TITUS ANDRONICUS Comes GreenStage 10/9-31

Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare , Directed by Tony Driscoll plays October 9 - 31
Thursday - Sunday at 8pm INDOORS AND DOWNTOWN: 2115 5th Avenue (Right behind the Cinerama, and across the street from Top Pot Doughnuts) ALWAYS FREE!
Reservations recommended and can be made at www.greenstage.org or call 206-748-1551

Fifteen years ago, Tony Driscoll had this crazy idea for an extra bloody, comic, over the top, and irreverent take on Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus. At the time, GreenStage was still a young company known for Shakespeare in the Park. Titus was the company's first indoor production. It was a huge amount of bloody fun, and ever since then, we have wanted to take another stab at the show. Now, with 15 years of growth under our belt, it's time to resurrect Shakespeare's bloodiest comedy...uh... tragedy.

So why this kind of take on such a brutal play? Here's what director Tony Driscoll has to say, "Possibly, growing up in the latter part of the twentieth century desensitized me a bit. Maybe the great American tragedies of OJ Simpson, Jeffery Dahmer, and John Wayne Gacy, have affected me in an adverse manner. Beheadings and fecophilia are all the rage on the interwebs nowadays. Could that be it? I don't know. But judging from this cast and crew, who have taken my best and given me better - and sometimes (to my elation) given me much worse - I think perhaps I'm not alone."
www.greenstage.org/titus

Mature themes...and lots of blood - may not appropriate for young children!

Cast Details
Patrick Bentley - Titus
Nicole Vernon - Lavinia
Patrick Lennon - Young Lucius
Sam Hagen - Marcus
Johnny Patchamatla - Lucius
Erin Day - Tamora
Corey McDaniel - Demetrius
Zandi Carlson - Chiron
Orion Protonentis - Aaron
Lamar Lewis - Saturninus
Jessica Stepka - Basianus
Banton Foster
Eli Sklov Simons
Tom Dewey
Amelia Meckler

 

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