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I am one, sir, that comes to tell you your daughter and the Moor are now makng the beast with two backs.
Iago (Jason Maniccia, down right) inflames Brabantio (Robert Projansky, above) while leaving Roderigo (Nathan Markiewicz) to take the heat. |
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What profane wretch art thou?
A view of the play from the far side of the pond. Iago (Jason Maniccia) holds his head while Roderigo (Nathan Markiewicz) bungles the attempt to draw the enraged Brabantio (Robert Projansky) down from his "bedroom window". |
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. . . my particular grief is of so flood-gate and o'erbearing nature That it engluts and swallows other sorrows and it is still itself.
Brabantio (Robert Projansky, center) makes his case to the Duke (Aubrey Jessen) while Othello (Paul Susi) awaits patiently. |
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She swore in faith 'twas strange, 'twas passing strage, 'Twas pitfiul, 'twas wondrous pitifu;
Othello (Paul Susi, center) describes what "witchcraft" he used to ensnare the daughter of Brabantio. |
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My noble father, I do perceive here a divided duty.
Desdemona (Amaya Villazan) comes to her husbands defense. |
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But, good lieutenant, is your general wived?
Montano (David Millstone, center) question Michael Cassio (Daniel Jordan, right) about Othello while Sailors (Zane Palmer, above & Dick Garfield, right) watch for his "Bark". |
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O my soul's joy, If after every tempest come such calms, may the winds blow till they have wakened death, . . .
Othello arrives on Cyprus. From left to right Othello (Paul Susi), Desdemona (Amaya Villazan), Emilia (Margaret Darling), Michael Cassio (Daniel Jordan), 2nd longshoreman (Dick Garfield), Montano (David Millstone) and Iago (Jason Maniccia). |
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The wine she drinks is made of grapes!
Iago (Jason Maniccia, right) convinces Roderigo (Nathan Markiewicz) that Desdemona is not a Goddess but a human only driven by her lust. |
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Have you forgot all sense of place and duty?
Othello & Iago break up a drunken brawl between Montano and Michael Cassio. From left to right: Othello (Paul Susi), 1st drunken sailor (Zane Palmer), Montano (David Millstone), Iago (Jason Maniccia) and Cassio (Daniel Jordan). |
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And what's he then that says I play the villain?
Iago (Jason Mannicia) takes a breather from his villainy. |
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Not now, sweet Desdemon, some other time.
Desdemona tries to distract Othello from his worries. From left to right: Emilia (Margaret Darling), Desdemona (Amaya Villazan), Othello (Paul Susi) and Iago (Jason Maniccia). |
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By heaven, I'll know thy thoughts!
Iago (Jason Maniccia, keft) plants seeds of doubt in Othello (Paul Susi). |
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Take note, take note, O world, To be direct and honest is not safe.
Iago (Jason Maniccia, left) defends Cassio to further inflame Othello (Paul Susi). |
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It were a tedious difficulty, I think, to bring them to that prospect.
Iago (Jason Mannicia, left) baits Othello (Paul Susi) into laying a trap for his wife. |
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Is that true? Why, then Othello and Desdemona return again to Venice!
Iago (Jason Maniccia, right) cranks Roderigo's (Nathan Markiewicz) tension up a notch. |
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Wouldst thou do such a deed for all the world?
Desdemona (Amaya Villazan, seated) and Emilia (Margaret Darling) discuss the merits of cuckoldry. |
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Minion, your dear lies dead, And your unblest fate hies; strumpet, I come.
Othello (Paul Susi, right) mistakes Roderigo's (Nathan Markiewicz) cries, for Michael Cassio's death. |
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Put out the light, and then put out the light.
Othello (Paul Susi) descends secretly into his marriage chamber and his sleeping Desdemona (Amaya Villazan). |
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O balmy breath, that dost almost persuade Justice to break her sword!
Othello (Paul Susi) reminds himself of what he had in Desdemona (Amaya Villazan). |
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I would not kill thy unprepared spirit, No, heaven forfend, I would not kill thy soul.
Othello (Paul Susi) "walks by" and asks Desdemona (Amaya Villazan) to reconcile herself to "heaven and grace". |
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I that am cruel am yet merciful, I would not have thee linger in thy pain. So, . . . . . so.
Othello (Paul Susi) tries to save Desdemona's (Amaya Villazan) soul by smothering her with her bedroom pillow. |
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Who's there?
Othello (Paul Susi) is interupted in the bedroom. |
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A guiltless death I die . . .
Desdemona (Amaya Villazan) has a final word for her waiting woman, Emilia (Margaret Darling). |
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Villainy, villainy,villainy! I think upon't, I think I smell't, O villainy! I thought so then: I'll kill myself for grief! O villainy, villainy!
Emilia (Margaret Darling) accuess her husband Iago (Jason Maniccia, right) of plotting Desdemona's death. |
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What did thy song bode, lady?
Emilia (Margaret Darling) asks a question dying by her mistress' side while Montano (David Millstone) and Gratiano (Zane Palmer) recover from the surprise attack by Iago. |
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Where is that viper? bring the villain forth.
Iago is returned to the scene of his crime. Standing from left to right: Othello (Paul Susi), Lodovico (Dick Garfield), Cassio (Daniel Jordan), Iago (Jason Maniccia, kneeling), Montano (David Millstone) and Gratiano (Zane Palmer). |
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Then must you speak of one that loved not wisely, but too well . . .
View of the stage from the "Actors Camp" |
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. . . Myself will straight aboard, and to the state this heavy act with heavy heart relate.
End of the final scene, picture taken across the fountain. |
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