Romeo & Juliet - Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival

In a world of hate, they dared to love.

By William Shakespeare
Directed by Jason King Jones

July 8 to August 2 | Main Stage

An ancient feud divides the Montagues and Capulets—until Romeo and Juliet meet and fall irrevocably in love. Their secret marriage defies generations of bloodshed, but in a world poisoned by hatred, even the most transcendent love cannot escape fate. From the euphoric heights of a moonlit balcony to the stifling darkness of a tomb, Shakespeare’s most iconic tragedy races toward its devastating conclusion. This is a story that challenges whether love can ever truly conquer hate. Age 12+

Run Time: 2 hours, 30 mins.

William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet will play in repertory with Ken Ludwig’s Moriarty.

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Show Extras:

Opening Night, Friday, July 10: Join the PSF actors and staff for a friendly post-show champagne toast.
Epilogues—Join us on a Saturday morning for a discussion and a behind-the-scenes look! Gain deeper insight, share your thoughts, and ask questions. Saturday, July 18, 10:00am.
Meet the actors for an informal talk-back after the show: Thursday, July 30.
Audio Described and Open Captioned performances: Saturday, July 25, 2:00pm.
Director’s Dinner- specialty dinner themed to the play with behind-the-scenes insights: Wednesday, July 22, 5:00pm.

Artists

Cast

Tyler Borneo
Peter

Arrianna Daniels
Benvolio

Maboud Ebrahimzadeh*
Lord Capulet

Doug Hara*
Friar Lawrence

Darin F. Earl II*
Paris

Terrance Fleming*
Tybalt

Maya Jean
Juliet

Eli Lynn
Prince Escalus

Austin Nedrow
Romeo

Teddy Novak
Abraham

Suzanne O’Donnell*
Nurse

Ian Merrill Peakes*
Lord Montague

Karen Peakes*
Lady Montague/Apothecary

Ryan Plunkett
Balthasar

India Proffit
Gregory

Shawn Taylor
Sampson

Cassia Thompson*
Lady Capulet

Mark Yowakim
Mercutio

Tyler Borneo
Ensemble; Friar u/s

Jamir Fisher
Ensemble; Montague u/s

Mariana Marcel
Ensemble; Lady Capulet/Juliet u/s

Mayrali Melendez
Ensemble; Nurse/Lady Montague/Apothecary u/s

Teddy Novak
Ensemble; Capulet u/s

Ryan Plunkett
Ensemble; Romeo u/s

India Proffit
Ensemble; Mercutio u/s

Shawn Taylor
Ensemble; Tybalt u/s

Creatives

Jason King Jones
Director

Brian Sidney Bembridge
Scenic Designer

Nancy L. Leary
Costume Designer

Thom Weaver
Lighting Designer

David M. Greenberg
Sound Designer

Cedric Lamar
Composer

Greg Leaming
Text Coach

Kim Carson
Intimacy Director

Casey Kaleba
Fight Choreographer

Jenna Gregson*
Production Stage Manager

Brielle Morris*
Assistant Stage Manager

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Stage Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Show Features

Violent Delights: Why Romeo and Juliet Is Having Its Moment

Romeo and Juliet is everywhere right now. Productions are lighting up stages across the country—at the Arden Theatre here in Philadelphia, at the Public Theater’s free Shakespeare in the Park in New York, and at theaters in cities from coast to coast. It would be easy to read this as institutional pragmatism: theaters need young audiences, and what better draw than Shakespeare’s most famous love story? But that reading sells both the play and the moment short. Romeo and Juliet isn’t proliferating across American stages because marketing departments have decided to chase a demographic. It’s having a moment because it is, quite simply, one of the most perfectly crafted and brutally honest plays ever written, and right now, we need it.