Dramatis Personae

(In Order of Appearance)

Roderigo………………………………………...……Jesse Corder

Iago………………………………………………Gregory Bauhof

Brabantio………………………………………...…….Bill Stiteler

Lodovica…………………………………..……………Cassie Fox

Gratiano/Clown..…………………….…..….David P. Schneider

Othello………………………………Derek “Duck” Washington

Cassio…………….………………………….……….Brian Hesser

Duchess…………………………………..……………Eva Nelson

Senator #1/Gentlewoman #2/Muscian……………Erin Caswell

Senator #2/Gentlewoman #1/Muscian....……….Anne Westcott

Desdemona………………………………….……Ariel Pinkerton

Emilia………….…………………………….…….Tiffany Givens

Herald/Gentlewoman #3/Musician/Officer…Karli Anne Keck

Montano………………………………….…David Otto Simanek

Bianca/Messanger..…………………………....Stephanie Nelson

 

Crew

Stage Manager………..…………………….………….….Annie Wallick

Lighting Designer………………………………………Wu Chen Khoo

Costume Designers……...….………….Beryl Kiphuth & Carla Mantel  

Set Designer/Builder………………………………………Brian Hesser

Fight Choreographer……………………………………....Don Preston

Master of Arms…………………………………….David P. Schneider

Adapted and Directed by

Gregory Bauhof

Production Photos

• First known performance November 1, 1604, at Whitehall Palace in London before King James I.

• Subsequent performances took place on Monday, April 30, 1610 at the Globe Theatre; on Nov. 22, 1629; and on May 6, 1635 at the Blackfriars Theatre all owned by Shakespeare’s company

• Richard Burbage was the leading actor in the Lord Chamberlain's - King's Men, playing the dramatic leads, including Richard III, Hamlet, Lear and Othello

• First published in quarto format in 1622

• Dec. 8, 1660: Thomas Killigrew's new King's Company acted the play at their Vere Street theatre, with Margaret Hughes as Desdemona—probably the first time a professional actress appeared on a public stage in England.

• Paul Robeson, one of actings most well known Othello’s,  in 1930 starred as the title role in England, when no US company would cast him in the role because he was a black actor. He later reprised the role in New York on Broadway

• The 1943-1945 production, starring Paul Robeson as Othello and Jose Ferrer as Iago, ran for 296 performances.  Almost twice as long as any other Shakespearean play ever produced on Broadway.