by William Shakespeare

February 20 -- March 4, 2007

Directed by Melanie Y.C. Pepe

Shakespeare's timeless tragedy of teenage love comes to vibrant life by the actors of Weathervane's teen ensemble.

It's the House of Capulet versus

the House of Montague in this timeless tale of star-crossed lovers.

                                                                               photo by Alan Costa

Friar Lawrence (Jordan Cooper) weds Juliet (Sarah Brazier)

to Romeo (Andrew Allen) in a secret ceremony.

Performance Schedule

February 20 -- March 4, 2007

American Sign Language-Interpreted Performance

Saturday, March 3 at 7:30 p.m.

FREE TICKETS to this American Sign Language-interpreted performance ONLY are available to deaf patrons. Also, each deaf patron can get ONE free ticket for his or her guest. (This offer is limited to one free guest ticket per each deaf patron.)

For additional information, please contact the Weathervane Box Office at 330/836-2626 or CLICK HERE to send an email. Deaf and TDD/TTY patrons may use the Ohio Relay System to place a ticket order by calling 1-800-750-0750.

Tickets

$8 each

$7 for groups of 15 or larger

Click here for additional Box Office information!

The Cast

The Production Team

About the Show's Director

Romeo and Juliet is directed by Melanie Pepe, who is Weathervane's Director of Education. She has been affilliated with Weathervane's education program since 1998. For the Playhouse, she has taught Saturday classes as well as "theater-badge" classes for Brownie and Girl Scout troops. She has supervised Weathervane's City of Akron-sponsored Neighborhood Playhouse program, which offers theater-education programs for Akron children right in their own neighborhoods. She has also designed make-up for a couple of Weathervane productions. She earned a bachelor's of fine arts in theater from Kent State University, with an emphasis on management. She is married with three children and resides in Akron.

Romeo and Juliet

is a Project STAGE production

Project STAGE (Students Through Acting Gain Education) is a Weathervane Playhouse program that features plays with high literary merit.

These plays are presented to students from area middle schools and high schools at special weekday-morning performances.

Student-teacher study guides are available. Discounted tickets are made available to these groups through the generosity of our Project STAGE funders:

The Sisler McFawn Foundation

and

Omnova Solutions Foundation

and

The Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation

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Romeo and Juliet Photos!

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Learn More on the Web

Click here for Weathervane's study guide

for this production!

Click here for the entire text of the play!

Click here for a free, downloadable

audio recording of the play!

Click here for scholarly essays

about the play!

Click here for the

William Shakespeare homepage!