About this episode
A rich young man named Roderigo rages in anger at Iago when he learns that the woman he’s been pining for (and paying Iago to help him win), Desdemona, has just married Othello, a General who Iago reluctantly serves. Iago tells Roderigo that he hates Othello for promoting Michael Cassio to the rank of Lieutenant over him. Together, they go to the house of Desdemona’s father, Brabantio, to tell him that his daughter has been stolen by Othello. Not wanting his hatred of Othello to be known, Iago steals away before Brabantio sees him. Later, as Iago sits with Othello at his lodgings, Michael Cassio arrives with a message from the Duke informing Othello that he’s needed to help fend off an imminent attack by the Turkish fleet. Brabantio arrives at the Duke’s palace at the same time as Othello and publicly accuses him of stealing his daughter. Othello defends himself by speaking honestly of how he won Desdemona’s affection with tales of his adventures. Desdemona enters to defend her choice in marriage and tells her father before the Duke that her allegiance is to Othello. The Duke is sympathetic to the couple and agrees to consider Desdemona’s request that she be allowed to accompany Othello on his voyage to defend Cyprus against the Turks. The Play On Podcast series, “ OTHELLO ”, was written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE and translated into modern English verse by MFONISO UDOFIA . Radio play by CATHERINE EATON. Directed by VICTOR MALANA MAOG . The cast is as follows: JEREMY TARDY as OTHELLO BARRET O’BRIEN as IAGO KAYLI CARTER as DESDEMONA PAUL JUHN as RODERIGO FRANCESCA FERNANDEZ as EMILIA TOMMY SHRIDER as CASSIO LAKISHA MAY as BIANCA CHRISTOPHER GURR as BRABANTIO AND LODOVICO RACHEL CROWL as MONTANO NATALIE HEGG as DUKE, CLOWN AND GRATIANO Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE : KARYN CASL, CSA . Voice and Text Coach: JULIE FOH Cultural Consultant and Dramaturg: MARTINE KEI GREEN-ROGERS Original Music, Mix and Sound Design by LINDSAY JONES. Sound engineering by SADAHARU YAGI . Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH . Production Assistant: Michael Christopher Turner. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES) . Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND . The Managing Director of Business Operations and Partnerships at Next Chapter Podcasts is SALLYCADE HOLMES . With very special thanks to the MA IN SOUND ARTS AND INDUSTRIES AND VIRGINIA WADSWORTH WIRTZ CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY “ OTHELLO ” is produced by NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS and is made possible by the generous support of THE HITZ FOUNDATION . Go to PlayOnShakespeare.org to learn more. Subscribe to Play On Premium on Apollo Plus for ad-free episodes and join our Patreon for exclusive merchandise, commercial-free early releases and bonus content videos. And remember: “ BEWARE OF JEALOUSY”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices