In Shakespeare's epic political tragedy, Caesar returns from war, all-conquering, but mutiny is rumbling through the corridors of power as the race to claim the empire spirals out of control.

Directed by Jim Warren, alongside Intimacy Director and Fight Choreographer Jessica Morgan, assisted by Matthew Fry, Voice & Text Coach Bridget Rue Esterhuizen, and Dramaturg John S. Shirley, with Technical Direction by David Byard, Costume Design by Jason A Young, Hair, Make-Up, and SFX Design by Samantha Huffman, and Production Management by Niki DeWitt, the Mechanicals featured in this production include Josh Brooks, Calian Byard, Seret Cole, Isaac Covey, Samantha Huffman, Sinead Tobin, Jason A Young, and Sarah Young.

Founded by Celi Oliveto in the summer of 2014, The Rustic Mechanicals is the only troupe of actors in the state dedicated to touring the works of William Shakespeare and other classical playwrights.

The Mechanicals now tour five shows annually, including their summer West Virginia Shakespeare in the Park(s) outdoor tour and script-in-hand productions that we call, “a Play, a Pie, and a Pint,” focusing on making Shakespeare’s plays accessible to modern audiences by utilizing dynamic and extreme casting techniques paired with Shakespeare’s staging conditions.

Previous productions include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Taming of the Shrew, Much Ado about Nothing, Macbeth, The Tempest, Twelfth Night, The Merchant of Venice, Romeo & Juliet, The Merry Wives of Windsor, King Lear, Richard III, The Comedy of Errors, Hamlet, Measure for Measure, As You Like It, Julius Caesar, Titus Andronicus, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Cymbeline, and the original works Timeless Romance and Toil & Trouble.