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PreviewBrittany Comas
Blood, sex and dubstep are an odd combination, but not for School of the Arts’ “Revenger’s Tragedy,” the newest production at Chico State.
Katie Whitlock, director and sound coordinator, described this Jacobean-era play as a kind of “Hamlet on crack … but a lot bloodier and with a lot more action.”
Through six weeks of rehearsal, the cast members have been working tirelessly to learn their lines and get into character.
Mikey Perdue, a junior musical theatre major, described his character, Vindice, as blood-lustful.
“The duke of this world poisoned my character’s wife nine years ago because she would not sleep with him,” Perdue said.
He is plotting revenge on the duke and to those who deserve it. The best part is the audience gets to see it
all happen.
Sex, violence and dark humor successfully make this play different from any of the other Chico State theatrical productions this semester.
“It’s kind of the Quentin Tarantino of its era,” Whitlock said.
Leading lady, Sepi Burgiani, a senior theatre major, described her character Lussurioso as “an indulgent, lustful royal person who gets what she wants and who will throw a tantrum when she doesn’t get what she wants.”
Lussurioso struts her stuff in some scantily-clad outfits that are sure to cause jaws
to drop.
“I get to have a lot of fun with how greedy and lustful I am,” Burgiani said.
This show is definitely for mature audiences only, but those who attend are in for a roller coaster ride
of emotions.
“I’d love for the audience to walk away saying, ‘That was a blast to sit through,'” Perdue said.
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