | Tim Sapunor |
| Servant to Brabantio/Desdemona | Rebekah Rose |
| Othello | Gregory Jolivette |
| Cassio | Anthony Pounders |
| Officers | Justin McCoy Maszaba Carter |
| Duke | Lori Ann DeLappe-Grondin |
| Senators | Andrew Struck David Davis |
| Messenger | Ashton Suggs |
| Desdemona | Kirsten Myers |
| Emilia | Christine Nicholson |
| Montano | Anthony Person |
| Gentlefolk of Cyprus | Catherine Nickerson Brandon Marques Robert Salls |
| Bianca | Alondra Mendoza |
| Soldiers | Andrew Struck David Davis |
| Ladies | Breanna Reilly Kiyumi Nishida Ellie Davidson Jane Mueller |
| Lodovico | Justin McCoy |
| Gratiano | Maszaba Carter |
| Street Musician | Joe Gee |
| Director | Luther Hanson |
| Scenic Design | Shawn Weinsheink |
| Lighting Design | Stephen Charles Jones |
| Sound Designer | Scott Bailey |
| Costume Design | Nicole Sivell |
| Choreography | Brent Bianchini |
| Fight Choreography | Jes Gonzales Anthony Pounders |
| Fight Captain | Anthony Pounders |
| Dance Captain | Justin McCoy |
| Production Manager | Jonathan Williams |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Joy Gee |
| Second Assistant Stage Managers | Alison Vail, Sinead Kennedy |
| Technical Director | Shawn Weinsheink |
| Assistant Technical Director | Scott Bailey |
| Scenic Artists | Samantha Haas, Tiffany Ribera-McKay, Alison Vail |
| Master Electrician | Leonard Wooley |
| Light Board Operator | Samantha Haas |
| Sound Board Operator | Owen Lenox |
| Carpenters | Owen Lenox, Alejandro Padilla, Brian Reynaga, Steve Jones |
| Load Crew | Zak Singleton |
| Costume Shop Foreman | Nicole Sivell |
| First Hand | Lalena Hutton |
| Head Stitcher | Breanna Reilly |
| Stitchers | John Crabtree, Elizabeth Davidson, Anastasia Metlenko, Anthony Person, Ashonda Gaynor, Kelsey Saepharn, Julian Sandoval, David Valdovina, Megan O'Laughlin |
| Costume Maintenance | Lenore Justman |
| Festival Director | Luther Hanson |
| Intern Supervisor | Lori Ann DeLappe-Grondin |
| Box Office | Cynthia Hawes, Alyse Vogel, Anthony Person |
| House Managers | Lori Ann DeLappe-Grondin, April Brown |
| Hospitality | Lenore Justman |
| Finance | Robert W. Gore |
| Poster/Postcard Design | Bill McClosky |
| Photography | Bruce Clarke |
| Web Master | Steve Grondin |