Julius Caesar

New York City’s innovative theater ensemble for classical theater Ensemble Shakespeare Company (ESC) presents its dynamic and contemporary staging, examining what happens when political ambition collides with moral conviction and civil discourse gives way to violence. The cautionary tragedy is uniquely placed in modern antiquity, where the problems, potentials, and personalities of the 21st century AD and 1st century BC conflate and converse. Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar tells the story of a murder that changed the course of western civilization. Far more, however, than dramatizing a bloody assassination, the play invites us into the hearts and minds of the humans whose words, actions, and ambitions transformed their society and indeed our world. The play never decides who is right but invites the audience to engage with its debates on democracy, leadership, morality, and honor.