Booking and details
Reserve Your SpotDates Fri, Oct 10, 2025 at 7:30pm
Venue Stuart and Mimi Rose Rare Book and Manuscript Exhibition Hall
Tickets Free; registration requested
Please note: Children under the age of 4 are not permitted.
Join us for a special Affinity Night around Folger Theatre’s production of Julius X: A Re-envisioning of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, by Al Letson. Our evening will begin with a free Gallery Talk led by Folger’s Assistant Curator of Collections Johnna Champion, highlighting items related to the play, including our On Stage case, specially curated for the production by director of Julius X, Nicole Brewer.
Participants can purchase a ticket to the 8pm performance of Julius X at the discounted rate of $50 with code AFFINITY, then stay for a special post-show conversation moderated by Garlia Cornelia Jones, Founder and Artistic Director of Blackboard Plays.
On our blog
Julius Caesar meets Julius X
Discover books, costume sketches, and theatrical props for Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar in the Folger collection along with items from Folger Theatre’s production of Al Letson’s Julius X: A Re-envisioning of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare.
About the speakers
Garlia Cornelia Jones
Garlia is an OBIE Award Winning Theatre Producer and native Detroiter who was introduced to theatre and the arts at an early age, through her Father, who, in addition to teaching for over 60 years, directed The Corunna Festival Chorale for over 20 years, and The American Festival in Britain before that, allowing suburban Detroit and urban High School students the opportunity to perform Shakespeare in London. With this influence at home, Garlia was eager to develop on her own in the theatre and began working on the plays in high school with the Marian Rice Players. By her Senior year, she was the Student Producer. Garlia went onto attend Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana (IUB), graduating with a Bachelors in Theatre and Drama / English Double Major.
