Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare’s most popular romantic tragedy, plays in the Marian Theatre April 19 through May 13. It’s a timeless story of young passions caught between the feuding families of Capulet and Montague.
Director Patricia M. Troxel said the excitement of this production lies in the “radical” choice of setting the play in the period of its original conception. This will be the third time Troxel has directed Romeo and Juliet. Other directing credits include last season’s Caroline, or Change and Peter Pan, as well as, Sylvia, Macbeth, Distracted, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Weir, and 11 seasons of PCPA’s play reading series InterPlay.
Romeo and Juliet was written between 1594 and 1596, which was an extremely productive time for Shakespeare. In addition to his writing of sonnets, he was also working on Love’s Labours Lost, Richard II, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
For ticket information, call 922-8313 or visit pcpa.org.
This article appears in Apr 5-12, 2012.