“Selma” star David Oyelowo is set to join Daniel Craig for the off-Broadway production of Shakespeare’s “Othello.”
The production, which will be directed by Tony Award-winner Sam Gold and play at the New York Theater Workshop, will find Craig portraying the role of Iago, while Oyelowo will helm the lead role.
"This production is an opportunity for New York Theatre Workshop to do what it aspires to do -- to foster the growth and accomplishment of the artists we believe in,” artistic director James C. Nicola said in a statement to Playbill.com.
"When Sam Gold, a longstanding member of our NYTW Usual Suspects community, came to us with the beginning sketches of this production, with these two sublime actors, it seemed the perfect next step for us to take together. I’m eager to see what these original, creative artists come up with in response to Shakespeare’s enduring tragedy, " Nicola added.
Oyelowo’s theater career began in 1999 in London with the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 2001, he became the first black actor to portray an English king in a major Shakespeare play in the company’s production of "Henry VI."
New York Theatre Workshop’s “Othello” is scheduled to debut in Fall 2016. For more info -- including ticket packages -- click here.
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