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Tragedy!

A Musical Comedy, written by Michael Johnson and Mary Davenport was performed at the 2007 New York International Fringe Festival in the Lucille Lortel Theatre.

Directed by Johnson, the piece starred Francis Van Wetering as Titus, Alexandra Cirves as Tamora, Roger Casey as Aaron ( aka The Evil Black Guy ) and Lauren Huyett as Lavinia.

Staged as a farce, the production included moments such as Lavinia singing a song entitled " At least I can still sing " after having her hands cut off, but as she reaches the finale, Chiron and Demetrius return and cut out her tongue ; Lucius is portrayed as a homosexual in love with Saturninus, and everyone knows except Titus ; Titus kills Mutius not because he defies him, but because he discovers that Mutius wants to be a tap dancer instead of a soldier ; Bassianus is a transvestite ; Saturninus is addicted to prescription medication ; and Tamora is a nymphomaniac.