Julius Caesar at Theatre for a New Audience

Julius Caesar is a marked man. Adoring commoners celebrate his battlefield victories, but those higher up the Roman political ladder worry that his ambition has grown too large. On a stormy night full of alarming sights and ominous portents, Cassius persuades Caesar’s friend Brutus to help him with a momentous task: assassinate Caesar for the good of the Republic. But death doesn’t stop Caesar, whose spirit haunts the destinies of his friends and enemies, threatening the republican ideal for which they murdered him. Shakespeare’s political thriller explores powerbrokers’ strategies-honorable and not-and their unexpected, violent consequences.

Authors

• David Amram
• Lee Hoiby
• Mark Bennett
• Stanley Silverman
• William Shakespeare