When I was first tasked with directing Shakespeare's "Othello" in the fall of my junior year at Oviedo High School, it was a task that I faced with much anticipation. Shakespeare had been a favorite for some time and the opportunity to recreate one of his works on the stage was elating. "Othello" delivered everything I could have hoped and more. It was thrilling, gut-wrenching, heart-breaking, and remarkably beautiful. Filled with wisdom and laced with tragedy, this theatrical masterpiece is one of Shakespeare's finest plays.