PASSIONATE LOVE IN A PREJUDICED WORLD

In Shakespeare’s most intimate tragedy, director Costs Rauch explores racism, spiritual bias, xenophobia, and the more disturbing aspects of relationships in the context of our society’s ongoing struggle with polarizing differences.

Consumed by their bigotry, those that praised the Moorish general Othello’s military successes now reject his marriage to Desdemona. The newlyweds are identified to overcome all obstacles, but Othello’s assignment in an spectacular new location draws them in to the web of his lieutenant Iago, whose resentment and demons know no bounds.