Performance Text

In case you'd like to study up in time for the show (which opens tonight!), here is a link to the performance text used for the production, from the University of Victoria's Internet Shakespeare Editions: http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Annex/Texts/JC/M/Work.

Julius Caesar Photoshoot, by Andy Allen and Scott Spidell

Set Maquette, by William Chesney

Cast List

Berry, Leandro - Cobbler, Casca, Claudius

Carere, Paul - Flavius, Trebonius, Fourth Plebian, Volumnius/Fourth Soldier (Brutus)

Cormier, John - Third Soldier (Antony)

DeSouza-Coelho, Shawn - Mark Antony

Dukovic, Kristi - Marcus Brutus

Errey, Sean - Cinna the conspirator, Servant to Octavius, Lucilius

Gregg, Kate - Cicero, Third Plebian, Lepidus

Lam, David - Caius Cassius

Li, Eileen - Servant to Julius Caesar, Dardanus/Second Soldier (Brutus)

Metcalfe, David - Marullus, Artemidorus, Cinna the Poet, Pindarus, First Soldier (Antony)

McCallum, Lisa - Carpenter, Caius Ligarius, Messala

Myers, Ciaran - Lucius

O’Grady, Amy - Calphurnia, Second Plebian, Titinius

Pilatzke, Brenda - Decius, Strato

Pinnell, Patrick - Various

Reid, Terry - Julius Caesar, Another Poet, Caesar’s Ghost

Robson, Caitlin - Messenger, Second Soldier (Antony)

Sartoretto, Reanna - Third Soldier (Brutus)

Smith, Jessica - Metellus Cimber, Varro

Steiner, Rebecca - Soothsayer, Clitus/First Soldier (Brutus)

Ulrich, Jeff - Portia, Octavius

Walker, Kimberlee - Publius, First Plebian, Young Cato

Press Release

UW Drama invites you to attend our first ever production of William Shakespeare’s great political tragedy, Julius Caesar.

Julius Caesar traces the plot against a brilliant leader, his brutal assassination, and the civil war that follows. Its characters are among Shakespeare’s most memorable: Marcus Brutus, the assassin-hero of the play; Marcus Antonius, his charismatic nemesis; Caesar himself, whose ghost still walks in parliaments, palaces, and public places all over the western world.

The play tackles moral dilemmas that are uncomfortably familiar to us today. Is the world changing so fast that we are losing our values? What if our leaders are destroying our culture? Can democracy survive globalization? Would you risk civil war to bring down a dictatorship? How far would you go for your conscience? Your country? Can we be human in politics? In war? What if we get it wrong?

In this fast-paced political thriller, Shakespeare challenges us to find our humanity in a shockingly inhumane world.

Set Elevation and Floor Plan by William Chesney

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Floor Plan - Left
















Floor Plan- Right

Costume Design Sketches by Jocelyne Sobeski

Cassius


















Casca and Caesar

















Caius Ligarius and Caesar's servant

















Cinna the Poet

















Messenger

















Soothsayer

















Caesar's Mask

















Decius and Brutus

















Portia

















Antony and Calphurnia

















Cicero

















Antony & Octavius' army

















Brutus' army

















Commoners and Tribune

















Commoners