Romeo/Juliet
Directed by: Sharone Halevy (410 West 40th Street, New York, NY, 10018)
August/September 2018
Walker Snow Harrison as “The Friar”
“A loving recalibration of Shakespeare’s eternal classic, Romeo/Juliet puts front and center the pratfalls, perils, pressures, pleasures, and pains of growing up — into our bodies, our beliefs, and our sexuality. Seen wholly through the eyes of its star-crossed lovers, it whittles Shakespeare’s text into a tender and tragic celebration of youth, and an exploration of how we define desire in a world bound by chains of faith, family, media, and privilege. Romeo/Juliet asks what we honor most - where we came from, or who we are.”