Julius Caesar is Rome’s revered leader, but is his celebrity a threat to democracy?
In the shadow of our presidential election, SDSU’s School of Theater, Television & Film is staging a modern take on Shakespeare’s classic tale of conspiracy, politics and betrayal with an all-female cast in Julius Caesar.
This re-imagining, directed by Delicia Turner Sonnenberg, executive artistic director at Moxie Theatre, was timed to highlight current themes of politics and power.
“It’s been a long and brutal process where power structures have been questioned. Alliances have shifted,” Turner Sonnenberg told KPBS. “There is a deep distrust of elected leaders, many deep skepticism(s) about the lines of patriotism and personal ambition and those things resonate with a production of Julius Caesar.”
As for the all-female cast, Turner Sonnenberg said it’s all about making the characters believable — no different for an all-male cast.
“Brutus is honorable. Caches and seductive. Julius Caesar is arrogant,” she said. “All of those things are true in this production.”
Julius Caesar runs Nov. 4 – 13. For ticket information and show times, visit SDSU’s School of Theater, Television & Film.