2006-2007 Season - Titus Andronicus

Shakespeare’s bloodiest drama, set against America’s bloodiest backdrop

Titus Andronicus
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Beth Peterson

The Brutalities of our Beginnings are Not Yet Forgotten

With fourteen killings, six severed members, several rapes, a live burial, one case of insanity and one of cannibalism, the world of Shakespeare's epic Titus Andronicus is a hard one for most of us to relate to, but the world in which America was founded was no less ruthless. Balagan Theatre brings to life the legendary brutality of Titus Andronicus by setting it in our own not-so-distant past: the early American West. This bloody masterwork is presented starkly and intimately in the Capitol Hill Arts Center's Lower Level. "The United States was founded through cunning and ruthless acts inspired by greed and the lust for power," director Beth Peterson writes. "These 'olden' days have been idealized for generations, glorifying the success and ignoring the treachery of our wild ways. But as we become a more enlightened society, we seem more open to explore the ugliness of our beginnings."

Titus Andronicus featured:
Patrick Allcorn as Bassianus
Juniper Berolzheimer as Tamora
Benjamin Dunn as Martius
Curtis Eastwood as Saturninus
Adam El-Sharkawi as Mutius
Andy Evans as Publius
Chad Evans as Lucius
Banton Foster as Alabus/Doctor/Banjo player
Heather Gautschi as Lavinia
Helen Harvester as Young Lucius
Ryan Higgins as Chiron
Will Hyman as Quintus
Broadus Mattison as Aaron
Brandon Petty as Demetrius
Sean Patrick Taylor as Saloon Hall Performer
Lyam White as Titus Andronicus
and Daniel Wood as Marcus Andronicus

Jan 18th - Feb 3rd, 2007
in The Capitol Hill Arts Center Lower Level


"Hail Rome! And howdy pardner! Balagan's [Titus] is plenty bloody, but rarely a bore." - Seattle Times

"Hollywood slasher movies have yet to match William Shakespeare's 'Titus Andronicus'." - The Seattle PI

"Ryan Higgins is a sick fuck." - Seattlest

"BEST BET" in The Seattle PI!