Iago: The Green Eyed Monster
Directed by:
Josh Nelson Youssef, Mary Chieffo, Camila Morturano, Julian Dorado
Country:
United States
Runtime:
4m
Summary:
Reviewing holographic memories, Iago muses on her schemes to the beat of an original rock song incorporating some of Shakespeare’s original words into the lyrics. As her song crescendos, Iago is consumed by her jealousy, literally becoming “the green eyed monster” destroying everyone and everything in her path to vengeance.
Director Bio:
Josh Nelson Youssef is a Swedish-Egyptian-American transdisciplinary artist, musician and spatial storyteller leveraging emerging tech to tell untold stories & empower historically marginalized voices. Josh is the Head of Immersive & Interactive at Viola Davis & Julius Tennon’s JuVee Productions where he produced Operation Othello with Oculus, and The March with TIME magazine.
Definitely not a cyborg.
Mary Chieffo is a queer actor/creator known internationally as the Klingon Chancellor L’Rell on Star Trek: Discovery. Mary produced, wrote & starred as Iago in Operation Othello alongside Viola Davis & Julius Tennon’s JuVee Productions. Chieffo graduated from Juilliard in 2015, receiving the Elizabeth Smith Voice & Speech Prize & the Saint-Denis Prize for “Outstanding Achievement and Leadership in Drama.”