NAATCO - Othello
Othello

February 10 - March 4, 2000
The Connelly Theatre
New York, NY

Production photos by Carol Rosegg

Directed by Jonathan Bank
Artistic Director of the Mint Company

Iago
Roderigo
Brabantio
Othello
Cassio
Duke
Lodovico
Desdemona
Montano
Emilia
Bianca
Gratiano

Joel de la Fuente*
John Roque*
Mel Duane Gionson*
Joshua Spafford
Andy Pang*
James Saito*
Ariel Estrada*
Tina Horii*
Joel Carino*
Tess Lina*
Jennifer Kato*
Mel Duane Gionson*

Set Designer
Lighting Designer
Costume Designer
Sound Designer
Flyer Design
Fight Choreographer
Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
Publicity

Sarah Lambert
Stephen Petrilli
Elly van Horne
Jane Shaw
Casey Koh
Michael G. Chin
Janine L. PangBurn
Linnea Petruzzili
SAM RUDY/Shirley Herz Associates

* Appearing courtesy of Actors Equity Association

Remove the appearance of sharp racial differences from "Othello" and the difference in the play is so striking that it makes you wonder how may other stories have been distorted in our imaginations by our historical obsession with race.

D.J.R. Bruckner - NY Times

In a period when just about everyone producing Shakespeare seems driven to update, rethink or modernize, it's actually quite refreshing to see a version that mostly withstands the temptation to tinker.

Les Gutman - CurtainUp

Bank's direction is clear, effective, thoughtful and thought-provoking. He's given us an Othello to reflect upon, and in this day and age that's no mean achievement.

Martin Denton - nytheatre.com

Joel de la Fuente’s Iago holds the dark hearts of the audience enthralled.

Andrew Neiman - theatremania.com

Othello & Shakespeare Online

The web has MANY resources for further study of Othello and William Shakespeare. Listed below are just a few found on a casual search:

Complete text of the play:

http://the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/Tragedy/othello/othello.html
http://www.gh.cs.su.oz.au/~matty/Shakespeare/texts/tragedies/othello_0.html ftp://sailor.gutenberg.org/pub/gutenberg/etext97/1ws3210.txt http://web.uvic.ca/shakespeare/Annex/DraftTxt/Oth/Oth_F/index.html (multiple versions)

Othello sites maintained by academic institutions:

http://tlc.ai.org/shakothe.htm
http://www.calvin.edu/academic/engl/346/proj2/team1/
http://www.dc.peachnet.edu/~shale/humanities/literature/british/othello.html

Clicknotes - user-friendly hypertext study guides for Hamlet, Othello and the Scottish Play. It is a subscriber service (and with all the free sites out there, I can't imagine why you would subscribe), but there is a free online version:

http://www.clicknotes.com/othello/

There have been at least 27 different versions of Othello made on film or video. There is update of Othello in post-production with a teen cast set in a high school!? A complete list is available from imdb.com, the definitive online movie resource:

http://us.imdb.com/Tsearch?othello

General Shakespeare sites:

http://daphne.palomar.edu/shakespeare/ (particularly excellent)
http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/ (The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust) http://www.shakespeare-online.com/
http://web.uvic.ca/shakespeare/
http://shakespeareweb.tripod.com/

The Japanese Tsukuda Company trademarked the name Othello for a variation of the English game Reversi, which in turn may have roots in the ancient Japanese game "Go," which may have originated in China or India. If you do a web search for Othello, the bulk of what you find will be references to this game. FAQs from the International Internet Othello Association are at:

http://www.armory.com/~iioa/othguide/faq/faqlatest.html

Special Thanks to Kate Duncan & "Space: Above and Beyond" for providing
the initial materials and research for the NAATCO/Othello web site
http://www.planetx.com/~kduncan/othello-1.html


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