bloodrite
Bathory/Concept/Writing: Silvae Mercedes
Chat Creation: Yousef Kadoura
Dramaturgy/Direction: ErisThomas and Yousef Kadoura
Videography: Sebastian Marziali
Scenography: Other Hearts
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She lived in the world from 1560-1614, and she's lived in our imaginations ever since. Now, Elizabeth Bathory is back, this time on web-cam. She's here to reap the benefits of her myth, in all its forms, from the vampire to the vamp, the monster to the maiden. But there's someone lurking in the chat, and they bring history in their wake.
Written and performed by S. Mercedes with creation and design from Other Hearts, explores the the intersections between monstrousness and desire, and roles in which the male gaze, modern and contemporary, casts us.