![]() ![]() Some years later, I had another striking thought. The recklessness and passion and the feverish pace that drive Romeo and Juliet are informed by this feeling – both the magic and the enduring tragedy of this play is that none of these brilliant young characters feel like they will ever die, or even that they can, and then by the end, almost all of them do. Perhaps most importantly, when I was 16 I felt like I would live forever. At that age, I felt most alive with my friends, I felt ready to fall in love, and I felt like the adults around me didn’t really understand me. As a teenager myself, I felt I understood its dynamics perfectly, and I felt like the play understood me. Romeo and Juliet was the first play I ever directed, the summer I was 16. But did you know that Romeo and Juliet is itself an adaptation of Arthur Brooke’s 1562 narrative poem The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet? From West Side Story to The Lion King, new takes on Shakespearean stories are common.The works of William Shakespeare have been translated into over 100 languages and are continually performed all around the world.Romeo and Juliet was performed as part of our 2022 summer season, the first in our new home.This production is part of Shakespeare in American Communities, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. Narrated by Benvolio, an unsuccessful peacemaker, Romeo and Juliet is a lesson in loss, destiny, loyalty – and most importantly, love. In this music-driven, 90-minute production, heightened theatricality and original alt-rock anthems will engage audiences and bring a fresh perspective to Shakespeare’s classic tale. ![]() Two star-crossed souls collide and fall fast in love, only to take their own lives in a tragic twist of fate. ![]() “…when he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night.” icon-zoom light-attention light-cal light-clock light-contact light-info light-play light-price light-venue icon-youtube-dark_circle icon-youtube-dark_square icon-youtube-outline_circle icon-youtube-outline_square icon-youtube Created with Sketch. icon-play icon-price icon-spotify-dark_circle icon-spotify-dark_square icon-spotify-outline_circle icon-spotify-outline_square icon-spotify icon-spreadsheet icon-twitter-dark_circle icon-twitter-dark_square icon-twitter-outline_circle icon-twitter-outline_square icon-twitter Created with Sketch. icon-htm icon-info icon-instagram-dark_circle icon-instagram-dark_square icon-instagram-outline_circle icon-instagram-outline_square icon-instagram icon-linkedin-dark_circle icon-linkedin-dark_square icon-linkedin-outline_circle icon-linkedin-outline_square icon-linkedin icon-logo icon-logo2 icon-mp3 icon-pinterest-dark_circle icon-pinterest-dark_square icon-pinterest-outline_circle icon-pinterest-outline_square icon-pinterest Created with Sketch. icon-facebook-dark_circle icon-facebook-dark_square icon-facebook-outline_circle icon-facebook-outline_square icon-facebook Created with Sketch. Dark-attention dark-date dark-time dark-contact dark-info dark-play dark-price dark-venue icon-alert icon-arrow-left icon-arrow-right icon-blockquote icon-cal icon-clock icon-contact UI / Full-Part-Volunteer Copy Created with Sketch. ![]()
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