Julius Caesar at Phoenix Theatre Cultural Centre

Jen Johansen (Brutus) is thrilled to return to the stage with Indy Shakes where she has appeared in Coriolanus, Hamlet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Love’s Labor’s Lost. An Indianapolis native, she has worked professionally for twenty years locally with the Indiana Repertory Theatre, Indy Shakes, and the Phoenix Theatre, and regionally with the Human Race Theatre Company, Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, Geva Theatre Center, The Kitchen Theatre Company, and Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. Jen is a Creative Renewal Fellow and a 2021 Lunt-Fontanne Fellow. In addition to being a company member with Indy Shakes, Jen is a very proud board member of Summer Stock Stage and American Lives Theatre, with whom she will make her directorial debut in June. She shares her home with her husband Rob and their sweet pups and a kitten. Thank you for supporting live theatre! For Robert Neal.

Scot Greenwell (Cassius) has been an Indy Shakes Company member since 2008, appearing in Love’s Labor’s Lost, Hamlet, Coriolanus, The Winter’s Tale, The Tempest, Othello, The Taming of the Shrew, Much Ado About Nothing, and The Merchant of Venice. Recent credits include The Minutes (American Lives Theatre), and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Naptown African American Theatre Collective). He’s also played at Indiana Repertory Theatre, Phoenix Theatre, Actors Theatre of Indiana, Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, and Syracuse Stage (NY). He is a lucky husband to Zack, and a devoted dog-dad to Minnie.

Immanuel Umoren (Casca) is a multi-disciplinary artist at the intersection of performance, media, fashion, music and communications.

Carlos Medina Maldonado (he/him/his), (Cinna et al) is an actor & director originally from Puerto Rico. Recent acting credits include A Very Phoenix Xmas Returns: The Return of A Very Phoenix Xmas (Carlos/Ensemble) at the Phoenix Theatre, Love’s Labor’s Lost (Longaville) for The Indianapolis Shakespeare Company, and Sanctuary City (Henry) with American Lives Theatre. Directing credits include Guapa by Caridad Svich with Texas Tech University, Chicago the Musical, and Cabaret with Summer Stock Stage. Carlos received his MFA from Texas Tech University and BFA from Illinois Wesleyan University. All my love to Emily, Arrietty, and Diego.

Tiffany Gilliam (Calpurnia et al) is an actress, singer/songwriter born and raised in Indianapolis, IN. Tiffany’s recent productions include Beef and Board’s Beautiful, the Carole King Musical, Sophisticated Ladies, An American in Paris, Symphony on the Prairie’s Harry Potter and Broadway Under the Stars. Her single, Beautiful Mind (2024) can be found on all streaming sites. Tiffany would like to thank her husband, Richard, their children, and her friends for their continued love and support. www.tiffanygilliam.com

Jacob Barnes (Soothsayer, Octavius, et al) is an actor, poet, and public servant currently based in Indianapolis. Indy Shakes: A Comedy of Errors: Short Shakes; Regional: A Comedy of Tenors (Actors Theatre of Indiana); Il Trovatore (Lyric Opera of Chicago); The Rocky Horror Show (Zack & Zach); Afterglow (PrideArts Chicago); Newsies (Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre); Publications: TubLove: A Poetry Art Book (2020); Education: BFA, Ball State University; “For the love of all that we are, please vote.”