| Adaptor 1 |
Carley, Rod
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| Date of First
Production |
1995, December 7-December 23 |
| Title |
The Othello Project |
| Director |
Rod Carley |
| Place of First
Production |
Studio Theatre, Ford Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto |
| Production
Company |
Walking Shadow Theatre |
| Technical
Design/Direction |
Set Design: Frank Vona
Lighting Design: Jeff Collins
Music/Sound Design: Rod Carley
Costume Coordination: Linda Barnett, Rod Carley
Fight Choreography: Mark Huisman, Daniel Levinson
Stage Manager: Sharon Diamond
Assistant Stage Managers: Karli Montgomery, Todd Sargeant
Production Assistants: Lee Chapman, Dini Conte
Weapons: Chris Warrilow
Technical Supervisor: Charles Kaiser
Sound Technician: Karli Montgomery
Assistant Lighting Designer: Todd Sargeant
Scenic Artists: Pam Lenkov, Frank vona
Set Construction: Jacob Abraham, John Batchelor, Pam Lenkov, Frank Vona
Graphic Design: All the World's a Page
Media Liaison: Pam Oakley - STAF
Photography: Pierre Gautreau
Programme: All The World's a Page
Fight Captain: Jeffery Gruich |
| Cast/Performers |
Clown: Andre Simons
Brabantio: Dick Murphy
Roderigo: Jeffrey Smith
Iago: Jamie Williams
Bianca: Ordena Stephens
Silvio: Mykel Hall
Deputy: Marc Parent
Othello: Nigel Shawn Williams
1st Servant to the Duke: Christopher Robertson
Cassio: Robert Tsonos
Duke: Stuart Dowling
Lodovico: Jeffery Gruich
2nd Servant to the Duke: Tony Curtis Blondell
Montano: Sean Carhew
Desdemona: Sarah Evans
Emilia: Linda Barnett
Citizens of Cypress, Civil Rights Workers, Journalists: Jeffery Gruich, Mykel Hall, Matthew John Lundvall, Alan Milroy, Todd Sargeant |
| Performance
History |
1998, January 16 - February 21
Florida Shakespeare Theatre, The Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables, Florida, USA
Director: Rod Carley
Sets: Richard Bodington, Juan F. Cejas
Lighting: Richard Bodington
Sound: Rod Carley
Costumes: Saidah Ben Judah
Othello: Anthony Hubert
Iago: Jeff Miller
Roderigo: Peter Paul De Leo
Brabantio: Dan Brady
Desdemona: Margery Lowe
Emilia: Pamela Roza
Bianca: Zuleyma H. Guevara
Cassio: A. J. Pitts
Clown: Steven Henry
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1999, June 5,6, 9-13
Nipissing University Theatre, North Bay, Ontario
Director: Rod Carley
Combat Instructor: Daniel Levinson
Set Designer: Arndt von Holtzendorff
Othello: Rodney McCoy
Lodovico: Verly Plowman
Iago: Paul Tessier
Desdemona: Andrea Tessier
Patricia McVicars
Al McAskill
Shawn McDowell
Rick Blair
Mark Cairns
Paul Murray
Damara Anthony
Greg Schroeder
Tom Love |
| Awards |
1996 DORA Award Nomination for Outstanding Direction
1998 Carbonell Award Nomination for Outstanding Direction (Florida Shakespeare Festival, Miami).
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| Publishing
and Multimedia |
*Carley, Rod. The Othello Project. Ts. CASP archives. 1995.
*The Othello Project. Directed by Rod Carley. Advertisement. Florida Shakespeare Theatre. 1998.
*The Othello Project. Directed by Rod Carley. Advertisement. Walking Shadow Theatre. 1995.
*The Othello Project. Directed by Rod Carley. Post Card. Florida Shakespeare Theatre. 1998.
*The Othello Project. Directed by Rod Carley. Press Release. Walking Shadow Theatre. 1995.
*The Othello Project. Directed by Rod Carley. Production Photos. Walking Shadow Theatre. 1995.
