American Moor at Emerson Paramount Center Robert J. Orchard Stage

Dates: (4/10/2019 - 4/21/2019 )

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Emerson Paramount Center Robert J. Orchard Stage

559 Washington St.
Boston, 02111

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As an experienced, African-American actor auditions for Othello he is met with prejudice, racism and privilege while negotiating with a young, white director who presumes to understand Shakespeare’s Moorish prince far better than the performer standing before him. By combining an audition from Hell and a cutting, laugh-out-loud internal monologue, American Moor challenges the capacity of theatre to make all people fully visible and embraced. Written and performed by Keith Hamilton Cobb, American Moor's electric storytelling explores the inequities of life as a black actor and life as a black man. The character imagines telling the director, “If you could just see me, I could save you from another cookie cutter Othello."

Keith Hamilton Cobb’s 85-minute, tour-de-force solo performance returns to Boston after its award-winning run.

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Keith Hamilton Cobb's AMERICAN MOOR Returns To Boston

February 08, 2019

ArtsEmerson is honored to host the return of the award-winning American Moor written and performed by Keith Hamilton Cobb, an urgent solo work examining the experience and perspective of black men in America through the metaphor of William Shakespeare's character, Othello. The 2018 IRNE and Elliot Norton award-winning play received wide-spread acclaim from Boston audiences and critics - American Moor plays ArtsEmerson for two weeks of performances, April 10-21, at the Emerson Paramount Center Robert J. Orchard Stage.

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