Overview
A small midwestern college decides to stage Shakespeare’s classic tale of young star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet with an all female cast. Add in a mysterious guest director with dubious credentials and a bizarre show concept, and anything might happen. Can the students rescue the bard from being hijacked? A smart, hilarious, thoroughly contemporary look at what the Bard might mean to us today.
Casting & Production
Casting
Doubling suggestions included below:
Chorus (GF)
Allie / Juliet (W)
Toni / Romeo (NB)
Jennie / Mercutio (W)
Mary / Benvolio…Eventually (W)
Claire / Old Capulet (W)
Jill / Prince (W)
Cate / Tybalt / Space Tree (W)
Kayla / Gregory / Space Tree (W)
Harmony (W)
Head Of Costumes / Sampson / Off Stage Voice At The Tomb / Space Tree (GF)
Department Chair / Meghan / Nurse / Space Tree (GF)
Steve / Devon / Professor Old Dude (M)
Raven / Goth Girl (W)
Dean / Claudius / Hamlet / Stage Manager (GF)
Casting Note:
Cast size: 15-20, or more if you are so inclined. Only one track needs to be male or male identifying. All other roles are either woman/woman-identifying
(W), non binary (NB), or are gender flexible (GF). Make every effort to cast with inclusion and diversity in mind.
Setting
A college theater department.
Time
Now.
Run time
2 hours.
Reviews
“Maclay and Foust ease us into the world of Shakespeare in many ways: through savvy, spunky narrators, through scenes where a patient professor guides our cast in rehearsals, and through the hilariously misguided production concept of a wacko guest director who plunges the department into chaos.”
—Martin McClendon, Carthage College New Play Initiative
