Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm
Oct. 31 - Nov. 22

Theatre Asylum: The Elephant
6322 Santa Monica Blvd. LA. CA .90038

OTHELLO
Written by William Shakespeare

Directed by Carly D. Weckstein

Stage Manager - Robyn G. Lee
Ass. Director - Anna Walters
Dramaturg - Emilio Aldrich

Costume Designer - Katie Jorgenson
Lighting Designer - Colleen Dunleap
Soundtrack & Masks - Carly D. Weckstein
Original Melody to 'Willow' - Megan Pfefferkorn

STARRING:
Zach Brown - Othello
Zack Hamra - Iago
Katelyn Myer - Desdemona
Gerard Marzilli - Michael Cassio
Angela Sauer - Emilia
and
The Masked Chorus:
Richard Abraham - Brabantio/Gratiano*
Maggie Blake - Clown/Duke
Cameron Daxon - Roderigo
Luis Ordaz - Montano
Emma Servant -Bianca
Micah Watterson - Lodovico

*Weekend 3 Understudy: Sean Fitzgerald

PHOTOGRAPHY BY EMILIO ORTEGA ALDRICH




From the company that brought you a cross-gender cast Macbeth and The Taming of the Shrew as a BDSM love story,
comes a provocative Othello – a theatrical exploration of outsiders and obsessions.

For director Carly D. Weckstein, Othello is one of Shakespeare’s darkest and most uncomfortable tragedies.
It not only includes deep racism and misogyny but is often accused of sexualizing and glorifying domestic violence–
an apparently odd choice for a progressive and “sex-positive” theater company. But for Weckstein, the fact that Othello remains deeply disturbing is the reason to stage it. In talking about her motivation to direct the play, she argues “racism, misogyny, jealousy  and domestic violence are tragedies that happen every day. If we actually want to heal what is damaging in our world, we must confront what most upsets us and that means coming face to face with our own demons.” 

The Illyrian Players have taken their signature ensemble-based approach to exploring this tragedy
with a cast of eleven actors: five of whom play the five primary characters,
and six who create a Masked Chorus, doubling as all other characters.