Founding Company member Tony Simotes returns to direct Shakespeare & Company’s first-ever mainstage production of Othello. He sat down for a video interview in which he discusses the soldier’s bond between Iago and Othello and the deeper motivations behind Iago’s actions, the love Desdemona has for Othello and the ease with which everything we know can suddenly change. (The video features rehearsal footage and production photos, and music from the show composed by Scott Killian).

Othello, now in previews, opens Friday and stars John Douglas Thompson as Othello and Michael Hammond as Iago, with Merrit Janson, LeRoy McClain, Ryan Winkles, Kristin Wold, Walton Wilson, Elizabeth Aspenlieder, Michael F. Toomey, Jon Croy and Tom Rindge. Buy tickets now.

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