Becoming Othello: A Black Girl’s Journey
Category: Event Calendar
Dates and Times for this Past Event
- Saturday, Nov 11, 2023 2pm
- Saturday, Nov 11, 2023 7:30pm
- Friday, Nov 10, 2023 7:30pm
- Thursday, Nov 9, 2023 7:30pm
- Sunday, Nov 5, 2023 2pm
- Saturday, Nov 4, 2023 7:30pm
- Saturday, Nov 4, 2023 2pm
- Friday, Nov 3, 2023 7:30pm
Location
Mesa Arts Center
1 E Main St
Details
Presented by Southwest Shakespeare Company
Becoming Othello: A Black Girl’s Journey
Written by Debra Ann Byrd
Directed by Tina Packer
November 3-11
Mesa Arts Center – Anita Cox Farnsworth Studio Theater
“Riveting - * * * * * – Terry Teachout, Wall Street Journal
“a powerful, electric play.” (Seattle Times)
Official Selection of the 2022 National Black Theatre Festival
Fresh on the heels of performing this one-woman living memoir at Lincoln Center, Debra Ann Byrd brings Becoming Othello: A Black Girl’s Journey, to the Southwest Shakespeare stage. Fearlessly exploring her upbringing in Spanish Harlem and life as a single mother and artist, Byrd weaves her personal struggles and triumphs through her acclaimed, gender-switched performance as the Moor of Venice. Don’t miss this tour-de-force hailed as “astonishing, brilliant, heartbreaking, and ultimately inspiring.” -Mark Nixon, Stratford-upon-Avon.
