Past Performance   Jul 6th-Aug 5th 2018    Fri, Sat 8:00pm; Sun 2:00pm

Romeo & Juliet

A Timeless Story with a Modern Take
by: William Shakespeare

Directed by: Tyler Richards Hewes
Produced by: Heather Deerfield & Samuel Young

In Partnership with Pickwick Players.
The prologue of Romeo and Juliet calls the title characters "star-crossed lovers"—and the stars do seem to conspire against these young lovers. Romeo is a Montague, and Juliet a Capulet. Their families are enmeshed in a feud, but the moment they meet—when Romeo and his friends attend a party at Juliet's house in disguise—the two fall in love and quickly decide that they want to be married. A friar secretly marries them, hoping to end the feud. Romeo and his companions almost immediately encounter Juliet's cousin Tybalt, who challenges Romeo. When Romeo refuses to fight, Romeo’s friend Mercutio accepts the challenge and is killed. Romeo then kills Tybalt and is banished. He spends that night with Juliet and then leaves for Mantua. Juliet’s father forces her into a marriage with Count Paris. To avoid this marriage, Juliet takes a potion, given her by the friar, which makes her appear dead. The friar will send Romeo word to be at her family tomb when she awakes. The plan goes awry, and Romeo learns instead that she is dead. In the tomb, Romeo kills himself. Juliet wakes, sees his body, and commits suicide. Their deaths appear finally to end the feud.

Andrea Acuña	Heather Warren	Kandace Crystal

Samantha Schmidt	Ashley La Selva	Linda Benning

Jeremy Schaeg	Nick Hessling	Jacob Harr

Emilee Zuniga	Dennis Floyd	Paola Kubelis

Cassandra Shellum	Lindsey Abbott	Director: Tyler Hewes

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