Romeo & Juliet
by William Shakespeare
Adapted and Directed by Dawn McAndrews
Tour Dates October 8-26 | Student Matinees October 10 & 11 | Public Performances October 12 & 13
The young, ill-fated couple, who unite only four brief times, arguably engage in the greatest literary love story for the ages. They meet briefly across a crowded room; again, on the same starry night, when she is perched on her balcony and he is encumbered by the ground below; then when they exchange vows without celebration, fulfilling a sacrament but inadvertently fueling their families’ feud; next in their wedding bed or a one-night affair; and, ultimately, when their beauty and youth bleed into eternity. Romeo and his Juliet have inspired more than 400 years of productions of the play, an overture by Tchaikovsky, a ballet by Prokofiev, a musical that helped define the genre (1957’s West Side Story), an array of films (including Baz Luhrmann’s 1997 “Romeo + Juliet”), essentially every 2-minute-and-32-second pop song, and a multitudes of other works of art.
Public Performance Schedule
Saturday, October 12 at 1:00 pm
Saturday, October 12 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, October 13 at 1:00 pm
To schedule a performance for your school or for your school/class to attend a student matinee, please call the Box Office at 207.933.9999 or email boxoffice@theateratmonmouth.org
This project is part of Shakespeare in American Communities, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.
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