Festival of New Works Staged Readings – Good Romans by Baylee Shlichtman

Good Romans by Baylee Shlichtman It's 44 BCE, and Julius Caesar has been assassinated. Now, two siblings find themselves at the center of a deadly power struggle. Octavian wants his destiny. Octavia wants to be safe. Both of them want what's good for each other, but what is"good" when you're building an empire? In conversation with Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, GOOD ROMANS is a play about power, patriarchy--and poetry. A PlayGround commission.