*The Othello Project. Directed by Rod Carley. Production Photos. Walking Shadow Theatre. 1999.
*The Othello Project. Directed by Rod Carley. Program. Walking Shadow Theatre. 1995. |
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*Carley, Rod. The Othello Project. Ts. CASP archives. 1995.
*The Othello Project. Directed by Rod Carley. Advertisement. Florida Shakespeare Theatre. 1998.
*The Othello Project. Directed by Rod Carley. Advertisement. Walking Shadow Theatre. 1995.
*The Othello Project. Directed by Rod Carley. Post Card. Florida Shakespeare Theatre. 1998.
*The Othello Project. Directed by Rod Carley. Press Release. Walking Shadow Theatre. 1995.
*The Othello Project. Directed by Rod Carley. Production Photos. Walking Shadow Theatre. 1995.
*The Othello Project. Directed by Rod Carley. Production Photos. Walking Shadow Theatre. 1999.
*The Othello Project. Directed by Rod Carley. Program. Walking Shadow Theatre. 1995.
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| Secondary
Materials |
*Bailey, Maxine. "A Twisted Othello." The Word (Toronto) Dec. 1995-Jan. 1996: 15.
*Chapman, Geoff. "Othello's passion muted in Mississippi." Rev. of The Othello Project, by Rod Carley. Toronto Star 10 Dec. 1995: B3.
*Chapman, Geoff. "Plays, players pleasure on the boards this year." Toronto Star 26 Dec. 1995: B1, B15.
*Clarke, Buddy. "The Othello Project: Mesmerizing Theatre." Entertainment News & Views 23-29 Jan. 1998: 10.
*"Directing/Stage." Rod Carley.com. 10 Jan. 2003.
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*Dolen, Christine. "Othello a different world for the Bard." The Herald (Florida) nd: N.pag.
*Dolen, Christine. "Othello moves to Mississippi in latest twist." The Herald (Florida) 13 Jan. 1998: 1C,3C.
*Doscher, Wendy. "The Othello Project: Shakespeare with a twist." Coral Gables Gazette (Florida) 21-27 Jan. 1998: B1,B4.
*Erstein, Hap. "Southern-style Othello a refreshing twist." The Palm Beach Post 23 Jan. 1998: 5F.
*Hoffman, Deborah. "'A modern twist' for Shakespeare." Letter to the Editor. The Miami Herald 19 Jan. 1998: 8A.
*Kaplan, Jon. "Othello Project redesigns colour scheme." Now nd: N.pag.
*Kelly, Malcolm. "Othello as an FBI agent: he plays Ford Centre to Dec. 23." Np nd: N.pag.
*"'Mere prattle without practice.'" eye 7 Dec. 1995: 43.
*Mintz, Irvin. "History in the making." North York Mirror 6,7 Jan. 1996: 11.
*Samuel, Carolyn. "Othello Project endearingly good." North Bay Nugget 5 June 1999: N.pag.
*Smith, Marjie. "Othello Project shines light on modern bigotry: '60s Mississippi backdrop for play." The North Bay Nugget 27 May 1999: B1.
*Smith, Marjie. "Stage Left." The North Bay Nugget nd: N.pag.
*Tayor, Kate. "Othello in South a contemporary touchstone: Rod Carley elicits both good ensemble work and fine individual contributions as he sets Shakespeare's tragedy in 1960s Mississippi." Review of The Othello Project directed by Rod Carley. The Globe and Mail 14 Dec. 1995: C1, C2.
*Wagner, Vit. "Shakespeare as civil rights activist: Director Carley places Othello in '60s context." Rev. of The Othello Project, by Rod Carley. Toronto Star 7 Dec. 1995: H5.
*Whaley, Savannah. "The Devil Made Him Do It." Miami New Times 29 Jan.-4 Feb. 1998: 59.
