Cupid's Revenge at Studios 353

A post-Shakespearean Renaissance tragedy

The Duke of Lycia plays a dangerous game when he outlaws the worship of the god of love. Cupid doesn’t take kindly to the desecration of his temples, and by the time he’s done taking revenge, the entire kingdom may not survive.

Written by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, and first printed in 1615, Cupid’s Revenge is a tale of love, revenge, and mortal folly that was highly influential to post-Shakespearean playwrights. Filled with music, dance, romance, sword fights, and gruesome deaths, Cupid’s Revenge re-invents earlier Elizabethan tragedy for a new era.

Angelina LaBarre, a California based director and Shakespeare scholar will guest direct this lost classic of the English Renaissance this spring. Some of LaBarres most recent credits include Exit, Pursued By a Bear, The Laramie Project, Almost, Maine, and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged with Contra Costa College and The Merry Wives with Big Idea Theatre, and Julius Caesar with Darkroom Productions.

Cupid’s Revenge will be staged using Bad Quarto Productions’ signature style of combining universal lighting, audience interaction, cross-gendered casting, limited rehearsals, and other staging conditions of the original Shakespearean playing companies.

Cupid’s Revenge will play at Studios 353 (353 W. 48th St., New York) from April 15th through April 23rd on the following days and times:

Saturday, April 15th: 8 PM
Sunday, April 16th: 8 PM
Friday, April 21st: 8 PM
Saturday. April 22nd: 2 PM
Saturday. April 22nd: 8 PM
Sunday, April 23rd: 2 PM

The house opens 20 minutes before curtain times. Cupid’s Revenge is approximately 90 minutes long, and will be performed without an intermission. Come early and enjoy live music performed by the cast.

Studios 353 is handicap accessible – elevator leads to 2nd floor. There are two bathrooms located near the elevator.