Events

All events were free and open to the public. For more information, call 847/491-7294

Thursday, September 21 8:00 P.M. Norris Center East Lawn

Outdoor Screening of "O" an update of Othello set in a high school, starring Mekhi Phifer, Julia Stiles and Josh Hartnett. Free popcorn.

Tuesday, September 26 4:30 P.M., Hagstrum Room, University Hall 201

"Othello in Different Contexts": A Roundtable with NU Faculty - Wendy Griswold, Ed Muir, and Wendy Wall: "A Sociologist, Historian, and Literary Scholar Read Othello."

Reception to follow.

Thursday, October 5 7:00-9:00 P.M., Harris Hall 107

OPENING ADDRESS

Marjorie Garber, Harvard University will present a lecture entitled "Black and White and Read All Over: Othello and Modern Culture."

Reception to follow in Harris Hall 108.

Wednesday, October 11 8:00 P.M., Block Cinema

Screening of Orson Welles's Othello, with Theatre and English Department Professor Tracy Davis introducing the film.

Thursday, October 19 5:00 P.M., University Hall 102

"Othello in Film Around the World": A Roundtable with NU Faculty Scott Curtis, Kevin Bell, and Olateju Adesida, who will discuss a German silent version of Othello, a British update of the play set in the age of jazz entitled All Night Long, and a Nigerian film version called Thunderbolt.

VENUE CHANGE

Saturday, October 28 7 P.M., Tech Auditorium (Ryan Family Auditorium)

In "Othello Kabuki Style," Shozo Sato - Professor emeritus of the Art and Design Faculty at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - will discuss connections between Shakespeare's western text and Kabuki's eastern and Zen themes. Sato's talk will be accompanied by performed scenes from his mesmerizing play, "Kabuki Othello," which will have its world premiere this fall.

Reception to follow.

Monday, October 30 5:00-7:00 P.M., Hagstrum Room, University Hall 201

"Othello as Literary Progenitor": A Roundtable with NU Faculty Nasrin Qader, Christine Froula, and Evan Mwangi, who will discuss Tayeb Salih's gripping 1967 Arabic novel, A Season of Migration to the North, which adapts the Othello story to explore cultural dissonance between Africa and Europe.

Reception to follow.

Wednesday, November 1 5:00 P.M., Harris Hall, 107

FEATURED PRESENTATION

Wole Soyinka, Nigerian writer, political activist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986, will present a talk entitled "Othello's Dominion, Immigrant Domain."

Reception to follow in Harris Hall 108.

Monday, November 6 7:00-9:00 P.M., University Hall 102

"Othello in Three Modes: Opera, Dance, and the Visual Arts": NU musicologist Jesse Rosenberg will discuss Verdi's opera Otello; English and Theatre Professor Susan Manning will present Jose Limon's dance theatre work, "The Moor's Pavane"; and DePaul Professor Francesca Royster will discuss Fred Wilson's 2003 art installation at the Venie Biennale.

Reception to follow. Location TBA.

Tuesday, November 7 2:00-3:20, Ballroom, Theatre, and Interpretation Center

"Limon Movement Workshop": Learn or watch the Jose Limon dance technique, with Instructor James Moreno

Reception to follow. Location TBA.

Thursday, November 9 7:00 P.M., McCormick Tribune Center Forum

FINALE: "Othello in Performance"

Award-winning director, choreographer, and playwright David Bell will show how a single scene from Othello can be performed in strikingly different ways. This presentation will be followed by a panel discussion with Barbara Gaines , founder and director of the Chicago Shakespeare Theater.

Reception to follow in the lobby of the McCormick Tribune Center.

 

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The Library is supporting this program by mounting a general exhibit, including a multimedia display, which will showcase many unique and original items from the collections (read more).

The Piccolo Theater presents "First…A Farce"

September, 1934 - the biggest night in the history of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company—world-famous tenor Tito Morelli is to perform Otello, his greatest role, at the gala season-opener. The chaos begins the moment he arrives… too late to rehearse. His fiery-tempered wife discovers a girl in his closet, writes a good-bye note, grabs her fur and leaves him. Already on his way through a bottle of wine, Tito accidentally takes a double dose of tranquilizers, which mix with the booze and he passes out. His pulse plummets and the "Dear John' letter is mistaken for Tito's suicide note...

The grand night is ruined…Unless there is a way for the dead singer to deliver the performance of his life!

Showtimes: Friday/Saturday 8:00pm, Sunday 3:00pm

Sept 15-Oct 14

Evanston Arts Depot, 600 Main St, Evanston, IL 60204

For tickets call: 847-424-0089 or visit www.piccolotheatre.com

See an innovative staging of OTHELLO in one of the most intimate theatres in Chicago.

Polarity Ensemble Theatre presents Shakespeare’s OTHELLO in mask November 10th through December 10th at the Side Project Theatre, 1439 West Jarvis (Rogers Park). Groups of 8 or more students may purchase tickets at $12 each on Fridays and Saturdays and $10 each on Sundays. Individual students tickets are $15 on Fridays and Saturdays and $10 on Sundays.

Performances are Friday and Saturday at 8 pm and Sunday at 3 pm.

http://petheatre.com/othello.html