OTHELLO
Run Dates
2026.05.19 ~ 2026.06.28
Harman Hall
About the show
Simon Godwin directs Wendell Pierce (The Wire, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, Elsbeth) in Shakespeare’s towering tragedy about the power of words to kill. Venice is scandalized when its protector, Othello (Pierce), elopes with a nobleman’s daughter, while his most trusted lieutenant, Iago (Ben Turner, Macbeth), seethes after being passed over for a promotion. Vengeful Iago speaks a word and contorts the world: transforming Othello’s faithful wife into an adulteress and upright men into beasts.
Details
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Simon Godwin
Scenic & Co-Costume Designer: Susan Hilferty
Co-Costume Designer: Sarita P. Fellows
Lighting Designer: Amith A. Chandrashaker
Sound Designer: Christopher Shutt
Wig & Hair Designer: Satellite Wigs, Inc.
Composer: Shiloh Coke
Choreographer: Jonathan Goddard
Voice and Text Coach: Lisa Beley
Fight Choreographer: Robb Hunter
Dramaturg: Drew Lichtenberg
Dramaturgical Consultant: Patricia Akhimie
Casting: Danica Rodriguez, Csa
Assistant Director: Everett Judd
Production Stage Manager: Laura Smith
CAST
Brabantio/Salarino, u/s Iago: Joey Collins
Desdemona: Olivia Cygan
Bianca: Giovanna Drummond
Emilia: Melanie Field
Montano/Senator Romano: Derek Garza
Cassio: Lucas Iverson
Othello: Wendell Pierce
Duke of Venice: Todd Scofield
Iago: Ben Turner
Roderigo: Daniel Velez
u/s Othello: Craig Wallace
Ensemble, u/s Montano/Romano/Cassio: Jon Beal
Ensemble, u/s Bianca: Claire Hilton
Ensemble, u/s Roderigo: Cole Sitilides
Ensemble, u/s Duke of Venice/Brabantio/Salarino: James Whalen
Ensemble, u/s Desdemona/Emilia: Em Whitworth
Ensemble: C.J. Craig, Sofía Hernandez Morales, Anna Marzullo, Vish Shukla
Where it's been performed
Harman Hall
Washington D.C.
United States
Washington D.C.
,United States