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Article: Female cast takes on 'Julius Caesar': Production opens Wednesday at Elon.
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- Times-News (Burlington, NC)
- Article date:
- April 19, 2007
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Byline: Jeff Wirick
Apr. 19--ELON -- As a female junior theater major at Elon University, Victoria Tucci knows she has little in common with ancient Roman political figure Julius Caesar. That's why she's had so much fun playing Caesar on stage. "(One) thing that I've had a difficult time adjusting to is trying to think 'OK, I'm all powerful, I can do whatever I want,' " Tucci said. "Being able to take on the characteristics of someone who is so powerful, historic and larger than life has been challenging." Acting like men -- without stereotyping them -- has been the biggest challenge for the all-female cast of William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar," an Elon ...