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Caroline Hockenbury


The U.Va drama department premiered Dave Dalton’s play "Love’s a Bitch" from Feb. 22 to March 1 in the Ruth Caplin Theatre. 

‘Love’s A Bitch’ and women are complicated, too

Riding off the momentum of the unapologetic female protest displayed in last season’s “We Are Pussy Riot Or Everything Is P.R,” the drama department’s production of “Love’s A Bitch” managed to contribute a fresh dimension to questions of gender-based disparities in society. 

“WE ARE PUSSY RIOT OR EVERYTHING IS P.R.” opened in the drama department Thursday, initiating a six-show run which will span two weeks. 

Everything truly is P.R.

There is a distinct level of irony in the fact that a democratic state is, to some extent, suppressing the publicity of a show which paints censorship as a dangerous and divisive political tactic.

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