Othello

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Based on the play by William Shakespeare
Adapted by Paata Tsikurishvili and Nathan Weinberger
Directed by Paata Tsikurishvili
Choreographed by Irina Tsikurishvili
Set, Costumes, and Properties Design by Anastasia R. Simes
Original Music by Konstantine Lortkipanidze
Lighting Design by Andrew F. Griffin

Performed as part of the 2010 International VSA Festival

June 3 - July 3, 2010
Wednesdays - Saturday at 7:30pm
Saturdays and Sundays at 1:30pm
Previews: Thursday, June 3; Friday, June 4; Saturday matinee, June 5
Opening/Press Night: Saturday, June 5, 2010, 7:30 PM
Location: Family Theater, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets: $30 - 55 Regular (Discounts available for students, seniors, military, and groups)
Recommended for ages 16 and up due to suggestive content.

After thrilling audiences with its spectacular Antony and Cleopatra, Synetic once again infuses one of Shakespeare’s most poignant tragedies with its “art of silence,” exploring a tale of love destroyed by jealousy. When the general Othello triumphantly returns home to the promise of peace and marriage, little can he know that his most trusted advisor is also one of the most fiendish and manipulative villains imaginable. Scandal is fueled, families and friendships are destroyed, as a “trifle light as air” – a handkerchief – undoes them all.

Othello stars company members Roger Payano as Othello and Salma Shaw as Desdemona, Irina Tsikurishvili, Philip Fletcher, Alex Mills as Iago, and features Irina Koval as Emilia and Scott Brown as Cassio, as well as Vato Tsikurishvili, Natalie Berk, Armand Sindoni, Peter Pereyra, Greg Anderson, Sarah Taurchini, Brynn Tucker, and Matthew Ward.
Recommended for ages 16 and up due to suggestive content.

Round Table Discussion - Wednesday, June 9 “Between the lines: Staging Without Words” Post-performance discussion with Paata Tsikurishvili and members of the visual theater community, including Deaf Othello actor Greg Anderson, Tim McCarty - President and Artistic Director of Quest, and Willy Conley, Chair of the Department of Theater Arts at Gallaudet and an Acclaimed Deaf Playwright and Performer. Discussion will be ASL interpreted and captioned.