Julius Caesar
BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
ADAPTED BY MICHAEL DAILEY & NIC DIMOND
DIRECTED BY NIC DIMOND
Sep 5, 2002–Oct 26, 2002
3829 N. Broadway
Dateline: Rome. City at the center of the world. It is the aftermath of a great civil war that had threatened to tear the Empire apart and Julius Caesar has returned to Rome prepared to accept the mantle of King from a willing senate. Among Caesar’s highest ranking men are Cassius and Brutus, long-time friends whose own ideals and ambitions drive them to a conspiracy to make Rome a Republic at the cost of Caesar’s life.
Strawdog co-artistic director Mike Dailey and emeritus member Nic Dimond (director of The Green Bird, Return to the Howard Bowl and Measure for Measure) have taken a hatchet and a scalpel to Shakespeare’s story of friendship and political violence and they’ve carved it up as a dish fit for the Dogs.
“Smartly reduced in scale and smart, period. It’s the first good Julius Caesar I’ve seen.”
— Chicago Tribune
Cast
Michael Dailey*
as Cassius
Anita Deely
as Portia
John Ferrick*
as Marc Antony
Carmine Grisolia*
as Octavius
Chris Hainsworth
as Brutus
Tom Hickey
as Casca
Gregor Mortis
as Soothsayer
Loretta Rezos
as Calpurnia
John Henry Roberts*
as Julius Caesar
Creative Team
William Shakespeare
Author
Nic Dimond
Director
David Meihaus
Set Design
Gregor Mortis
Sound Design
Abigail Boucher
Stage Manager
Kyle Hamman*
Producer
* Strawdog Theatre ensemble member