Otîhêw (2023)
Produced by
Playwright: PJ Prudat
Director: Lisa Nasson
Run
August 4th, 2023 – August 20th, 2023
Synopsis
otîhêw is a Métis-Cree reimagining of Shakespeare’s Othello, by PJ Prudat. This reimagining of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy is set in a north western factory fort along the Saskatchewan river in 1816, the year of no summer, at the height of imperial trading that drove colonization over sovereign Indigenous lands. otîhêw, an affluent “child of the fur-trade”, is a Métis woman bound in the historical “custom-of-the-country” to Desmond, an Afro-Indigenous fur-trader, complicating her duty as the leader of her people.
Playwright PJ Prudat weaves together themes of duty, love, betrayal and familial bonds in a poetic and powerful play that will both surprise audiences familiar with Othello and captivate audiences encountering the story for the first time. (shakespeareinaction.org)
Cast
| Nicole Joy-Fraser | otîhêw |
| Jonathon LeRose | Hamish |
| Spencer Bennet | Desmond |
| Jewell Bowry | Inès |
| Brefny Caribou | Birdie |
| Raymond Jordan Johnson-Brown | Soloman |
Creative Team
| PJ Prudat | Playwright |
| Lisa Nasson | Director |
| Nishina Loft | Set Designer |
| Nishina Loft | Costume Designer |
| Nishina Loft | Prop Designer |
| Jacob Lin 林鴻恩 | Lighting Designer |
| Jacob Lin 林鴻恩 | Sound Designer |
| Anita Nittoly | Fight Director |
| Jordan M. Burns | Assistant Director |
| Val Vergara | Design Assistant |
Production
| Heather Bellingham | Stage Manager |
| Tanvi Vyas | Assistant Stage Manager |
| Vivien Illion | Apprentice Stage Manager |
| Aaheli Mukherjee | Production Manager |
| Michelle Urbano | Producer |
| Sooji Kim | Assistant Technical Director |
| Stephon Smith | Production Assistant - Sound |
| Kayleigh Mundy | Production Assistant - Lighting |
| Cindy Ci | Production Assistant - Costume & Props |
