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DESDEMONA

a play about a handkerchief

By Paula Vogel

Directed by Heather Forgie

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This comic deconstruction of Shakespeare's famous play about the Moor of Venice takes a new look at Desdemona, the tragic heroine murdered by her jealous husband when the strawberry-embroidered handkerchief he gave her is seen in the possession of another man. But was Desdemona really the wide-eyed, innocent victim the Bard has led us to believe? You'll never look at Othello in quite the same way again, once you've seen what our heroine got up to in the scenes Shakespeare didn't write!

Cast

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Emila…………………………Alison Kolisnyk

Desdemona…………………..Kaeleigh Ayre

Bianca……………………….Heather Forgie

 

Crew

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Costume Design…………………….............Heather Forgie

Production Design……………………...........The Company

Venue Technicians (ShakespeareFest)..Madison Bouwman

                                (Fringe)...........................Robert Mravnik 

                                                                            Gary Plouffe 

Stage Manager…………….........….………....John Bent Jr.

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Part of the Aspire Theatre's summer season, Gimli Manitoba.  August  19 - 21, 2016

 

Part of the Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival
July 19 - 30, 2017
 

Part of the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre's 

Master Playwrights Festival - ShakespeareFest

January 30 - February 2, 2020

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