<div dir="ltr">Greetings:<div><br></div><div>Please allow this email to serve as an invitation to attend our virtual <span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Célébrons Québec presentation titled, "Theatre in </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Québec: Why?..And Two Musicals". This presentation will feature Dr. Erin Hurley, Professor of Theatre Studies at McGill University. The details of this event are below:</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><b>Presentation Title</b>:  </span><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px">"<i>Theatre in </i></span></font><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><i>Québec: Why?..And Two Musicals</i>"</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><b>Overview</b>: </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">This illustrated lecture will open with introductory remarks on why we should bother to care about culture in the time of Covid, and on the place of theatre in particular as a socio-political force in </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Québec. Then, as demonstrations of such force -- and as upbeat musical interludes -- two satirical musical theatre productions will be introduced from the annals of English-language theatre in </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Québec: "My Fur Lady" (1957) and "Anglo! The Musical" (1984). It will be argued that these productions index the demographic and political situations of anglophone </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Québeckers at the time and reveal key fault-lines and alliances for the community.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><b>Presenter's Short Bio</b>: </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Dr. Erin Hurley is Professor of Theatre Studies at McGill University and Past President of the Canadian Association for Theatre Research. She has published in the areas of </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Québec theatre, national performance, affect theory, and Canadian Studies. Most recently, she collaborated on the first book to cover the history of theatre in </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Québec - </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">“<i>Le théàtre contemporain au Québec</i>” from les Presses de l’Université de Montréal. Her current research project is a critical history of English-language drama and theatre in </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Québec, from 1930-2010.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><b>Presentation Date and Time</b>:</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Tuesday, March 9, 2021</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">3:30-4:45 p.m.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Please register for this event by March 9 via Link below:</span></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:19.9733px"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/CelebronsQuebecMarch9" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">https://tinyurl.com/CelebronsQuebecMarch9</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:19.9733px"></span></p></div><div><br></div><div>We thank you, in advance, for your participation!  Kindly refer to the link below to view the marketing event flyer (and share with other students and colleagues):</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/10eyFgvtSde1SqRzC6IidjgBfDnpdiE1g/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/10eyFgvtSde1SqRzC6IidjgBfDnpdiE1g/view?usp=sharing</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px;margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,s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