Becoming Othello: A Black Girl's Journey

03/14/2026

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WHAT THE STUDENTS ARE SAYING:
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BECOMING OTHELLO: A Black Girl’s Journey was a deeply moving performance.
Thank you, Chinaza Agra
BARNARD College ✨💛🎭
 
           Othello

03/10/2026

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DAB in HARLEM!
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Hanging with Frederick Douglass.
I like your afro Sir! 😉

03/01/2026

Y’all get ready, I’m really gonna do it this time. Do what, you ask? Start my on camera series ‘TEA TIME with Debra Ann’ where I’ll talk about all things Becoming Othello. All things classical theatre. All things classically trained actor’s journey.
Soon come, I promise!
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02/05/2026

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WHAT THE CRITICS SAY
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It’s not just the stirring story that grabs the audience like a vice, it’s Byrd’s own talent and presence shining through.
by Jay Irwin
Broadway World Seattle
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DebraAnnByrd’s OneWomanShow

12/19/2025

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Student Review
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“DebraAnn’s one woman play BECOMING OTHELLO: A Black Girl’s Journey is nothing less than a beautiful, exciting, emotional roller coaster.”
Pricilla Garcia
UCMerced | Student






OneWomanTheatricalDrama
OneWomanShow, DebraAnnByrd, UCMercedArts

11/19/2025

WHAT THE STUDENTS ARE SAYING:

Raw vulnerable, and fiercely honest!

Thank you, Jadae Watson
Barnard College ~ NYC ✨💛🎭


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🎬: InstaVideo Carousel by MGBEntertainment

11/16/2025

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becOTH - NEXT UP!
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It’s a joy to be able to share my solo play with the world. Next up for BECOMING OTHELLO: A Black Girl’s Journey, Written By Debra Ann Byrd & Directed by Tina Packer is:

Shakespeare By The Sea’s CELEBRATING SHAKESPEARE International Performance Festival at The LSPU Hall
St. John’s New Foundland ~ Canada

Celebrating the Arts Across Georgia Tech and Atlanta at the Ferst Center for the Arts in Atlanta GA ~ USA

Salzburg Global Seminar at the astonishing Schloss Leopoldskron (which millions of others have long known as the Von Trapp house in The Sound of Music) in Salzburg ~ Austria

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A personal, poignant and powerful story of perseverance, tragedy, triumph—and ultimately unconditional love.

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WHAT THE CRITICS SAY
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Shakespeare aficionados will love how she weaves the Bard’s words into her own, but one does not have to be a Shakespeare fan to appreciate Debra Ann’s poignant telling of her own story.


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11/16/2025

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CANADA - HERE I COME!
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The Shakespeare By The Sea Festival presents CELEBRATING SHAKESPEARE International Performance Festival

BECOMING OTHELLO: A Black Girl’s Journey
Written By Debra Ann Byrd // Directed by Tina Packer

8 February 2026
The LSPU Hall
St. John’s, NewFoundland ~ Canada

GET TICKETS:>> Link in Bio https://lspuhall.ca/hall/current-upcoming/?page_number=2

A personal, poignant and powerful story of perseverance, tragedy, triumph—and ultimately unconditional love.

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WHAT THE CRITICS SAY
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Shakespeare aficionados will love how she weaves the Bard’s words into her own, but one does not have to be a Shakespeare fan to appreciate Debra Ann’s poignant telling of her own story.



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10/22/2025

10/20/2025

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Viewed by Millions
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For more than 7 years Debra Ann Byrd and her portrayal of Shakespeare’s Othello was featured on the wall of the exhibit at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. For that she is eternally grateful!
Thank you Paul Edmundson and the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust!
xoDA✨💛
📸: Original photo of Debra Ann as Othello by Hubert Williams | Harlem, NYC c.2015
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10/16/2025

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Viewed by Millions
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For more than 5 years Debra Ann Byrd and her portrayal of Shakespeare’s Othello was featured on the wall of the exhibit at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. For that she is eternally grateful!
Thank you Paul Edmundson, Paul Prescott, Misfit and the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust!
xoDA✨💛
📸: Original photo of Debra Ann as Othello by Hubert Williams | Harlem, NYC c.2015
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