# Debra Ann Byrd

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Becoming Othello at Lincoln Center

Lincoln Center is the great city on the hill of performing arts in the United States, home to arguably the most distinguished opera company, ballet company, and symphony orchestra in the country, as well as our most famous music school, the world’s largest performing arts library, and much, much mo…

Debra Ann Byrd (Part 1) - Classically-Trained Actress Shares Her Bumpy Road to Theater

I first found out about Debra Ann Byrd through an article in the Guardian titled “Black Shakespeare champion working to change views on color blind casting.” She was just starting a residency at Stratford upon Avon, and this article talked about one of Debra's college professors who discouraged her…

Season 2: Episode 27: Debra Ann Byrd Returns: Lessons Learned, Actress, Becoming Othello: A Black Girl's Journey

Debra Ann Byrd is back on Baring It All with Call Me Adam! Today we are discussing the lessons Debra Ann has learned about her life and career. Debra's play, Becoming Othello: A Black Girl's Journey will perform LIVE, in-person outdoors at The Roman Garden Theatre, as part of Shakespeare and Compan…

Elizabeth Swain Leads a New Generation of Theater Artists

In the final episode of Season Five, I spoke with a talented and passionate actress and producer Debra Ann Byrd. In our conversation, she mentioned Elizabeth Swain as one of the professors who had a significant impact on her own training and understanding theater. She spoke so highly of this mentor…

Murder & Assault: My Unlikely Path to Becoming a Celebrated Actress

Robin Lane interviews Debra Ann Byrd, a classical actor, writer, and director. Support the show

TRAILER - Welcome to Owning Shakespeare!

PODCAST DESCRIPTION On Owning Shakespeare, every episode sees a different text detective take a deep dive into a different Shakespeare speech. The mission: to unlock the creative opportunities embedded in the text, and wield these discoveries in performance. Discover the craft and graft of acting …

Owning Shakespeare - ep. 5 - Debra Ann Byrd

Content warning: some strong language Founder of Harlem Shakespeare Festival and Artistic Director of Southwest Shakespeare Festival Debra Ann Byrd plumbs the depths of Richard III’s speech in Act 4 Scene 4 of Richard III. Taking an outside-in approach, touching on the practice of ‘dropping in’, a…

‘Owning Shakespeare’ Podcast

The first season of Rob Myles' extraordinary Owning Shakespeare podcast is now available on all the usual platforms, and it's a fantastic collection of six noted Shakespeare actors tackling (in real time) a speech they've never looked at before, and sharing their process, stumbles, and successes wi…

Debra Ann Byrd on Becoming Othello: A Black Girl's Journey

Theater-maker Debra Ann Byrd has played Othello in three different productions: first, in a staged reading in 2013, then again in 2015 and 2019. Each time, she learned a little bit more about Othello, and about herself. In her one-woman show Becoming Othello: A Black Girl’s Journey, Byrd recounts h…

Ep. 2 - Debra Ann Byrd from Southwest Shakespeare

Debra Ann Byrd, artistic director for Southwest Shakespeare Company talks about the upcoming production of "King Lear," starring Tony Award-winning actress Trezana Beverley.