Titus Andronicus

Based on the play by William Shakespeare
Adapted & Directed By Billy Ray Brewton

February 24-March 12, 2011
Thursday-Saturday Nights at 8pm
Sunday Matinee at 2pm

Performed at 5th Avenue Antiques

War begets revenge. Victorious General Titus Andronicus returns to Rome with hostages: Tamora, Queen of the Goths, and her sons. He orders the eldest hewn to appease the Roman dead. He declines the proffered Emperor's crown, nominating Saturninus, the last ruler's venal elder son. Saturninus, to spite his brother Bassianus, demands the hand of Lavinia, Titus' daughter. When Bassianus, Lavinia, and Titus' sons flee in protest, Titus stands against them and slays one of his own. Saturninus marries the honey-tongued Tamora, who vows vengeance against Titus. The ensuing maelstrom serves up tongues, hands, rape, adultery, racism, and Goth-meat pie. There's irony in which two sons survive.

Featuring: Ron Dauphinee, Kelsey Crawford, Sylvester Little, Jr., Nick Crawford, Will Rainer, Jacob Simmons, Susan Cook, S. Michael Wilson, Douglas O’Neil, Jr., Rush Brunson, Jonathan Sweatt, Debbie Smith, Chris Hicks, Chuck Duck, Tim Childers

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“Brewton’s production deserves to be commended for bringing to life a gory tale in a day and age where it can truly be appreciated.”
— Jeremy Burgess

Billy Ray Brewton is an award-winning playwright and filmmaker. His plays include: A Beast/A Burden (Hollywood Fringe Festival; Off-Broadway So-Ho Playhouse); The Xmascist, Must Come Down, After School Special, and The 13th Friday: Ready, Set, Die! Musicals include: Country Roses: The Musical, Dragula: The Musical, Skanks in a One Horse Town, and We Three Queens. He has written stage adaptations of George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead, Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, and John Dryden’s Marriage-a-la-Mode. Most recently he directed Red Light Winter for Los Angeles’s Catharsis Theatre Collective and Son-of-a-Bitch, an award-winner at the 2019 Hollywood Fringe Festival. As a filmmaker, he wrote and directed the horror film, Show Yourself (available on Tubi) and produced the 2025 documentary, Coroner to the Stars. He is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild, and is the co-founder of Birmingham’s Theatre Downtown.