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by Colleen Murphy There will be no intermission THE SOCIETY FOR THE DESTITUTE PRESENTS TITUS BOUFFONIUS by Colleen Murphy Featuring: Robert Benz*, Helen Belay*, Hunter Cardinal*, Bobbi Goddard*, & Marguerite Lawler Director: Bradley Moss* Bouffon Coach: Michael Kennard Set & Costume Designer: Tessa Stamp Lighting Designer: Scott Peters Composer/Sound Designer: Darrin Hagen Stage Manager: Gina Moe* Production Manager: Scott Peters Head of Lighting/Painter/Carpenter/House Technician: Hanna Ferguson Head of Audio/Painter/Carpenter/House Technician: Alana Rice Backstage Technician: Cameron Tkachuk Photos by Ryan Parker Photography The Society For The Destitute Presents Titus Bouffonius was commissioned by Rumble Theatre and premiered by them on November 24, 2017 in Vancouver. *Appears courtesy of the Canadian Actors Equity Association We acknowledge that our theatre is located on Treaty 6, which is traditional territory of the Cree and that our city has also been home to and has been an important trading place of the Saulteaux, Blackfoot, Nakota Sioux, Dene, and the Métis peoples of western Canada for many thousands of years. 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Any reproduction in whole or in part is strictly prohibited without the permission of Theatre Network and Three Little Pigs Publishing Ltd. The Audience is Reading. Playbill Advertising 780-707-4285 4 • TITUS BOUFFONIUS THIS IS THEATRE NETWORK WELCOME TO THE ROXY ON GATEWAY THE EMPRESS WHAT A YOUNG WIFE & THE PRIME OUGHT TO KNOW GORDON MINISTER We believe that live theatre should be unexpected and surprising. We want you to be safe and comfortable here but we also want to provide you with an unpredictable and exciting experience. For this production more detailed content warnings have been provided. Please ask a volunteer or staff where you can find them. Any of the productions you may see here could contain: − Coarse language or nudity − Blame it on the playwright − Violence − The actors are always safe − Loud or abrupt noise − Plays can have “jump scares” just like the movies − Flashing or bright lights − The actors can’t see you but they look great − Fog or haze − Produced from mineral oils – safe for actors & audience − Difficult or challenging subject matter − Cause we gotta talk about the tough stuff THEATRE NETWORK • 5 We are deeply rooted in the communities we serve. At Servus we are proud to support the Shadow Theatre, the Theatre Network and the Roxy Performance Series. This is part of our commitment to supporting arts and culture which we believe brings life, growth and vibrancy to our communities. servus.ca Save | Spend | Borrow | Plan Feel good about your money.™ ™ The Servus logo and the Servus Circle graphic device are trademarked properties of Servus Credit Union Ltd. THEATRE NETWORK • 7 Syncrude is proud to be a longstanding supporter of educational initiatives including outreach programming for northern Albertan students at the University of Alberta. 3 Billion Reasons to Celebrate Barrels Fuelling Education Syncrude has proudly marked a historic milestone— three billion barrels. We’re also proud of what those barrels have meant to our community, our province and our nation. Over the last 20 years, we have purchased $64 billion in goods and services. Since 1978, our operations have generated over $21 billion in royalties and taxes to help fund everything from classrooms to emergency rooms, highways to higher education. None of which would have been possible without the hands and minds behind the barrels—more than 200,000 Syncrude employees and contractors, past and present. Here’s to you and the next three billion barrels. Celebrate with us at syncrude.ca The Syncrude Project is a joint venture undertaking among Imperial Oil Resources Limited; CNOOC Oil Sands Canada; Sinopec Oil Sands Partnership; and Suncor Energy Inc. (with the Suncor interest held by Canadian Oil Sands Partnership #1 and Suncor Energy Ventures Partnership, both wholly owned a liates of Suncor Energy Inc.). WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO TITUS AND HIS FAMILY? A breakdown of Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus ■ A Roman General named Titus Andronicus returns home after defeating the Goths with Queen of the Goths, Tamora, her three sons, and Aaron the Moore as his prisoners. ■ As with Rome’s bloody customs the people demand a blood sacrifice and Titus chooses Tamora’s