Sher to Direct OTHELLO at the Intiman Theatre in 2009

Intiman Theatre announces the addition of Shakespeare’s Othello, directed by Artistic Director Bartlett Sher, to its 2009 schedule. This will be Sher’s first production of Shakespeare’s tragedy and his fourth production of a Shakespeare play at Intiman, where he has been Artistic Director since 2000.

In addition to his continuing leadership of Intiman, Sher has also recently been named Resident Director of Lincoln Center Theater, where he will consult with LCT Artistic Director Andre Bishop on artistic matters and direct one LCT production each year.

Sher received the 2008 Tony Award, Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for his direction of LCT’s acclaimed Broadway revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific. He also directed Awake and Sing! by Clifford Odets and The Light in the Piazza by Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel for LCT, receiving Tony Award nominations for both productions. His opera credits include Roméo et Juliette for the 2008 Salzburg Festival and The Barber of Seville at the Metropolitan Opera. At Intiman, he has directed plays by Chekhov, Wilder, Shakespeare, Goldoni, Tony Kushner and others. He has also directed several world premieres by Craig Lucas including Prayer for My Enemy, which will have its New York premiere at Playwrights Horizons this fall.

In 2001, Sher made his Seattle directing debut with Shakespeare’s Cymbeline. He directed a new production of the play in 2002, produced by Theatre for a New Audience, was the first American Shakespeare ever performed at the Royal Shakespeare Company. He received the Callaway Award for the production’s award-winning Off-Broadway run. His other Shakespeare credits at Intiman are Titus Andronicus (2002) and Richard III (2006).

Performance dates, casting and creative team information for Othello and Intiman’s complete 2009 season will be announced at a later date. Sher’s production joins Intiman’s previously announced lineup, which includes Crime and Punishment, adapted by Marilyn Campbell and Curt Columbus from the novel by Dostoyevsky, directed by Intiman Associate Director Sheila Daniels; Herb Gardner’s A Thousand Clowns, directed by Sari Ketter (director of this season’s staging of The Diary of Anne Frank); and The Year of Magical Thinking, a play by Joan Didion based on her memoir.  Intiman will also launch its second American Cycle, continuing its acclaimed series of classic American stories and free community programs. 

Subscription packages, on sale to current subscribers, range from $182 to $253. In addition to the full five-play season, Intiman offers three- and four-play packages and Flex Pass vouchers for the convenience of its patrons. Discount Packages are available for seniors, patrons under 25, groups and educators. Subscriptions will go on sale to the general public in January.

Subscribers can renew now by calling 206.269.1900 or visiting www.intiman.org.

All plays are subject to change.

Intiman gratefully acknowledges the following for their institutional support: The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, Ameriprise Financial, ArtsFund, The Boeing Company, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Intiman Theatre Foundation, Kreielsheimer Remainder Trust, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Microsoft Corporation, Nesholm Family Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation, Norman Archibald Charitable Foundation, PONCHO, Safeco Insurance, The Shubert Foundation, The Seattle Foundation, WaMu and Wells Fargo Bank. Additional funding is received from Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, City of Seattle; 4Culture; Metropolitan King County Council, National Endowment for the Arts and Washington State Arts Commission.

Photo Credit Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.

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