An Upgraded Revival of our 2019 Production for our Fifth Summer of Free Shakespeare in the Park in Bergen County!
August-September 2022
An Upgraded Revival of our 2019 Production for our Fifth Summer of Free Shakespeare in the Park in Bergen County!
August-September 2022
Performances Outdoors at The Englewood Public Library:
Wednesday 8/10 at 8pm
Wednesday 8/17 at 8pm
Wednesday 8/24 at 8pm
Wednesday 8/31 at 8pm
Wednesday 9/7 at 8pm
Wednesday 9/14 at 8pm
Performances Indoors at Black Box PAC:
Thursday-Sunday 8/18- 8/21 at 8pm
Thursday-Sunday 8/25-8/28 at 8pm
Limited seating: first-come first-serve!
Masks required indoors.
Please email BlackBoxPAC@gmail.com for Sponsorship Opportunities
Sponsors receive visibility June through September
Shakespeare in the Park is made possible by the support of:
This program is made possible in part by a grant administered by the Bergen County Division of Historic & Cultural Affairs from funds granted by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
Othello: Kentrell Loftin
Iago: Michael Gardiner
Desdemona: Cassandra Guglielmo
Emilia: Danielle MacMath
Roderigo: Tristan Strasser
Michael Cassio: Sean Buckley
Brabantio/Lodovico: Victoria Pero
Duke/Montano: Arthur Gregory Pugh
Bianca: Ilana Schimmel
Senator/Gratiano: Temima Hyman
Director: Matt Okin
Stage Manager: Eva Burke
ASM: Sofia Maravillas
Costume Intern: Estella Burke
Production Assistant: Joey Liberti
Scenes/Setting
Venice HQ: Office
Limos on Venice streets
Steam Room
Cyprus HQ: Main Office
Tennis Court
[Intermission]
Elevator
Men's Restroom
Othello's Office
Lounge
Main Office
Othello's Office
Although intended for general audiences, Shakespeare's tragedy contains intense violence and mature themes.
Matt Okin (Director; BBS/BBPAC Artistic Director) formed Bergen County's Black Box Studios in 2007 and founded The Black Box Performing Arts Center in November 2015, now reopened in Englewood, NJ. Select directing credits include the world premiere of Beth Henley's Exposed, the NJ premiere of Paul Schrader's The Cleopatra Club, Craig Lucas' Ode To Joy, the regional workshop premieres of Eric Bogosian's 1+1 and Neil LaBute's ten x ten (both now in ongoing development for NYC); Nicky Silver's Fat Men In Skirts; The Pillowman; Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; Pygmalion; Hair; Talk Radio & Griller in rep; Buried Child; Hand To God; Disgraced; Cloud 9; The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia?; Evil Dead The Musical; Bad Jews; and Passing Strange. His original plays, produced in New York and on national tours, include: Beltsville/Rockville, Part One: Rise Of The Goatman; #OneInnocentWoman; Twist Of Faith (currently being redeveloped for film); Walter Liked To Sit In His Big Backyard, and Cherry Hill. Matt's musicals include Soul Searching (45th Street Theater, DR2 Theater, and NYMF) and the long-running NYC hit A Match Made In Manhattan: The Interactive Jewish Wedding Experience. Matt received a BFA in Dramatic Writing from New York University's Tisch School of The Arts; he is a long-time Teaching Artist for select high school drama programs in Bergen County; and his first work for the screen in almost a quarter of a century is the comedy Issues, currently 'making the rounds' in Hollywood.
Sofia Maravillas (ASM) is a senior in high school and has been interning with Black Box PAC for a couple months now. She started stage managing plays in middle school and has continued on with productions in and out of high school. She has enjoyed her time working with BBPAC, especially this summer’s production of Othello. With them she has been able to work as an assistant stage manager on this play as well as designing the set. She is excited to continue working with Black Box PAC on more shows!