PRODUCTION: Debra Ann Byrd directed by Tina Packer (USA)
July 18, 2025 7 p.m.
Directed by Shakespeare & Company founder Tina Packer and written by and starring the Founding Artistic Director of the Harlem Shakespeare Festival Debra Ann Byrd.
From her ancestral lineage to her arrival at a metaphorical crossroad, classical actress Debra Ann Byrd presents a tour-de-force performance of her living memoir in Becoming Othello: A Black Girl’s Journey. Shakespeare aficionados will love how she weaves the Bard’s words into her own, but one doesn’t have to be a Shakespeare fan to appreciate Byrd’s poignant telling of her own story. Interspersed with verses from Othello and dynamic song and speeches, Byrd bares her soul in this vulnerable, personal, and resonant story of perseverance, discovery, and unconditional love.
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