Listen in as co-producers of Romeo & Juliet, Kelsey Hercs (“Juliet”) and Drew Bolander (adaptor/director) discuss undermining romanticism, logic-ing your way through your feelings, finding the kernel of the play we all think we know so well, making limitations into opportunities, love overflowing into hysteria and violence, and what we’re willing to do for the people and things we care about.
“…all of the violence comes from a place of love…it’s coming from a place of trying to protect what’s ‘theirs’…I think it’s interesting, because then we can apply that to ourselves, and our own groups, and kind of see where other people are coming from, even if their actions are wrong, and bad…”
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Romeo & Juliet
written by William Shakespeare
directed by Drew Bowlander
February 11, 12, & 14, 2019
The Kraine Theater
85 E. 4th Street
Manhattan
tickets: $20, or $80 for a Luxury Pair (2 tickets + a handwritten sonnet + 2 roses + first pick of seats), available via Vendini