In his solo show American Moor, Keith Hamilton Cobb reckons with the impossible task of staging Othello today—a task which African-American stage actors are nonetheless inexorably pressed to perform on a regular basis. Short clips from the Cherry Lane production of the play will accompany this interview with Keith Hamilton Cobb about what many scholars consider to be a new classic.
This 75-minute online event features a conversation with Keith Hamilton Cobb followed by a live audience Q&A.