Speak No More: The Silent Shakespeare Festival

Othello

Nominated for 9 Helen Hayes Awards and Recipient of 3 in 2011 including:

Outstanding Director, Paata Tsikurishvili
Outstanding Costume Design, Anastasia R. Simes
Outstanding Ensemble

Directed by Paata Tsikurishvili
Choreographed by Irina Tsikurishvili
Set and Costume Design by Anastasia R. Simes
Lighting Design by Andrew F. Griffin
Original Music by Konstantine Lortkipanidze
Sound Design by Irakli Kavsadze and Konstantine Lortkipanidze

Starring Roger Payano and Salma Shaw

OCTOBER 19 – NOVEMBER 6, 2011

Appropriate for ages 16+

Performances: Wednesdays 7:30pm, Thursdays – Saturdays 8:00pm, Sundays 2:00pm with some Sunday evenings 7:30pm

Special Student Matinee on Thursday, October 27 at 11am

Tickets: Regular Run $45 – $55
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Venue: Synetic Theater at Crystal City, 1800 South Bell Street, Arlington, VA
Metro: Crystal City (Blue / Yellow Lines)
Parking: Free garage parking after 4pm on weekdays and all day on weekends - Please note that the Marriott parking garage has two entrances: the Synetic Theater entrance is off of 20th Street and is marked with a sign for “Synetic Theater”

“Smashing production… a genre that it has all but reinvented–vacuuming out the dialogue in Shakespeare’s greatest works and redecorating with mesmerizing movement… scorching physicality… a marvelous infusion of up-to-the-minute visual technique.” – The Washington Post

“Othello wows without words… Synetic is certainly one of the most innovative theater arts organizations in the DC area, indeed, in the US.” – DC Examiner

Fresh off of its nine Helen Hayes Award Nominations and three Awards, Synetic’s edgy, mind-bending take on Othello will work its magic on the Crystal City stage in October.

The machinations of Iago are as labyrinthine and dark as the struggles of his mind, and these are all made manifest in Othello. The rapid ascent of the powerful Othello and his love affair with the beautiful Desdemona is thrilling to watch, but it literally fractures the jealous Iago. Themes of love, jealousy, race and perception are explored through the use of onstage projections, a shifting geometric set, and the swirling choreography and physical expression of Synetic’s performers and creators. Othello represents a bold new step in the evolution of the silent theater for which Synetic has become acclaimed.

Othello stars Roger Payano (2011 Helen Hayes Recipient Outstanding Ensemble) in the titular role, veteran Synetic performer Salma Shaw (2011 Helen Hayes Recipient Outstanding Ensemble) as the doomed Desdemona, Scott Brown (20011 Helen Hayes Recipient Outstanding Ensemble) as Cassio, and Philip Fletcher (2011 Helen Hayes Nominee Outstanding Lead Actor, Recipient Ensemble), Synetic founder Irina Tsikurishvili (2011 Helen Hayes Recipient Outstanding Ensemble), and Alex Mills (2011 Helen Hayes Nominee Outstanding Lead Actor, Recipient Ensemble) will reprise their acclaimed role as the three sides of Iago. The production also features founding company member Ira Koval as Emilia, Vato Tsikurihvili as Roderigo, Sarah Taurchini as Bianca, Peter Pereyra, Hector Reynoso, Brittany O’Grady, Irina Kavsadze, Dallas Tolentino and JB Tadena.