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*SOLD OUT*ÌýOthello

_{By William Shakespeare
Adapted and Directed by Jane F. Cox}

Thursday, April 6 at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 7 at 7:30 p.m.Ìý
Saturday, April 8 at 2 p.m.

Tickets: $15

*Limited On Stage Seating*

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Get ready to see Othello as you’ve never seen HER before…that’s right, HER! This contemporary adaptation finds Shakespeare’s characters transported to modern day while retaining the eloquence and vitality of the bard’s original text.

Othello is a successful Black woman who has everything: power, respect, and the love of her fair Desdemona – not to mention the contempt of the cunning, back stabbing, ladder-climbing, lago. Threatened by, and resentful of the power couple’s happiness, lago preys on Othello’s insecurities—using insidious race, class, gender and sexual warfare to poison Othello’s mind and convince her that Desdemona’s devotion is fleeting and false.

This powerful tale of prejudice, inequity, discrimination, and jealousy is full of wit and action, and a few surprises as well. So, come see the show you’ve known for all these years in a whole new light…

ºÚÁÏÉç University Center for Performing Arts acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency Ìý

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Meet the Cast

ÌýAdapted and Directed byÌý

Jane F. Cox

Ìý Nekia "Kiaa"ÌýDriver Othello	Ìý Jeff Pattawi-Gamlin Iago	Ìý Hannah Hamel Desdemona
Ìý Marquis Parks Cassio	Ìý Maya Shelton Emilia	Dylan Oak Bales Roderigo
Victoria Dean Lodovico	Xavier Thompson Montano	Ìý Lynne Clayton Brabantio/Gratiano
Dakota Keel TheÌýDuke	Dominiqe Adams Bianca	Chevelle Blackburne u/sÌýOthello

ÌýÌý Kimelia Carter Stage ManagerÌý

LaT'ya Johnson Assistant Stage Manager u/s Lodovico