Shakespeare's deadliest board meeting, now with 100% more sweat and stabbing.
This muscular 2017 production features the signature physical storytelling of director Shana Cooper and choreographer Erika Chong Shuch. Shakespeare's political thriller shows what happens to powerbrokers—honorable and not—when their motives and means lead to unexpected consequences they cannot control.
Direction
Cooper's physical staging turns senators into predators.
Acting
Barbour's Antony speech will convert you to Team Chaos.
Production
Minimalist set, maximum tension—every gesture weaponized.
Director
Shana Cooper
Danforth Comins
Marcus Brutus / Plebeian / Ensemble
Rodney Gardiner
Caius Cassius / Plebeian / Ensemble
Armando Durán
Julius Caesar / Plebeian / Ensemble
Jordan Barbour
Mark Antony / Plebeian / Ensemble
Kate Hurster
Portia / Poet / Plebeian / Ensemble
Stephen Michael Spencer
Caska / Plebeian / Ensemble
Amy Kim Waschke
Calphurnia / Plebeian / Ensemble
Ted Deasy
Metellus Cimber / Plebeian / Ensemble
Sheila Tousey
Cicero / Plebeian / Ensemble
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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