August 23, 24, 31 at 10 a.m.
In the Auditorium Theatre

 

About the Play Play Desdemona

It is London, 1661, and a young tavern singer receives secret instruction in the performance of two great Shakespeare roles. As she discovers and inhabits Beatrice and Desdemona, she, and her tutor, reveal secret fears and troubled pasts, and evolve from ferocious opponents to uneasy collaborators to parties in an alliance more profound than either could ever have imagined.

 

About the Playwright

Daniel Hintzsche was born and raised in Rockford, Illinois, but lives mostly in Seattle, Washington. He holds an M.F.A. in playwriting from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and has taught creative writing in a wide variety of venues for the better part of three decades. From 1993 to 2000, as artist-in-residence at the Tacoma campus of the University of Washington, he designed and conducted workshop courses in creative writing, acting, tragedy, comedy, archetypal psychology, and world cinema. Along with plays, he also writes novels and novellas.