Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief

Catnip Productions presents Pulitzer Prize-winner Paula Vogel?s Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief. Vogel?s scathingly comic deconstruction of Shakespeare?s Othello is told from the point of view of the three female characters. In this rare peek into her secret life, Desdemona is hardly the quivering innocent we?ve all come to know. Much to Emilia?s disapproval, infidelity seems the least of Desdemona?s concerns as she taunts her maid with tales of promiscuity. A visit from the colorful Bianca, now a majestic whore of Cyprus, throws another delightful obstacle in the path to sanctuary, accelerating the spiral toward the inevitable tragic conclusion.