oldest son to be killed. He sacrifices her son. ■ Since the Emperor died before the play starts the people of Rome select Titus to be their new Emperor but Titus doesn’t want the power so he declares that Saturninus should be the Emperor as he is the Emperor’s eldest son. ■ Saturninus wants to take Lavinia, Titus’ daughter as his bride but she wants to marry Bassianus who is Saturninus’ younger brother. One of Titus’ sons tries to intervene wanting to help his sister elope and Titus kills him. ■ Saturninus, upset that the Andronicus family (especially Lavinia) has wronged him, chooses Tamora as his bride. ■ Everyone agrees to go hunting the next day. ■ During the hunt, Aaron convinces Tamora’s two sons to stop fighting over who deserves Lavinia’s love and proposes that they rape her. ■ Aaron buries a bag of money under a tree. Tamora finds Aaron and they start making out as they are secretly lovers. Bassianus and Lavinia find them in the act and Tamora’s two sons kill Bassianus. Tamora lets her sons satisfy their lust with her. They take her off to another part of the forest, rape her, cut off her hands, and cut out her tongue. ■ Aaron leads Titus’ remaining two sons to a pit where Bassianus’ body is. One of them falls in the pit and then the tries to help him but falls in too. ■ Aaron brings Saturninus to the pit and produces a letter that implicates Titus’ sons in Bassianus’ murder. Saturninus, in turn, wants to kill Titus’ sons. Credit - goodticklebrain.com THEATRE NETWORK • 9 NEWS WEATHER TRAFFIC EDMONTON PEOPLE MARK PLACES WITH CONNOLLY AND TARA &STORIES AM MCCARTHY WEEKDAYS 5:30AM CBCEDMONTON @EDMAMCBC @MARKCONNOLLYCBC @CBCRADIOTARA @CBCEDMONTON cbc.ca/edmontonam NEWS WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO WEATHER TITUS AND HIS FAMILY? TRAFFIC A breakdown of Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus EDMONTON ■ Around this time Lavinia appears to Titus with no PEOPLE tongue and no hands. She wants to testify that her MARK brothers did not kill Bassianus but she can’t. WITH CONNOLLY PLACES ■ Aaron tells Titus that the Emperor will spare his sons if Titus cuts off his hand. He does. A messenger AND TARA &STORIES MCCARTHY presents Titus with the heads of his sons. AM ■ Lavinia finds a stick and writes with it in the ground WEEKDAYS 5:30AM the names of her attackers - Tamora’s sons. Titus is ready for revenge. ■ Tamora has a baby (Aaron is the father) and wants it killed so she doesn’t get in trouble with Saturninus. ■ Aaron takes the baby, kills the midwife, kills the nurse, and goes to hide with the Goths. ■ Tamora and her sons come up with a plan to disguise themselves as Revenge, Rape, and Murder to convince Titus to host a dinner party where he can exact his revenge. Revenge (Tamora) tells Titus CBCEDMONTON that she will punish all of his enemies if he goes to the dinner party – but she secretly wants to poison Titus. Titus agrees to host the party. @EDMAMCBC ■ @MARKCONNOLLYCBC Titus knows who is hiding under the disguises Titus Has His Hand Removed and convinces Tamora to leave Rape and Murder @CBCRADIOTARA (Tamora’s sons) behind. Titus and Lavinia murder Tamora’s sons. @CBCEDMONTON ■ At the dinner party Titus serves meat pie and converses about whether or not a father should kill his daughter if she is has been raped. Saturninus says he should (as Titus is being shamed) so Titus kills Lavinia and admits that Tamora’s sons raped her. Saturninus demands the sons be brought to him for questioning and Titus reveals they are already there… in the pie they are eating. ■ After this reveal Titus kills Tamora. Saturnius kills Titus and Titus’ only living son kills Saturninus. ■ Titus’ only living son becomes Emperor of Rome and sentences Aaron to be buried up to his head and left to die. They have a funeral for Titus and toss Tamora’s body to wild animals to be eaten. Titus & Lavinia kill Tamora’s Sons cbc.ca/edmontonam THEATRE NETWORK • 11 WHAT IS BOUFFON? A DISCUS SION WITH MICHAEL KENNARD Explain it to me like a layman - what is bouffon? Bouffon is a theatrical style of clown/physical comedy. It is based on the medieval times when there were packs/gangs of outcasts that were spat on and stoned in order to remove them from society. They were the lepers, the hunchbacks, the rejected ones of society, which at the time were not considered the beautiful people. They were allowed back into society once a year where they came back with a vengeance with their weapons; charm, intelligence and parody.