Chicago:

Shakespeare Central Exclusive:

This re-telling of the Othello story, completely re-written in hip hop rhyme was one of the sensations of 2012’s Globe to Globe Festival in London.  Produced by The Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, “Othello: The Remix is a stunning and powerful telling of Shakespeare’s story.  Othello is portrayed not as a soldier, but as ‘the world’s greatest rapper’.  The London performances were all sold out at Shakespeare’s Globe, and now the Q Brothers have taken the performance, slightly updated into Chicago’s Cook County Jail.  The audience included both male and female prisoners, and was received with great enthusiasm.

THE PLAYERS

Read more about the play at Chicago Shakespeare Festival:

http://www.chicagoshakes.com/plays_and_events/othello-remix

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