{"id":6500,"date":"2017-03-20T13:38:53","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T13:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/2017\/03\/29\/furman-theatre-presents-romeo-and-juliet\/"},"modified":"2022-09-07T14:55:48","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T18:55:48","slug":"furman-theatre-presents-romeo-and-juliet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/furman-theatre-presents-romeo-and-juliet\/","title":{"rendered":"Furman Theatre presents &#8220;Romeo and Juliet&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Furman University Theatre will present Shakespeare\u2019s play <em>Romeo and Juliet<\/em> March 29-April 1, and April 6-8 at 8 p.m., with Sunday matinees April 2 and April 9 at 3 p.m. All performances take place in The Playhouse on campus.<\/p>\n<p>Co-directed by Furman Theatre Professor Maegan Azar and guest Thomas Azar, <em>Romeo and Juliet<\/em> is open to the public. Tickets for the CLP event are $18 for adults, $15 for seniors and $10 for students.<\/p>\n<p>In staging <em>Romeo and Juliet<\/em>, Furman Theatre explores of one of the oldest love stories, told through the eyes of war. Two households meet on the grounds of battle, and when all seems lost between them, a love blossoms where only hate existed before. When pushed to the extreme limits of decency, love has the hope of conquering centuries-old prejudice and misunderstanding.<\/p>\n<p>The cast includes:<br \/>\nRomeo, Drake Shadwell<br \/>\nMontague\/Paris &amp; Ensemble, Cody Evins<br \/>\nLady Montague &amp; Ensemble, Anne Morgan<br \/>\nBenvolio &amp; Ensemble, Dakota Adams<br \/>\nMercutio &amp; Ensemble, Clare Ruble<br \/>\nJuliet, Dayanari Umana<br \/>\nCapulet &amp; Ensemble, Sam Nelson<br \/>\nLady Capulet &amp; Ensemble, Sarah Cushman<br \/>\nNurse &amp; Ensemble, Salvo Donzella<br \/>\nTybalt &amp; Ensemble, Derek Leonard<br \/>\nPrince &amp; Ensemble, Elli Caterisano<br \/>\nFriar Lawrence &amp; Ensemble, Kenzie Wynne<\/p>\n<p>Understudies include: Patrick Fretwell (Romeo), Courtney Dorn (Juliet), Bradwin Amos (Mercutio) and Alan Smith (Nurse).<\/p>\n<p>The production crew includes: stage manager Ellie Peoples, who is assisted by Clark Spillane and Cammi Stilwell; Alan Bryson, technical director and set designer; lighting designer, Taylor Jensen; Haley Brown, master electrician; light board operator, Rachel Gifford; light hang crew: Andy Teye, Hunter Ditsch and Sarah Grace Payne; Lauren Girouard, sound designer; Connor Courtney, sound board operator; wardrobe crew head, Karsen Green; wardrobe crew: Emily Matthews, Jillian Padgett and Lizy Hernandez; Katie Fleet, props designer; props crew: Claire Shea, Lauren Heimburg and Elizabeth Cortes; props crew heads, Beth Fraser and Chris Sessoms; box office, Matt Middleton and Allie Hargrove; Eliza Kate Leiter, house manager; and Alyssa Ciurlik, publicity.<\/p>\n<p>For ticket information and reservations, call the Theatre Box Office at (864) 294-2125. Tickets go on sale to the public Monday, March 27 during box office hours 9 a.m.-5 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Furman University Theatre will present Shakespeare\u2019s play Romeo and Juliet March 29-April 1, and April 6-8 at 8 p.m., with Sunday matinees April 2 and April 9 at 3 p.m. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":16795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,41,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-department-page","category-theatre-arts","category-top-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}