2018 IRNE AWARDS | BEST VISITING PRODUCTION BEST VISITING PERFORMANCE |
2015 AUDELCO AWARDS | BEST SOLO PERFORMANCE |
2018 ELLIOT NORTON AWARDS | OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE |
A play written and performed by Keith Hamilton Cobb, examining the experience and perspective of black men in America through the metaphor of William Shakespeare’s character, Othello.
American Moor ran off-Broadway at Manhattan’s Cherry Lane Theatre from September 8th to October 5th, 2019.
It was produced by Red Bull Theater in association with Evangeline Morphos, Elizabeth Ireland McCann, Tom Shea, and Frederick M. Zollo.
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Make It Plain – An Interview with Mark Thompson
Kim Weild
Director
Kim Weild is a New York based, multi-award nominated director known for creating visually stunning, physically fluid, ensemble based plays and musicals – ranging from intimate chamber pieces to grand spectacle. Her work squarely places the…
Keith Hamilton Cobb
Writer/Performer
He is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in acting, whose regional theatre credits include such prestigious venues as The Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Shakespeare Theatre of Washington DC…
Josh Tyson
Performer
Josh has been involved in the development of American Moor since 2015 including its debut at The Globe Theatre of London’s First Annual Shakespeare & Race Festival…