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Monday 19 June 2017

Woman who stormed stage during ‘Julius Caesar’ is arrested

court at a later date to re- who was shot and critically
spond to the charges. injured earlier this week by
“I’m out of jail, but I’m not a lone gunman on a base-
apologetic,” the 24-year- ball field in Virginia; four
old conservative activist others were injured before
wrote on Twitter. “Thanks to the shooter was killed by
everyone who is supporting police.
me & condemning political In New York, a video of the
violence.” Shakespeare play incident
As she rushed to the stage, was released almost imme-
Loomer reportedly shout- diately after Friday’s disrup-
ed, “Stop leftist violence!” tion, apparently by the pro-
In the play, actor Gregg testers who posted it online
Henry resembles Donald for all to see.
Trump, with fluffy blondish The Public Theater reacted
hair, wearing a suit and a on Twitter, saying that while
tie hanging below his belt. they are “champions” of
Sticking to Shakespeare’s the First Amendment, Fri-
script, he is stabbed mul- day’s interruption of the
tiple times by a group of performance was “driven
senators including his close by social media.”
friend Brutus. The young woman belongs
In this June 7, 2017 photo, “Danger knows full well that Caesar is more dangerous than he,” reads Several audience mem- to an online, right-wing
a sign promoting The Public Theater’s production of Julius Caesar in New York’s Central Park. Po-
lice say they arrested a woman during the Friday, June 16, performance, and charged her with bers tried to shush Loomer group called The Rebel
criminal trespass and disorderly conduct for getting up on stage and disrupting the play. by booing. And the per- Media.Delta and Bank of
(AP Photo/Verena Dobnik) formance came to a brief America have pulled their
stop. sponsorships of the Public
By VERENA DOBNIK boisterous new scene this ning during the play pre- She was not alone. Her Theater, citing the “Julius
Associated Press weekend: an activist who sented in Central Park by supporters were in the au- Caesar” production.
NEW YORK (AP) — A New stormed the stage, yelling, the city’s Public Theater. dience, and one stood Sunday is the last perfor-
York production of Shake- “Do you want Trump to be She was arrested, charged up and yelled, “The blood mance of the play, which
speare’s “Julius Caesar” assassinated?” with criminal trespass and of Steve Scalise is on your is part of the free Shake-
with a Trump-like character Police said Laura Loomer disorderly conduct and re- hands!” — referring to the speare in the Park series in
who is assassinated had a was arrested Friday eve- leased. She must appear in Republican congressman the Delacorte Theater. q
Native Americans walk out of musical depicting stereotypes

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — The musical, which is about two canceled plans to attend The university prepared a taking undue or illegal lib-
University of Wyoming is neighboring fathers who Saturday’s performance program insert for future erties with the script.”
warning audiences about trick their children into fall- the Department of Theater performances explaining The long-running musical,
offensive material in a trav- ing in love by pretending and Dance. the scene. a staple of regional, com-
eling musical after Native to feud, contains a scene “The show especially de- “With historical produc- munity and high school
American high school stu- in which characters dress means Native American tions, we see a ‘point in theater, plays in four differ-
dents walked out of a per- up as and villainize Native cultures with outdated ste- time,’ which is different ent Wyoming communities
formance of “The Fantas- Americans. reotypes of Native Ameri- from the one in which we this week before closing
ticks.” Attendees said they were can appropriation by live,” the insert reads. next weekend in Laramie.
The walkout happened also shocked at the casual non-native actors wearing “We see portrayals of char- The musical, which fea-
Thursday during intermis- use of the word “rape” in headdresses/warbonnets,” acters that are painful to tures the songs “Try To Re-
sion, The Laramie Boomer- the musical’s dialogue. according to a statement watch as 21st century audi- member” and “Soon It’s
ang reported. It wasn’t The walkout prompted by the United Multicultural ences. Gonna Rain,” closed ear-
clear how many students criticism from UW’s United Council. “It also portrays The challenge then, in pro- lier this month in New York
attending the Native Amer- Multicultural Council and Native American and La- ducing historical works, is City, having played a total
ican Summer Institute at the a boycott by another sum- tino/Hispanic characters as to help audiences under- of 21,552 performances in
campus in Laramie walked mer camp. the villains or antagonists of stand the context and/or the capital of American
out of the show.The 1960 The Upward Bound group the show.” story for the play without theater.q