CAITLYN RIZZO
 

Written around 1599, Julius Caesar is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The play is based on historical events surrounding the conspiracy against the ancient Roman leader Julius Caesar and the civil war that followed his death. Shakespeare portrays Caesar's assassination on the Ides of March by a group of conspirators who feared the ambitious leader would turn the Roman Republic into a tyrannical monarchy.

 

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare at Trinity Shakespeare Festival

Director: Stephen Fried                            

Scenic Design: Brian Clinnin     

Lighting Design: Ethan Stimmel

Costume Design: Aaron Patrick Turner    

Sound Design: Toby Alyga

 

Unique Elements:

• Full set of 8 automated retracting steps.

• a fabric tent suspended from the tension grid.

• a full sculpture piece that opened and closed to reveal a secondary platform that extended 6 feet into the air.

• the extended platform rigged to raise on a pulley system to reveal a ramp below the stairs.

• stage combat scene with blood packets.

• 8 shields and their corresponding weapon tracking.

 

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