TALKING POINTS
YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA PRESENTS
Jupiter alone is king of the Romans. —JULIUS CAESAR (DIO, ROMAN HISTORY)
What did I do to you? Do you know right from wrong? —MOAMMAR GADDAFI’S DYING WORDS
JULIUS CAESAR
Be sure to remember: not how long was Caesar’s life, but how short his reign. —BRUTUS AND CASSIUS, IN A 44 BCE LETTER TO ANTONY
What is the best type of death for a man? An unexpected one. —JULIUS CAESAR (APPIAN, THE CIVIL WARS)
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE directed by ETHAN HEARD The noble title of “dissident” must be earned rather than claimed; it connotes sacrifice and risk rather than mere disagreement. —CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS, PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL
Virtue is…thinking our country’s interests to be foremost of all, our parents’ next, and then thirdly and lastly our own. —LUCILIUS, ROMAN SATIRIST
America can do whatever we set our mind to. —BARACK OBAMA, ANNOUNCING THE DEATH OF OSAMA BIN LADEN
—COMPILED BY BENJAMIN FAINSTEIN, DRAMATURG
2011–12 SEASON
The Studio Series productions are designed to be learning experiences that complement classroom work, providing a medium for students at Yale School of Drama to combine their individual and collective talents and energies toward the staging of new plays. Your attendance meaningfully completes that process.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9 AT 4PM FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10 AT 4PM AND 8PM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11 AT 4PM ISEMAN THEATER 1156 CHAPEL STREET
FEBRUARY 9 TO 11, 2012 YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA JAMES BUNDY, DEAN VICTORIA NOLAN, DEPUTY DEAN PRESENTS
JULIUS CAESAR
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE directed by ETHAN HEARD by
ARTISTIC STAFF
CAST in alphabetical order
Scenic Designer SIDNEY ERIN JOHNSON Costume Designer MARK NAGLE Lighting Designer OLIVER WASON Sound Designer MATT OTTO Projection Designer NICHOLAS HUSSONG Fight Choreographer MICHAEL ROSSMY Dramaturg BENJAMIN FAINSTEIN Stage Manager ROBERT CHIKAR
Portia MONIQUE BARBEE Soothsayer, Cinna, Titinius JOSHUA BERMUDEZ Marullus, Lucia, Artemidorus MOLLY BERNARD Marcus Brutus WILLIAM DeMERRITT Mark Antony ROBERT GRANT Flavius, Casca, Cinna the Poet JACK MORAN Julius Caesar FISHER NEAL Calpurnia, Metellus Cimber, Octavia Caesar MARISSA NEITLING Caius Cassius MICHAEL PLACE Cobbler, Decius Brutus, Messala PAUL PRYCE
PRODUCTION STAFF Associate Production Supervisor JOE STOLTMAN Assistant Lighting Designer SOLOMON WEISBARD Assistant Sound Designer and Engineer SAMUEL FURGUSON Stage Management Advisor GEOFF BORONDA Technical Director BRIAN SMALLWOOD
Crew KYUNGJIN KIM LOUISA PROSKE KRISTEN ROBINSON JENNIFER TIMMS
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Associate Managing Director JAEEUN JOO Management Assistants ANNE FLAMMANG XAQ WEBB House Manager JENNIFER LAGUNDINO
Assistant Technical Director JACQUELINE DENIZ YOUNG Master Electrician JUSTIN BENNETT Costume Project Coordinator LINDA KELLEY-DODD
SPECIAL THANKS: Christopher Ash, Bank of America, Chris Bannow, Michael Bergmann, Seth Bodie, Margot Bordelon, Tim Brown, Prema Cruz, Lucas Dixon, Hunter Kaczorowski, Paul Lieber, Matt McCollum, Jessica Rizzo, Jack Tamburri, Reid Thompson, Hannah Wasileski, Brian Wiles, Yi Zhao
JULIUS CAESAR IS PERFORMED WITHOUT AN INTERMISSION. PHOTO BY YI ZHAO
