Director • Translator • Playwright     

Rob Melrose

LuciusErnest Bentley
CalpurniaKaliswa Brewster
Soothsayer / Cinna the PoetCaleb Carlson
Marullus / Trebonius / MessalaRay Chapman
Julius CaesarBjorn DuPaty
Mark AntonyZachary Fine
Flavius / CinnaWhitney Hudson
Metellus Cimber / Octavius CaesarJoseph Midyett
CascaKeven Orton
Decius Brutus / LepidusNoah Putterman
CassiusSid Solomon
BrutusWill Sturdivant
Portia / Popiilius LenaKathleen Wise


Photos by Heidi Bohnenkamp

"Director Rob Melrose's production is compact, brisk and contemporary -- perfect for touring. Using a wall of video projections, set designer Neil Patel has positioned this Caesar in 2012, complete with news telecasts and shots of the U.S. Capitol. Sound designer Cliff Caruthers thumps the point home with lots of bass and hip-hop over scene changes. The sleek suits in Candice Donnelly's costume scheme carry the air of modern power."

-Graydon Royce

The Mpls StarTribune



"Think Shakespeare's work isn't relevant in 2012?  Think again."

​-Metro Magazine


JULIUS CAESAR
By William Shakespeare
The Guthrie Theater / The Acting Company

Joe Dowling / Ian Belknap, Artistic Directors

Guthrie Run: January 14 - February 5, 2012
​National Tour: February 7 - May 13
New York Run, Baruch Theater: April 11 - 22

Directed by Rob Melrose
Set Design by Neil Patel
Costume Design by Candice Donnelly
Lighting Design by Michael Chybowski
Original Music / Sound Design by Cliff Caruthers
Video Design by Shawn Sagady
Fight Direction by Felix Ivanoff
Dramaturgy by Lue Morgan Douthit
Voice and Speech Consulting by Andrew Wade
Production Stage Management by Richard Constable
Assistant Stage Management by Meg Friedman
Staff Repertory Direction by Adriana Baer

​Cast

"Consistently rewarding…

This is one of the most crisply spoken Shakespeares in recent memory.  Mr. Melrose has pruned shrewdly from the text and added a nifty, unsentimental final image…

This Julius Caesar will be a tough act to follow."  

-Eric Grode

The New York Times



JULIUS CAESAR - THE GUTHRIE THEATER / THE ACTING COMPANY