Southwest Shakespeare Company offers limited In Person Tickets plus virtual attendance option for BECOMING OTHELLO: A BLACK GIRL’S JOURNEY, November 5-8, 2020

Southwest Shakespeare Company is pleased to bring live theater safely to Phoenix with Debra Ann Byrd’s acclaimed solo performance, offering limited in person admission and virtual attendance options.

Southwest Shakespeare Company kicks off it’s fall season of solo live and virtual performances with Debra Ann Byrd’s multifaceted Becoming Othello: A Black Girl’s Journey.

Smart, thoughtful and transformative, Becoming Othello: A Black Girl’s Journey is a living memoir of Byrd’s trials and triumphs with race and the classics, her memorable experiences growing up in Spanish Harlem and her gender flipped journey on the road to becoming Shakespeare's noble, flawed general. This solo show is complete with moving songs and lyrical language from Black women playwrights, William Shakespeare, Langston Hughes, Martin Luther King, Jr., Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman and the King James Bible. A victory over helplessness and hopelessness, it’s sure to leave you feeling uplifted and inspired.

Becoming Othello: A Black Girl’s Journey is written and performed by Debra Ann Byrd, the founding Artistic Director of Harlem Shakespeare Festival, winner of Broadway World Phoenix’s Best Actress award, former writer-in-residence at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, and Fellow at Folger institute in Washington, D.C. and Columbia University.

Limited in-person tickets are available for Taliesin West. Please see swshakespeare.org for our safety practices and policies. Virtual tickets are also available, with no limits on the number of viewers per virtual ticket purchased.

Southwest Shakespeare Company opens doors by exploring the importance of language through the vibrant and passionate performance of works of classical theatre. We exist to elevate, entertain, educate, and inspire the general public and educational communities of Arizona, the Southwest and students of all ages and circumstances.

BECOMING OTHELLO: A BLACK GIRL’S JOURNEY

By Debra Ann Byrd

Dates: November 5 - 8, 2020

Time: 7:30 pm Thursday-Saturday, 6:00 pm Sunday

Runtime: 90 minutes

Location:  Virtual tickets are available for purchase, as well as limited in-person tickets for Taliesin West, address 12621 N Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd. in Scottsdale.

Tickets: Virtual tickets are $35 (unlimited at-home participants!), limited in-person tickets are $65 per person. Go to https://swshakespeare.org/ for tickets and information.  Student and educator discounts are available for virtual tickets only by contacting discover@swshakespeare.org.

Southwest Shakespeare Company Announces 2020 / 2021 Fall Season

 

ANNOUNCES 2020-2021 Fall Season  FLASH SALE virtual flex pass tickets AVAILABLE NOW! Purchase and receive $95 off the regular ticket price for all 7 shows through Oct 1st, 2020. The season is SOLD OUT for IN PERSON tickets. If you would like to be on the wait list for returns, please contact us NOW at info@swshakespeare.org. All tickets are first come first served. Oct 24th 2020 @ 10am-Noon - World famous Dramaturg from the BBC series of Shakespeare’s Canon, Dr Susan Willis will host The Flachmann Seminar. Dr Willis is wildly entertaining as she guides audiences through the life and times of William Shakespeare - even during the other Plague!  Nov 5-8th, 2020 Becoming Othello: A Black Girl’s Journey the  autobiographical story of Broadway World’s 2019 ”Best Actress” in Phoenix metro, Debra Ann Byrd returns to Arizona before opening in London (November 19). From Harlem to Stratford Upon Avon - this journey will inspire you and bring to life the hope that anything is possible.  Nov 12-15th, 2020 Mabel Madness written and performed by TONY Award Winner, Trezana Beverley - is the captivating miraculous story of Frank Sinatra’s muse, British born, Cabaret singer and unsuspecting winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Mabel Mercer - In her own style, Cabaret! How could History forget Mable?  Nov 19-22nd, 2020 All the Devils Are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain written and performed by Grammy Winner/ TONY Nominee - Patrick Page, who is in the middle of a highly successful Broadway run of Hadestown. In which he plays Hades. All the Devils really are here!    Nov 26-29th, 2020 Shakespeare and the Alchemy of Gender written and performed by Lisa Wolpe internationally renowned Theater practitioner and founder of Los Angeles Womens’ Shakespeare Company - The autobiography of the estranged daughter of a Jewish World War II hero who infiltrated Nazi intelligence - and other secrets that reveal themselves over time.  December 3-6th, 2020 The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged - Holiday style! By Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield - starring Racquel McKenzie, Ben Harris, and Gustavo Flores directed by Clay Sanderson - This wild romp broke all records as London’s longest running comedy. Now in AZ to delight audiences. Hitting the Holidays with a smile.    Jan 14-17th, 2021 An Iliad written by Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare and performed by critically acclaimed actor and teaching artist Clay Sanderson. It’s the history of war and the intense comedy, tragedy and undaunted endeavoring of the human race skillfully rendered in the shape and form of Homer. You will truly be inspired.  PURCHASE TICKETS @  showtix4u.com/events/swshakespeare or. visit our website @ swshakespeare.org   If you missed the LIVE talkback of Pericles, Prince of Tyre with Cast and Crew, no worry. Follow the link below and enjoy.  https://youtu.be/LkSyJfFYA4U