THE IDES OF MARCH ARRIVE IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR

William Shakespeare’s JULIUS CAESAR: Our Vision for the Project.

Beware the Ides of March: There are six actors on stage acting out characters that are playing actors in Shakespeare's Caesar....a play within a play within a play. The catch is that it's more than "acting" really - it's very nearly possession. . . inhabitation. . . Because there are only 6 actors and several armies worth of characters, each actor will be having characters that literally "jump" in and out of them. More like voodoo. Layers on the layers forcing the audience to look at this text with brand new eyes. Forcing the actors to reach into some fascinating new places. There is no backstage. The 6 actors never leave the stage. Our “Caesar” is a living, breathing theatrical experience.

There is a great sense of ritual in the assassination of Caesar as filtered through the words of Shakespeare. The sacrifice of the leader. A small core of actors creating a unified vision onstage without all the bells and whistles; without the pretense. This is ritual. This is unfolding. The play must be enacted and performed - by willing (or as the case may be) unwilling actors swallowed whole by their characters. We become them that become the play that becomes us.

Everything live. Everything visible. Everything in plain sight but overpowering in its raw emotional context. The primitive, visceral brush strokes of light and shadow; sound and fury - right there - in the faces of the audience. Armies and battles created by streaks of light crossing an angry face. Is it live or shadows on the wall of Plato’s cave? Is Cassius a character or a vampire like virus, sweeping across the landscape of the play; swallowing anyone and everything with greed, ambition and jealousy? Once bitten by this force, there is no turning back. And slowly, it infects and spreads till Caesar wins the lottery and is sacrificed at its spiritual altar. But what happens when the hunger doesn’t dissipate after the dogs have fed on their master? It’s Caesar by way of vampires and voodoo? Have we gone mad?

Probably. But there is method in the madness. Come join us for a look at Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, as you have never seen it before.

JULIUS CAESAR: Staged and Directed by Bill Fountain
Featuring: Ken Long, Devonric Johnson, Zac Ramsey, Jordan Pokladnik, Jennifer Obeney, and Robert Shores.

Performance Dates and Locations Coming Soon.