*Zink, Jack. "Getting the most from the Moor: Strained by shift to modern civil rights era, 400-year-old Othello still manages to inflame audience passions." Sun-Sentinel (Florida) 20 Jan. 1998: 3D. |
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http://www.rodcarley.com/directingstage.htm
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| Adaptor 1
Biography |
"As Artistic Director of Nipissing Stage Company, North Bay's professional summer theatre company, Rod has directed Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Rumors, The Passion of Dracula, The Petrified Forest, Moon Over Buffalo, Wait Until Dark, as well as serving as co-author/director on the original musical Train Town and dramaturge/director on last season's original musical Indian Heart. This past season he directed Room Service, Wrong For Each Other, The Cripple of Inishmaan, and the premiere of the rock musical Shadflies & Shotguns.
"He has directed and produced over seventy productions to date, both nationally and internationally, ranging from the classics to the development of new Canadian work. He spent two seasons with the Stratford Festival as resident Assistant Director and was the first recipient of the Festival's Jean Gascon Director's Award; he also recieved a Tyrone Guthrie Award. He was nominated for the first John Hirsch Director's Award in 1993 and in 1997 was short-listed for the Pauline McGibbon Award for his body of work to date.
"He has free-lance directed across the country doing summer stock, regional theatre, musicals, summer festivals, university and college productions, and community outreach programs through Theatre Ontario. His adaptation and direction of The Othello Project earned him a 1996 DORA Award Nomination for Outstanding Direction as well as a 1998 Carbonnell Award Nomination for Outstanding Direction (Florida Shakespeare Festival, Miami). His adaptation and production of King Lear earned a 1992 DORA Award Nomination. He directed the premieres of Jason Sherman's first work, A Place Like Pamela, at the Tarragon Theatre, and David Widdicombe's Dinosaur Dreams for the Factory Theatre. He served on Crow's Theatre Board of Directors in Toronto for two years and was responsible for assisting new play development. Since moving to North Bay three years ago to form Nipissing Stage, Rod has been committed to developing the work of northern Ontario writers. He has directed and dramaturged James Stewart's The Ezekiel Complex and Fractured at the White Water Gallery.
"Recently Rod directed the Northern Ontario premiere of High Life earning him an Outstanding Direction Award and Production award at the 2002 Quebec / Northern Ontario Theatre Festival.
"As an instructor, Rod has been a sessional professor with Nipissing University for the past four years, a Guest Artist with the University of Windsor (four years) and George Brown Theatre School (three years), and has taught workshops for the Stratford Festival, Equity Showcase, Artsperience, Theatre Ontario, and school boards throughout the province. He has been a provincial adjudicator for the past seven years" (10 Jan. 2003 qtd. from http://www.rodcarley.com).
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| Adaptor 1
Bibliography |
*"Rod Carley." Rod Carley.com.
http://www.rodcarley.com.
*"Rod Carley." Curriculum Vitae.
http://www.incard.ca/carley_rod.htm. |
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http://www.rodcarley.com
http://www.incard.ca/carley_rod.htm
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| Synopsis |
The Othello Project marks Walking Shadow Theatre's most daring and powerful project to date, a driving and uncompromising study of man's basest instincts. The play unfolds deep in the American South during the height of the civil rights movement. The year is 1964 and Mississippi is ablaze with racial unrest. Set against this backdrop, The Othello Project takes on frightening and immediate relevance. Othello is the leader of a Northern F.B.I. team investigating reports of racial violence in the Klan-dominated town of Cypress, Mississippi. When Iago, his trusted, ally is overlooked for a job promotion, Iago's dashed hopes turn to revenge as he plots Othello's downfall. Using the Mississippi environment to his advantage, Iago preys on Othello's hidden doubts and paranoia. Convinced that his wife, Desdemona, has been unfaithful, Othello's obsessive jealousy leads to a tragic trial of murder and suicide" (qtd. from Press Release, 1995). |
| Keywords |
Civil Rights
Ku Klux Klan
Professional
Race/Ethnicity |
| Notes |
The Othello Project was workshopped at George Brown Theatre School in April 1994 and at Equity Showcase in May 1995. |
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| Adaptation
of |
Othello |
| Entry Last Updated |
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