The World’s a Stage: Becoming Othello, A Black Girl’s Journey @ Seattle Shakespeare Company (Seattle Center)

When:

January 3, 2023 @ 7:30 pm

2023-01-03T19:30:00-08:00

2023-01-03T19:45:00-08:00

Access: Sliding Scale & Reduced Cost Area : Seattle Representation Matters: Artists of color Representation Matters: Black artists Representation Matters: Women artists

Written & Performed by Debra Ann Byrd
Directed by Tina Packer

From her ancestral lineage to her arrival at a metaphorical crossroad, Debra Ann Byrd presents a tour-de-force journey of living memoir in The World’s a Stage: Becoming Othello, A Black Girl’s Journey. This autobiographical solo show chronicles the trials and triumphs of Byrd’s life: her joy-filled and tumultuous youth growing up in Harlem, her experiences in foster care, her growth as a pregnant teen and single parent, her fateful encounter with a troupe of Shakespearean actors, navigating race and the classics, and ultimately her gender-flipped journey to playing Othello. Interspersed with verses from Othello and dynamic multimedia elements, Byrd bares her soul in this vulnerable, personal, and resonant story of perseverance, discovery, and unconditional love.

Directed by Shakespeare & Company founder Tina Packer and written by and starring the Founding Artistic Director of the Harlem Shakespeare Festival and Artistic Director at Southwest Shakespeare Company Debra Ann Byrd.

Previews 1/3-4

Location: Center Theatre (Seattle Center Armory, lower level)

Tickets ($45-$62) here.

($10 rush tickets available by signing up for Groundlings membership; see info here.)

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