Hail Caesar, home from the wars…what darker fate awaits him? Suspicion, conspiracy, and power lust boil up in a rush to murder in Shakespeare’s gripping political drama. As friendships are sundered and loyalties tested, guilt pursues the killers to their dark ends. “O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason…”

In four classroom sessions, learn about the play and discuss its characters and themes. See how your views as adults about this famous drama may differ from those you held as high school or college students. Then, travel in a passenger van or carpool to the Blackfriars Theater in Staunton, VA, and view the play enacted by the American Shakespeare Center.

Note: Four classroom sessions will meet at RappCE at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, April 30, May 7,14, and 21. Participants will ride in carpools or a passenger van to Staunton, VA, on Sunday, June 2, for a 2 p.m. performance. Enrollees may purchase tickets to the June 2 performance at the first class for $50-$60. Copies of the play will be ordered and purchased before the first class as needed.

Kathleen Grove has been an educator for 50+ years, teaching English at the middle and high school levels, directing curriculum and instruction as Assistant Superintendent in ArlingtonPublic Schools, serving as Head of School at Wakefield Country Day School, and serving as interim Superintendent for Rappahannock County Public Schools.