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Acclaimed solo performance artist Sara Juli will present the World Premiere of her newest piece, Naughty Bits, on the Strand Theatre stage on Friday, Oct. 13 and Saturday, Oct. 14 at 7pm. As part of the Strand’s New Century Series, tickets are available on a Pay-What-You-Can scale of $0-$25. 

Naughty Bits is a dance-play set inside Juli’s memories that examines sexual trauma while finding levity within the tragic. Her mission is to explore her own personal struggles through the medium of performance. In sharing her work, she creates space for audiences to access their own challenges or traumas.  Her provocative, introspective autobiographical solo performance fuses movement, text, song, audience interaction and comedy to both acknowledge the gravity of her burdens as well as simultaneously laugh at their reality. Sara Juli has been described as a "skilled comedian, actress and dancer" and "a light of the downtown dance and theatre scene."  Naughty Bits finds the forgotten bits, funny bits (and wobbly bits) of putting one's mind and body back together. 

 Play editing for Naughty Bits is by Michelle Mola, with projections by Devon Kelley-Yurdin, lighting by Justin Moriarty, and costumes by Carol Farrell. 

A post-performance discussion is scheduled for Friday, October 13th and will invite advocates from New Hope Midcoast and Sexual Assault Support Services of Midcoast Maine. Please join us for this important conversation where audiences can engage in a conversation about the work, along with talking about sexual assault, empowerment, available resources and the role of the arts in the healing process. 

Content warning: This piece examines one person's experience with sexual assault. 

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