BECOMING OTHELLO: A BLACK GIRL'S JOURNEY opens July 16 at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts. The piece is positioned as a "multimedia theatrical production with lyrical language, soulful songs and the music that shaped the life of a resilient little girl growing up in Spanish Harlem." It has been described as an "autobiographical solo show" also, a "living memoir". The production is directed by S&Co. founder, Tina Packer, who has been described as "one of the world's living experts on the Bard". Given the venue and Packer's involvement, we thought, the piece will have something to do with Shakespeare's Othello. And yet, there must be more to it. We caught up with writer and performer, Debra Ann Byrd and asked: