Save the Date - Theatre & Performance presents "Portia's Julius Caesar"

[Janelle Rainville]

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Written by Kaitlyn Riordan

Directed by Andy Houston & Sorouja Moll

March 22-25, 2023 at 7:30PM, Matinee March 24 at 2 PM

Running Time:        155 minutes with intermission

Venue:                      Theatre of the Arts, Modern Languages Building

Tickets:                     $15 General Admission / $10 Students / $5 eyeGO

** Those working in Arts can receive $10 tickets by using the code "UWArts"

To buy visit the box office Monday - Friday from 12 - 5 p.m. or purchase online<https://secure1.tixhub.com/waterloo/online/index.asp>

Portia's Julius Caesar represents a radical adaption of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. 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.

Portia's Julius Caesar 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.
Prior to the production audience members are invited to engage with the virtual<https://www.uwportia.ca/> and/or physical engagement space. Doors will open 30 minutes prior to the performance so the audience can engage with the installation that reflects Portia's Julius Caesar 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 https://www.uwportia.ca/

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