Othello

After the long pandemic hiatus, NEW PLACE PLAYERS returns to New York City with a production of OTHELLO, directed by Craig Bacon, combining their signature original live chamber music, and acting which celebrates language, action, and deeply human storytelling. OTHELLO will play a limited engagement at Casa Clara (218 East 25th Street, New York, NY 10010).

OTHELLO will be performed for an intimate audience of fifty people in the round, immersed in a former foundry with a rich collection of statuary, featuring both skylights and balconies. As one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies, this production of OTHELLO will be a searing & intimate look at shame, manipulation, and the devastation it provokes. It will bring New Place Player’s signature dynamic interplay of music, Lecoq movement, swordplay, and language to a new level — with musicians and actors collaborating with one another to inspire an extraordinarily fresh take on Shakespeare’s powerful and timeless story.

The production stars Elisa Alemparte (Danton’s Dead, Film: Adam and the Water) as Bianca, Alanah Allen (Spite, Single Asian Female) as Desdemona, Matthew Dudley (Director of Voice and Speech at Terry Knickerbocker Studio) as Brabantio, Conor Andrew Hall as Iago, Helen Herbert (National Tour: A Christmas Carol) as Emilia, Matthew Iannone as Cassio, Eliott Johnson (Lombardi) as Othello, Topher Kielbasa as Lodovico, Ryan Joseph Swartz (Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me) as Clown/Ensemble, and Andrew James Young as Ensemble.

The musicians include Anna Bikales (harpist), Flavio Gaete (music director, composition & sound design), and Daniel Keene (lutenist).

The production features scenic design by Shawn Lewis (set), costume design by Jennifer Paar (costumes), and lighting design by Ethan Steimel (lights).