Iago's Plot. Kabuki- Sheakspair fusion. Director- recipient of the Japanese Order of the Sacred Treasure Shozo Sato.
Set design Shozo Sato, make up design Shozo Sato, lighting design by David Krupla. Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Urbana Il
“Oh, the costumes. The costumes were an ingenious hybrid of Elizabethan-era European and stylized Eastern wear. I could spend this entire article talking about how Desdemona’s furisode complimented her empire-waist gown, or how from one angle Iago’s hat looked exactly like a kasa, but from another it could have appeared in a Zeffirelli film. ...Othello’s shogun “armor” that became actual armor... not only were they gorgeous but it made perfect visual sense.”
