Alexithymia will be staged at this year s FRINGE PVD. (Courtesy Madison Weinhoffer)
It’s been more than a year since the pandemic has kept audiences from gathering in person for theater. During that time, theater makers have pivoted to online programming with intimate short stories, innovative Zoom offerings and audio plays to bring us together while we were apart.
But things are changing. On the heels of an ambitious vaccine rollout and relaxed CDC guidelines, Gov. Charlie Baker has also eased COVID restrictions in the commonwealth, paving the way for a return to normalcy and a return to the theater. Of course, there are still virtual offerings from the Huntington Theatre Company and New York’s Public Theater, among others, for those who aren’t comfortable or aren’t able to venture out just yet.
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BECOMING OTHELLO: A BLACK GIRL S JOURNEY opens July 16 at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts. The piece is positioned as a multimedia theatrical production with lyrical language, soulful songs and the music that shaped the life of a resilient little girl growing up in Spanish Harlem. It has been described as an autobiographical solo show also, a living memoir .
The production is directed by S&Co. founder, Tina Packer, who has been described as one of the world s living experts on the Bard . Given the venue and Packer s involvement, we thought, the piece will have something to do with Shakespeare s Othello. And yet, there must be more to it. We caught up with writer and performer, Debra Ann Byrd and asked: