There would be no way to produce “Othello” without a lot of sound and fury, given the depths of hatred, fear and jealousy Shakespeare packed into his tragedy. Now Synetic Theater magnifies still further the intensely passionate makeup of the play by emphasizing the distorted psychological machinations that allow Othello to believe he has been betrayed by Desdemona and compel Iago to destroy his master and his own wife.

In the Synetic production, the abstract elements of love, spite, terror and envy that propel most productions of the play are tangible and visible. When the seed of jealousy has been planted in Othello’s mind, video images of Desdemona and Cassio appear wherever Othello looks, confirming his worst fears. Cell phone cameras are used to capture compromising photos, which are then broadcast everywhere to up the ante in the jealousy wars.