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SHAKESPEARE'S R & J by Joe Calarco


  • 4139 N Broadway St Chicago, Il 60613 (map)

Four young prep school students, tired of going through the usual drill of conjugating Latin and other tedious school routines, decide to vary their very governed lives. After school, one breaks out a copy of William Shakespeare’s ROMEO AND JULIET, and they all take turns reading the play aloud. The Bard’s words and the story itself are thrilling to the girls, and they become swept away, enmeshed in the emotion so much so that they break school rules in order to continue their readings. Perceptions and understanding are turned upside-down as the fun of play-acting turns serious, and the words and meanings begin to hit home and universal truths emerge.

Madelyn Strasma (Student #1)

Luz Espinoza (Student #2)

Hannah Eisendrath (Student #3)

Isabel Roden (Student #4)

Ava Pirie (u/s Student #1)

Annemarie Andaleon (u/s Student #2)

Elise Blanchard (u/s Student #3)

Fran Bixby (u/s Student #4)

written by Joe Calarco

directed by Amber Mandley

Shawn Quinlan (Costume Design)

 Brett Baleskie (Scenic Design)

Val Gardner (Sound Design)

August Tiemeyer (Lighting Design)

Cecilia Chen (Props Design)

James Stone (Fight Choreographer)

Grace Goodyear (Intimacy Director)

Elijah McTiernan (Stage Manager)

Elissa Wolf (Dramaturg and Co-Assistant Director)

and Magdiel Carmona (Co-Assistant Director).

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