CCMOnStage PLAYS Presents

JULIUS CAESAR

By William Shakespeare

Dec. 2-5, 2021, Cohen Family Studio Theater

  • Director k. Jenny Jones
  • Assistant Directors Maddie Gaughn*, Stone Mountain*
  • Scenic Designer/Props Master Abigail Heyd*
  • Costume Designer Reba Senske
  • Sound Designer Corbin Hopkins*
  • Production Stage Manager Rosie Burns Pavlik*

*CCM Student

CONTENT ADVISORY: For mature audiences. This show includes depictions of violence, blood, themes of suicide and self-harm.

Julius Caesar will last approximately 2 hours and 25 minutes, including a 15-minute intermission.

The Company

Cast

  • Murellus, Lepidus, Plebeian #3, Soldier, Ensemble | Shaylee Bowman
  • Carpenter, Decius, Ligarius, Cinna the Poet, Plebeian #4, Strato, Ensemble | Noah Buyak
  • Caska, Lucilius, Plebeian #2, Ensemble | Shakoria Davis
  • Lucius, Messala, Plebeian #3, Ensemble | Rachel Jones
  • Calphurnia, Titinius, Plebian #1 and #4, Octavius’ Servant, Ensemble | Liza Lagerstrom
  • Octavius, Metellus, Artemidorus, Plebeian #2, Ensemble | Rachel Larson
  • Portia, Panderous, Plebeian #2, Ensemble | Jack McElroy
  • Julius Caesar, Ghost, Ensemble | Kevin Naddeo
  • Mark Antony, Ensemble | Malik Smith
  • Marcus Brutus, Ensemble | Kristina Lucy
  • Cinna, Flavius, Plebeian #1, Ensemble | Hunter Trammell
  • Ciaus Cassius, Ensemble | Isabella Wagner
  • Cobbler, Trebonius, Soothsayer, Poet, Plebian #2, Ensemble | Jake Weinheimer
  • Fight Captain | Jack McElroy
  • Block Captains | Hunter Trammell, Jack Weinheimer

Production Staff

  • Technical Director | Janay Sukkarieh
  • Assistant Stage Manager | Sarah Patisaul
  • Production Assistant | Anika Shirvaikar
  • Assistant Production Managers | Leah Berry, Emma King
  • Scenic Charge Artist | Abigail Heyd
  • Assistant Sound Designer | Patrick Kiernan
  • Production Sound Engineer | Ryan Hurt
  • Sound A1 | Patrick Kiernan
  • Sound Shop Graduate Assistants | Alex Brock, Ryan Hurt, Patrick Kiernan, Aaron Woodstein
  • Stage Management Office Assistant | Jie Min

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Scholarship and Resident Artist Supporter

 

The Corbett Endowment at CCM

Dance Department Supporter

All-Steinway School Supporter

 

William L. Gasch Endowment Fund for Dance Excellence

Rachelle Bruno & Stephen Bondurant

Ellen K. Bastron

Dance Department Supporters

 

J. Brett Offenberger, MD and Mr. Douglas E. Duckett

Bacchus Legacy Fund

Hawks Nest Private Wealth Scholarship Fund

Dr. & Mrs. Carl G. Fischer

Ric Sweeney & David Askew

Ken and Toni Kanter

Henry and Sandy Spitz

Greg Mathein

Jim & Linda Miller

Marty & Anne Pinales

Musical Theatre Department Supporters

 

GLP German Light Products

Dick & Chris Russell

Upstaging, Inc.

Theater Design & Production Supporter

 

The Estate of Genevieve Smith

Opera Production Supporter

 

Rafael and Kimberly de Acha

Opera D’Arte Supporter

 

The Friedlander Family

Dr. Randolph L. Wadsworth

Judith Schonbach Landgren and Peter Landgren

Mr. & Mrs. Harry H. Santen

Elizabeth C.B. Sittenfeld

Elizabeth Stone

Mrs. Thomas E. Stegman

Mrs. Theodore W. Striker

Mrs. Harry M. Hoffheimer

Ariel Quartet Supporters

 

The Friedlander Family

Karl Zipser

Chamber Music at CCM

 

Elizabeth Ann Leman Muennich MD, PhD, in memory of John Leman

Jan Rogers

Willard and Jean Mulford Charitable Fund of the Cambridge Charitable Foundation

Choral Studies Supporters

 

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Hirschhorn

Philharmonia Supporters

 

Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation

Starling Pre-Collegiate Supporter

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Dr. Timothy E. and Janet L. Johnson

Thom Miles and Roberta Gary

Strader Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation

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Organ Department Supporters

 

Keyboard Club of Cincinnati

L. Ried Schott

Carl Rhodes & Lori Luchtman-Jones

Piano Department Supporters

 

Kevin and Nancy Rhein

Wind Studies Supporters

 

Willis Music

LINKS Instrument Donation Supporter

 

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  • Location: CCM Atrium Lobby next to Corbett Auditorium
  • Telephone: 513-556-4183
  • Email: boxoff@uc.edu
  • Mail: CCM Box Office, P.O. Box 210003, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0003

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The House Manager has been instructed to minimize the disturbance to patrons already seated when accommodating latecomers. The director and producer of each production select times that are least likely to interrupt the performance, and latecomers will be seated only during these times. Latecomers who miss these opportunities will not be admitted until intermission. Children under the age of 6 will not be admitted.


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The use of cameras, with or without flashes, recording devices, cellular phones and other electronic devices inside the theater is prohibited. Please leave them with the House Manager.


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Wheelchair Seating

Wheelchair seating is available in both Corbett Auditorium and Patricia Corbett Theater. Seating is limited, so reservations should be made with the Box Office when ordering tickets. These seats are subject to availability.


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