Daniel Neiden and Elsinore County
present

JULIO!

Written and Directed by ANTONY RAYMOND

Featuring
ERIC DOVIAK, J.J. PYLE, SARA ANTKOWIAK, BENJAMIN BAUMAN, DAN McVEY,
JEREMY VOS, IVAN PEREZ, NICK RYAN, NICKY SCHMIDLEIN, & PAUL WALLING

Lighting Design: AJ DOBBS
Sound Design: KARL MAIER & DEAN WERB
Stage Manager: ZACHARY HOMER
Set Design: MARK SYMCZAK
Choreography: SARA ANTKOWIAK
Women’s Costume Design & Production: NECESSARY OBJECTS

The Kraine Theater
85 East 4th Street
New York, NY 10003
(800) 838-3006 or www.ElsinoreCounty.com
June 5 through June 21, 2014

In this bounce-off of Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar”, present-day Hollywood megastar JULIO hogs the spotlight and the glory while those around him are consumed with jealousy and resentment. He is so busy being pleased with himself that he fails to notice. Soon an organized betrayal forms as his friends turn into enemies. He is killed in a very modern way, but is just as dead as if he had been stabbed in the heart, old-style. Dead is dead. Or so it seems.

Actor Scott Baio is the “running joke”. No one even remembers who he is, but they go to his parties. Julio’s wife is Callie Pernia-Julio, his co-star is Bruce, Porsche is Bruce’s wife, Antony is creator of Julio’s hit TV show. You get the idea. All variations of Shakespeare’s original characters. The memorial speech becomes an apology. It wasn’t Julio’s fault that people adored him.

Julio’s ashes are in the urn, the ceremony is concluded, and the betrayers are nicely pleased with themselves. In classical plays, this is called “hubris”. And its results are always bad. The betrayers find themselves betrayed with something even worse than the man they murdered.

Playwright ANTONY RAYMOND has created an interesting modern update of what was and will remain a timeless story. There will always be egomaniacs, and there will always be those who try to wipe that stupid grin off their faces.

-Karen D’Onofrio-