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.