Kentucky Shakespeare Presents JULIUS CAESAR in Annual SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARKS Spring Tour

The production is directed by Amy Attaway, Kentucky Shakespeare’s Associate Artistic Director.

By: A.A. Cristi Apr. 01, 2022

Kentucky Shakespeare Presents JULIUS CAESAR in Annual SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARKS Spring Tour

Kentucky Shakespeare returns with the free SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARKS tour this spring. The 6-actor, 85-minute production of JULUS CAESAR will tour to multiple parks in Indiana and Kentucky this April and May.

"After another long winter, we are excited to come together again in these beautiful parks this spring with live, in-person theatre. This tour has grown from 9 parks served in 2014 to a record 35 parks served this spring! This wouldn't be possible without the generosity of our neighborhood performance sponsors, and we're incredibly thankful for their support. We thank them all for valuing the importance of the arts, in a time many need this human connection most," said Matt Wallace, Kentucky Shakespeare's Producing Artistic Director. "We're able to serve most of the same parks this year plus some new venues this year including Joe Creason Park, Seneca Park, Shelby Park, Windy Hills Green, Farnsley Park, Wilkerson Park in Sellersburg and Gateway Park in Clarksville," shared Wallace.

The production is directed by Amy Attaway, Kentucky Shakespeare's Associate Artistic Director. "Julius Caesar, like much of Shakespeare's canon, speaks to every historical moment in a different way. Its echoes of our own present moment are clear and evident." She added, "Our production will situate itself in a future time and place, in a third era next to the present day and ancient Rome illuminating the timelessness of human behavior, violence, and power."

The production features an ensemble cast of seven actors starring Brennen Amonett as Cassius, Lucy Buchanan as Portia/">Portia, Darius Dion as Brutus, Justin M. Jackson as Caesar, Raven Jeannette as Calpurnia, and Tai Rosenblatt as Marc Antony. The ensemble cast also plays multiple other supporting ensemble roles.

The production also features set design by Karl Anderson, costume design by Donna Lawrence-Downs, sound design by Laura Ellis, and fight choreography by Eric Frantz, with Ryan Bennett as the stage manager. The script is adapted by dramaturg Gregory Maupin.

Kentucky Shakespeare will also tour the production to schools across the state, virtually and in person, as part of Shakespeare in American Communities, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. Kentucky Shakespeare is one of 40 professional theater companies selected to participate in bringing the finest productions of Shakespeare to middle- and high-school students in communities across the United States.

Each venue will have an alternate backup space in the event of inclement weather so performances will take place on the scheduled date. Visit https://kyshakespeare.com/season/parkstour/ for more information.

Dates, Places and Times of the tour are as follows:

2022 Performance Schedule

Friday, April 8 - 6:30PM

Farnsley Park

3100 Wedgewood Way, Louisville, KY 40220

Sponsored by Councilman Brent Ackerson, District 26

Backup Rain Space: TBD

Saturday, April 9 - 2:00PM

Seneca Park

3151 Pee Wee Reese Road, Louisville, KY 40207


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