I knew the words “we’ll never do that show” will come back to haunt me. It only took four years.
After rather low turn outs at auditions and performances last year (excepting the second Saturday night. Wow… 170? The hillside was packed!), we decided that it was best to go mainstream again and revive interest in the show. Granted we have some regulars (we love you!), but we felt that in order to reach a newer audience and introduce more people (to get more regulars) we had to dip back into the popular shows. So, we’re going to be brave and give high school boys swords do Romeo and Juliet.
Well, the strike through isn’t entirely accurate. We will be giving boys swords, but there’s more to the show than that. We will do some dancing, some romancing and some Shakespearing. (Shakespeare can be a verb, right? To Shakespeare or not to Shakespeare… that is the question.)
Auditions are May 10, 11 and 12 at the Historic Holmes Theatre. Put it on your calendar.
18 roles, 10 men and 8 women. (Yes, there was some gender-bending.) We need YOU!
