Titus Andronicus (Red Bull Theater)

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About the Show

A revenge tragedy centered on a Roman general whose victory ignites a cycle of brutality.

The play follows Titus Andronicus, Rome’s most celebrated general, whose victory over the Goths sets off a relentless cycle of retaliation. After Titus sacrifices a member of the defeated enemy, Queen Tamora and her lover Aaron the Moor orchestrate a series of brutal reprisals that engulf Titus’s family and destabilize Rome itself. What begins as a triumph of state power descends into escalating violence, exposing how vengeance corrodes personal, political, and moral order.

Written early in his career, Titus Andronicus is widely regarded as William Shakespeare’s bloodiest work. This production is directed by Jesse Berger and stars Patrick Page as Titus, one of Shakespeare’s most demanding tragic roles. The staging foregrounds the play’s examination of power, cruelty, and the human capacity for inhumanity through performance-driven intensity rather than spectacle.

Critic Reviews (8)

"Patrick Page, who adapted the script... and his director, Jesse Berger, have seized a moment when the depraved grotesqueries of this bombastically bloody tragedy can’t be easily dismissed."
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"That we come to care at all about these brutes is proof of how well Berger and his actors have risen to the challenge of Titus. Give them a well-deserved hand. "
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"I suspect many theatergoers will purchase tickets just to hear Shakespeare’s words incanted in Page’s gorgeously resonant voice, which rivals that of Vincent Price in its sinister singularity."
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"The director, Jesse Berger, sensibly frames the play as a pitch-black comedy, although, more than once, the laughter is left sticking in the audience's collective throat...[Page] weds humor and horror in one of his most dazzling performances to date."
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"Jesse Berger’s exciting and swiftly moving production is riveting at all times, not only keeping the energy up but making the play surprising as it develops."
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Patrick Page is tremendous as Shakespeare’s bloodthirsty Roman general in Shakespeare's lurid revenge tragedy.
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Review by Thom Geier, Culture In a flawed revival of an unmistakably flawed play that pushes the envelope in all the wrong places, Patrick Page brings gravitas and charm to the title role.
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"[Five stars!] Patrick Page leads the impressive ensemble, both in their passion for and mastery of the text."
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