FEBRUARY 9 TO 11, 2012 YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA JAMES BUNDY, DEAN VICTORIA NOLAN, DEPUTY DEAN PRESENTS
JULIUS CAESAR
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE directed by ETHAN HEARD by
ARTISTIC STAFF
CAST in alphabetical order
Scenic Designer SIDNEY ERIN JOHNSON Costume Designer MARK NAGLE Lighting Designer OLIVER WASON Sound Designer MATT OTTO Projection Designer NICHOLAS HUSSONG Fight Choreographer MICHAEL ROSSMY Dramaturg BENJAMIN FAINSTEIN Stage Manager ROBERT CHIKAR
Portia MONIQUE BARBEE Soothsayer, Cinna, Titinius JOSHUA BERMUDEZ Marullus, Lucia, Artemidorus MOLLY BERNARD Marcus Brutus WILLIAM DeMERRITT Mark Antony ROBERT GRANT Flavius, Casca, Cinna the Poet JACK MORAN Julius Caesar FISHER NEAL Calpurnia, Metellus Cimber, Octavia Caesar MARISSA NEITLING Caius Cassius MICHAEL PLACE Cobbler, Decius Brutus, Messala PAUL PRYCE
PRODUCTION STAFF Associate Production Supervisor JOE STOLTMAN Assistant Lighting Designer SOLOMON WEISBARD Assistant Sound Designer and Engineer SAMUEL FURGUSON Stage Management Advisor GEOFF BORONDA Technical Director BRIAN SMALLWOOD
Crew KYUNGJIN KIM LOUISA PROSKE KRISTEN ROBINSON JENNIFER TIMMS
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Associate Managing Director JAEEUN JOO Management Assistants ANNE FLAMMANG XAQ WEBB House Manager JENNIFER LAGUNDINO
Assistant Technical Director JACQUELINE DENIZ YOUNG Master Electrician JUSTIN BENNETT Costume Project Coordinator LINDA KELLEY-DODD
SPECIAL THANKS: Christopher Ash, Bank of America, Chris Bannow, Michael Bergmann, Seth Bodie, Margot Bordelon, Tim Brown, Prema Cruz, Lucas Dixon, Hunter Kaczorowski, Paul Lieber, Matt McCollum, Jessica Rizzo, Jack Tamburri, Reid Thompson, Hannah Wasileski, Brian Wiles, Yi Zhao
JULIUS CAESAR IS PERFORMED WITHOUT AN INTERMISSION. PHOTO BY YI ZHAO
TALKING POINTS
YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA PRESENTS
Jupiter alone is king of the Romans. —JULIUS CAESAR (DIO, ROMAN HISTORY)
What did I do to you? Do you know right from wrong? —MOAMMAR GADDAFI’S DYING WORDS
JULIUS CAESAR
Be sure to remember: not how long was Caesar’s life, but how short his reign. —BRUTUS AND CASSIUS, IN A 44 BCE LETTER TO ANTONY
What is the best type of death for a man? An unexpected one. —JULIUS CAESAR (APPIAN, THE CIVIL WARS)
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE directed by ETHAN HEARD The noble title of “dissident” must be earned rather than claimed; it connotes sacrifice and risk rather than mere disagreement. —CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS, PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL
Virtue is…thinking our country’s interests to be foremost of all, our parents’ next, and then thirdly and lastly our own. —LUCILIUS, ROMAN SATIRIST
America can do whatever we set our mind to. —BARACK OBAMA, ANNOUNCING THE DEATH OF OSAMA BIN LADEN
—COMPILED BY BENJAMIN FAINSTEIN, DRAMATURG
2011–12 SEASON
The Studio Series productions are designed to be learning experiences that complement classroom work, providing a medium for students at Yale School of Drama to combine their individual and collective talents and energies toward the staging of new plays. Your attendance meaningfully completes that process.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9 AT 4PM FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10 AT 4PM AND 8PM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11 AT 4PM ISEMAN THEATER 1156 CHAPEL STREET