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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Written by </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">Kaitlyn Riordan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Directed by </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">Andy Houston & Sorouja Moll<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">March<span style="color:black"> 22-2</span>5<span style="color:black">, 202</span>3<span style="color:black"> at 7:30PM, Matinee
</span>March<span style="color:black"> 2</span>4<span style="color:black"> at 2 PM</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Running Time:</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">155<span style="color:black"> minutes</span> with
<span style="color:black">intermission</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Venue:</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Theatre of the Arts, Modern Languages Building</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Tickets: <span class="apple-tab-span">
</span></span></b><span class="apple-tab-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">$15 General Admission / $10 Students / $5 eyeGO<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span class="apple-tab-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:red">** Those working in Arts can receive $10 tickets by using the code “UWArts”<b> </b></span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">T<span style="color:black">o buy visit the box office Monday – Friday from 12 – 5 p.m. or purchase
<a href="https://secure1.tixhub.com/waterloo/online/index.asp">online</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Portia’s Julius Caesar</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> represents a radical adaption of William Shakespeare’s<i>
<b>Julius Caesar</b></i>. With a focus on the voices and perspectives of the female characters, this play follows the stories of Portia and Calpurnia, two powerful women married to Rome's most influential men, Brutus and Caesar. While Calpurnia makes sacrifices
to the gods to conceive for the first time, Portia is battling to understand her experience as a mother within a politically influential family.
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<p><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Portia’s Julius Caesar</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> is a provocative work of theatre that explores historical as well as contemporary ideas of fertility, female empowerment, and
familial ties alongside the historical reality of political uprisings. The play delves into familiar dramatical themes as it is an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, but it juxtaposes the essence of the original text with all that has happened in the
world since 1599, when Shakespeare adapted this story from 44 B.C.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Prior to the production audience members are invited to engage with the
</span><a href="https://www.uwportia.ca/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">virtual</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> and/or physical engagement space. Doors will open 30 minutes prior to the performance so the audience can engage with the installation
that reflects <b><i>Portia’s Julius Caesar</i></b> theatrical points of emphasis. In the theatre gallery, spectators are invited to immerse themselves in a thematic display meant to extend the world of the play to the world right in front of us. For more
information check out our digital program at <a href="https://www.uwportia.ca/">
https://www.uwportia.ca/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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