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Titus Andronicus

TheatreUSF presents Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, the 2013 British International Theatre production.

Titus Andronicus

By William Shakespeare
Presented by the British International Theatre Program, Spring 2013
Directed by Helen Tennison
Sound Design and Composition: Matt Eaton
Fight Choreography: Philip d'Orleans
Vocal Instruction:  Tim Charrington

A woman kneels with her arms outstretched to hold a square metal object. She is looking upward speaking to a man who is standing in front of her, his hands on the sides of the square metal object, looking down at her. These characters are wearing variations of grey, military-looking costumes.
A man is projecting with his arms outstretched. He is wearing a grey coat covered in medals.
A man and woman with a red hair accessory are holding each other wearing vibrantly colored costumes. He is looking lovingly at her while one hand can be seen caressing her cheek with his thumb. She is looking at something behind him, and is holding the man with one arm on his right shoulder and the other near his waist.
A woman in dark grey clothes stands at attention with her hands behind her back and a stern look on her face. She stands in front of three characters, who are blindfolded and bound in straightjackets. Another character, facing away from the audience, is behind one of these three characters.
A woman wearing white is covered and blood, crying, with one of her arms ending in a bloody stump, she is kneeling on a sheet and a woman is on her knees next to the one-armed woman. This woman is holding the stump in one hand as she looks down on it and the other arm hovering over that. A man is kneeling on the other side of the one-armed woman and is speaking to her with his hand raised slightly and holding onto her with the other. Another woman is kneeling on the other side of the man, her hand on his side and propping herself up with the other hand; she looks as if she is speaking to someone.
A man is laying on the ground with his eyes clothes, looking as though there is dried blood on his face. A woman kneels next to him, staring down in shock with her hands pressed down. Another character is holding the hand of the man on the ground and is looking down in despair while a woman holds them as if coaxing them. This woman has an arm on their shoulder.
Three characters, two men and a woman, are wearing sparkly, red togas and red high heels. The woman stands on a stone platform wearing red gloves, matching hair accessory, and fuzzy bangles and is standing at a microphone. The two men are below her, the man on the left holding a radio in his left hand while flexing his right biceps with a tough look on his face. The man on the right is baring his teeth in a snarl while reaching outward with his left hand and using the fingers on his right hand to look like claws or talons.
A man and a woman stare at each other lovingly. The man is facing away from the camera but his back indicates he is wearing a suit jacket while staring at the woman from his profile, using his left hand to caress her left cheek facing away from the audience. The woman is wearing a white dress and holding calla lilies in her right hand while caressing the man’s left cheek that faces the audience with the knuckle of her index finger.
A woman in vibrant costume and a red hair accessory lays smiling on a stone pedestal underneath a man in bright red costuming; he is smiling down at her.
A woman is exclaiming and a man is staring wide-eyed in shock, both are looking diagonally downward stage right.
A woman is spotlighted on a pedestal surrounded by five other characters dressed as archers holding bows and arrows.

Feb. 21-23 and Feb. 27-March 2 at 8 p.m.
Feb. 24 and March 3 at 3 p.m.
Theatre 2, USF Tampa Campus

Is revenge justice?

He dedicated his life to fighting for his country.
He lost his sons in battle.
Bloodied and victorious Titus returns home, a hero.

But Rome is not the same; the established order died with the last Emperor and the people want change.

A modern take on Shakespeare's bloodiest play, Titus Andronicus is full of twisted gallows humor. As this once powerful society crumbles, people revert to their animal instincts - Rome is a wilderness of tigers and Titus and his family are the prey.