Oberon Theatre Ensemble Presents OTHELLO & ORDER for Rep 2010 6/3 - 26

Oberon Theatre Ensemble is pleased to announce their Rep 2010, celebrating the company's 14th Repertory Season from June 3rd to June 2th at The Kirk Theater at Theater Row (410 W 42nd St.). Oberon will be presenting OTHELLO by William Shakespeare, directed by Lucille Lortel Award recipient, Cara Reichel, in conjunction with the world premiere of ORDER, by Christopher Stetson Boal (23 Knives, Crazy for the Dog), directed by Tony Award nominee Austin Pendleton (Best Direction of a Play, The Little Foxes).

Tickets are $25.00 for adults and $12.50 students/seniors. For reservations, please call 212-279-4200 or visit www.ticketcentral.com to purchase tickets online. Tickets are also available at Theater Row's box office, open from 12pm-8pm. See the website for exact times of the performances.

William Shakespeare's OTHELLO is directed by Cara Reichel. The classic tale is about the esteemed General Othello promotes Cassio instead of Iago fueling Iago's jealousy. Iago, in turn, plans his revenge in incredibly malicious ways, causing suspicion amongst lovers and friends. The results are tragic as suspicion grows, trust is lost and Othello is compelled to take action against his lovely wife whom he believes to be unfaithful.

The music of Vivaldi and the rhythm of the djembe interweave with Shakespeare's elegant language in this tragic masterpiece. As characters dance through the Bard's most intricate and compelling plot, OTHELLO illuminates the fine line between the cerebral and the animal in all of us. This is a visceral telling of Shakespeare's great tragedy of Envy, Revenge and Damaged Love.

The world premiere of Christopher Stetson Boal's ORDER, directed by Austin Pendleton, is the darkly hysterical and ultimately tragic story of Thomas Blander, a former philosophy teacher determined to be mild and polite in a violent and greedy world, whose plan is upended when he's possessed by a creature claiming to be an ancient entity of power and hunger. The creature (real? imagined?) brings an entirely new philosophy to Blander - undeniable lust for power and insatiable appetite - that ultimately includes dining on his enemies - and his friends.

Oberon Ensemble Theatre, an off-off Broadway ensemble theatre company, was founded in 1997. Now beginning its 14th season, they have produced 50 full-length productions and more than 50 staged readings of original plays. Oberon now has about 20 active members and many more regular collaborators, including award-winning actors, playwrights, directors and designers. The Oberon Theatre Ensemble is an active player in New York's independent theatre community. Each season they combine classic, contemporary, and new works in a format that allows each to highlight and enhance the other. They juxtapose new against old in a single evening or in a repertory schedule, with the ensemble of actors and directors nimbly jumping from one world to another to draw the audiences fully into the experience. In a time when Off-Broadway theatres are closing, ensemble theatre groups are all but unheard of, arts funding largely nonexistent, and theatres both large and small focused on finding the next big commercial hit, Oberon may be a bit old-fashioned in its approach. Nonetheless, their commitment to cultivating and invigorating a diverse theatre community remains steadfast. And it will remain so even amidst the rapid change that characterizes this unforgiving haven their call their home, New York City. More information can be found at their website: http://www.oberontheatre.org/