Casting Teen Performers for Theatre Season

Daughter, obviously “reads” at appropriate age. She is completing studies at the university. She is an intelligent young woman, good humored and fond of her parents.

Elma Duckworth is a high school student and waitress at Grace’s Diner. She is intelligent, but also very naive. Elma stays at the diner during the blizzard, and becomes the object of affection for one of the bus’s passengers, Dr. Lyman. She is too innocent to understand that he has nefarious intentions-she just enjoys his poetry recitations and is struck by how much he flatters her. Elma also becomes a confidante for Cherie, a young woman being kidnapped by cowboy Bo Decker.

Octavius is Julius Caesar’s adopted son. After Julius’ death, Octavius forms a triumvirate with Lepidus and Cassius to rule Rome and to hunt down the conspirators. He is younger than most of his peers--something Antony rarely lets him forget. However, he doesn’t let anyone boss him around, and experiences a slight struggle for dominance with Antony.

Lepidus makes up one-third of the triumvirate after Caesar’s death, a position he shares with Octavius and Antony. Of the three, Lepidus seems to be the least intelligent; Antony has a particularly low opinion of him and constantly insults him behind his back. It is suggested that Lepidus is somewhat weak-willed and is easy to manipulate.

Caius Ligarius is one of the conspirators in Caesar’s murder. He has been mistreated by Caesar in the past for having supported Pompey (one of Caesar’s enemies), and harbors a deep dislike of him. Ligarius is very enthusiastic about the rebellion and insists on joining the cause, despite being very sick and feeble.

Decius is one of the leading conspirators in Caesar’s murder. He is a minor character but an extremely important one: when Calpurnia pleads with Caesar not to go to the Senate, Decius arrives and shrewdly convinces Caesar that women know nothing about the interpretation of dreams. He uses mockery and optimism to persuade and manipulate Caesar, thereby ensuring the success of the conspirators.

Metellus Cimber is another one of the conspirators. His job during the assassination is to petition Caesar once more for the return of his banished brother. Although he knows that Caesar will deny his pleas, it gives the conspirators the opportunity to physically surround him before the murder.

Cinna is another member of the conspiracy. In Act One, he helps Cassius brainstorm ways to convince Brutus to join their cause. Later on, Cinna helps plant false documents in Brutus’ home, encouraging him to join the conspiracy. After the assassination, a poet who is also named Cinna is murdered when the frenzied mob mistakes him for the conspirator.

Cinna the Poet is just an ordinary citizen of Rome who happens to have the same name as one of the conspirators. After the assassination of Caesar, Cinna the Poet is attacked by the mob of plebeians, who mistake him for Cinna the Conspirator. Although he protests his innocence, they kill him anyway, mocking his “bad verses.”

Titinius is a best friend to Cassius and a soldier in the rebellion. When Cassius and Brutus wage war on Antony and Octavius, Titinius serves as Cassius’ right-hand man. During a particularly intense battle, Cassius sends Titinius to assist his troops, which have been surrounded by Antony’s army. After he does this, Cassius asks Pindarus, another soldier, to keep an eye on Titinius and make sure he’s safe.

The Soothsayer is a prophet or fortune teller. He knows the future, and attempts to warn Caesar of his impending doom by telling him to “beware the ides of March.” The ides of March is another way of saying “March 15th,” which is historically the date that Julius Caesar was assassinated. Although he does his best to warn Caesar, he is completely ignored and Caesar dies anyway.