To my great pleasure, I attended the final 2009 performance of Julius Caesar in addition to the pre-show supper.  This morning I read Barry Kraft’s reflections on playing Julius Caesar and his desire to have the audience, leave pondering the thought: “Do evil so that good will result, and see what happens”. Kraft succeeded. A superb Caesar with a superb cast and direction!!  Jay Karnes infused Brutus’ complexity with honor, dignity, empathy.  Jack Powell’s Cassius and William Elsman’s Mark Antony delivered their roles with character, emotion, and depth, well balanced counter weights to Kraft’s Caesar and Karnes’ Brutus. I found myself totally focused on the fine performances of these talented actors not wanting the final scene to come.