Corona Cold Reads: Othello

These are crazy times and we’ve all taken on a bunch of new projects as we socially isolate in order to help stop the spread of Covid-19.   We’re donating where we can, we’re cleaning the pantry, we’re organizing the 2300+ title dvd library. We finished work on the Nominee Interview Series even though the live event for our […]

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These are crazy times and we’ve all taken on a bunch of new projects as we socially isolate in order to help stop the spread of Covid-19.

We’re donating where we can, we’re cleaning the pantry, we’re organizing the 2300+ title dvd library. We finished work on the Nominee Interview Series even though the live event for our yearly Critics’ Pick Awards had to be cancelled (we’ve still got trophies to give out, eventually). We started the Corona Movie Club to help curb our boredom and constant need to talk about movies with other human beings. I’m even watching network procedurals and actually writing about them.

But what we all really need is comfort. We need our favourite things and our favourite people and right now those are hard to come by so we have to do everything we can to bring them together whenever possible. For me, there’s nothing quite so comforting and joyful as Shakespeare. Luckily, I know a lot of people who also love Shakespeare- a few old friends from my alma mater’s Shakespeare Society and a few of my favourite Toronto theatre artists, all of whom just so happen to be talented and generous and responsibly socially isolated enough to want to join a nearly 3-hour 19-person Zoom call for the purposes of livestreaming Shakespeare on YouTube.

Check out Othello in audio form below (or on iTunes) then tune into our YouTube page to watch the rest of our readings.

A huge thank you to the cast of Othello:

Othello- Andre Sills

Desdemona- Anne van Leeuwen

Iago- Lauren Horejda

Cassio- Jesse Nerenberg

Emilia- Shalyn McFaul

Musician- Gaby Grice

Duke- Torey Urquhart

Montano- Melissa Wright

Bianca- Fabiana Cabral

Roderigo- Saiya Floyd

Brabantio- Christopher Prentice

Lodovico- Laura Hubbard

Officer/Third Gentleman- Hilary Wartinger

Sailor/Clown- Miriam B

Gratiano- Mark Kreder

Second Senator/First Gentleman- Elizabeth Ramirez

First Senator- Olivia Klausen McCargar

Second Gentleman- Nicole Falgoust

Messenger/Herald- Elizabeth Morriss

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