I directed Julius Caesar for the UC Riverside Department of Theater early in 2006. Check here for my blog post about the process. It was a cast of talented undergrads, and a design that took advantage of a nice new campus theater. Brutus tries to protect the glory of Rome, but winds up destroying Rome instead. Cassius tries to win Brutus' friendship and love and respect, but winds up destroying Brutus instead.

scenery and
costumes
Marc Longlois

lighting
Ben Tusher

sound
Glen Dunzweiler

I recently directed another production of Julius Caesar with the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival Advanced Acting Workshop, a two-week intensive in which I taught sixteen teenage actors for six hours a day, culminating in two performances of a 45-minute cut of the play. We performed in an amazing gallery space in the Zeum; it's a circular room, three stories high and wider at the top than at the bottom, with a ramp around the outside of the space giving access to windows and balconies high over the floor.