Julius Caesar, Shakespeare-in-the-Schools 2021 production

The Utah Shakespeare Festival presents the 2021 Shakespeare-in-the-Schools production of Julius Caesar. This production, normally performed through a five-state touring production, was rehearsed with strict Covid protocols, performed, filmed and provided virtually to schools across the Intermountain West.

Julius Caesar
Shakespeare in the Schools Production

Production Staff
Director: Michael Bahr
Fight Director: Geoffrey Kent
Scenic Designer: Benjamin Hohman
Costume Designer: Steven G. Schmid
Lighting Designer: Danielle Davis
Sound Designer: Scott Palfreyman
Stage Manager: Emily Marie Wilke
Fight Captain: Cordell Cole
Production Manager: Richard Girtain
Technical Director: Dan Giedeman
Costume Director: Jeffrey Lieder
Props Artisan: Marielle Boneau
Costume Draper: Caitlin Leyden
Costume First Hand: Brian Hollander
Electrics Technician: Collin Hall
Recording Engineer: Tristan Bowman

Acting Company
Citizen 1/Decius/Portia/Octavius: Bailey Blaise
Citizen 2/Casca: Kenna Funk
Citizen 3/Soothsayer/Metellus Cimber/Lepidus: Gilberto Saenz
Citizen 4/Calpurnia/Cinna the Senator/Lucius/Cinna the Poet: Isabella Abel-Suarez
Brutus: Jeremy Thompson
Cassius: Daria Pilar Redus
Marc Antony: Cordell Cole
Julius Caesar/Caesar’s Ghost: Bailey Savage

Utah Shakespeare Festival Staff
Executive Produce: Frank Mack
Artistic Director: Brian Vaughn
Festival Stage Manager/Artistic Associate: Tanya J.Searle
Production Manager: Richard Girtain
Company Manager: Tracy Blackwell
Scenery Director: Dan Giedeman
Costume Director: Jeffrey Leider
Electrics Director: Scott Palfreyman
Assistant Electrics Director: Danielle Davis
Properties Director: Benjamin Hohman
Assistant Properties Director: Marielle Boneau
Graphic Designer: Clare Campbell
Education Director: Michael Bahr
Education Programs Manager: Richie Uminski
Education Assistants/Booking Managers: Kyrsten Harper and Julia Stark

Video Production by Box86 Media, Darrin Fraser, Brandon Burk, and Shane Egan.

Funding for this production generously provided by:
-Utah State Office of Education/Professional Outreach Program in the Schools (POPS)
-Shakespeare in American Communities, a national theatre program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest
-Ally Bank
-Southern Utah University

The Shakespeare-in-the-Schools program is produced by the Utah Shakespeare Festival.