Cornell University Presents Desdemona
by Toni Morrison
Friday, October 27, 2023 at 7:30pm to 9:30pm
More dates through October 28, 2023
Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Kiplinger Theatre
430 College Ave, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
From the Cornell University website
The Department of Performing and Media Arts is thrilled to present Toni Morrison's 2011 work DESDEMONA to honor the 30th anniversary of her Nobel Prize.
Originally created in 2011 by Toni Morrison in collaboration with director Peter Sellars and singer-songwriter and activist Rokia Traoré, DESDEMONA is a poetic and intimate response to Shakespeare's OTHELLO. Morrison's work weaves dialogue, music, and song into a complex exploration of Shakespeare's famous and historically challenging work. Centering of the ill-fated character of Desdemona and her African nurse Barbary, Morrison's play exists in the imaginary space of the afterlife, interrogating the pain and trauma of race, gender, and class as well as the healing process and possibility of forgiveness across generations, locations, and characters. PMA's production of DESDEMONA directed by PMA Associate Professor Beth Milles will include student performers onstage alongside Malian singer Rokia Traoré in a dynamic performance that captures the words, music, and transformative power of love.
The event is co-sponsored by Office of the Provost, Performing and Media Arts, Africana Studies, Music, Literatures in English, American Studies, Romance Studies, Toni Morrison Collective, Institute for African Development.
The project has been awarded a Humanities Impact Grant and a grant from the Cornell Council for the Arts.
This event is part of "Freedom of Expression"
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