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1997 San Francisco Fringe Festival
WINNER -- "Best of the Fringe!"


Adapted from
Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare

Conceived and Directed by Russell Blackwood
     

Shakespeare's bloodiest tragedy slashed to one hour of carnal delight. Tamora, Queen of the Goths (Helen Shumaker of Mona Rogers in Person), and Aaron "the Barbarous Moor," wreak havoc on the Andronicus clan. Director Russell Blackwood and company distill Shakespeare's pariah into a fusion of Elizabethan poetry, Mondo film shock- sploitation, Grand Guignol gore, and the pulse of a live jungle mix (by DJ Theta-Blip).

"Thrillpeddlers' fast-forward version of Shakespeare's gorefest revels in the story's unbelievably abusive violence... Russell Blackwood's direction is exuberantly ghoulish." --S.F. Bay Guardian


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CAST AND CREDITS

Aaron the Moor, Mutius
Titus Andronicus, Martius
Bassianus, Chiron, Marcus
Saturninus, Demetrius
Lucius, Alarbus
Lavinia
Tamora
Quintus, The Nurse

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Jimmy Augustine
Jonathan Gonzalez
Kim Larsen
David Miller
Cat Schaulis
Helen Shumaker
Christina Traister

Live Jungle Music mixed by: D.J. Theta Blip
Assistant Director and Dramaturg: Jonathan Gonzalez
Fight Director: Gregory Hoffman
Assistant Fight Director and F/X: Christina Traister
Scene Designer: Donyale Werle
Costume Designer: Dara Gabrielle Sobel
General Manager: Angela Rome
Graphics: Nancy Hulme

Producers: Russell Blackwood, Jonathan Gonzalez, Angela Rome, & Daniel Zilber
World Premiere: September 5, 1997. EXIT Theatre, San Francisco.
Part of the 1997 San Francisco Fringe Festival.

 

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