Lucy gamefully tackles the direction of the real-life cast. Ed and Priscilla pen the abridged script, including passages their English teacher has encouraged them to underline, leaving out everything they don’t understand and imagining dream players speaking the lines to perfection. (Anabell buries her head in books Pete stuffs his mouth with peanut butter cookies.) To bring the two together, classmates Ed Sitrow, Lucy Neblet, Priscilla Black, and others decide to stage a performance of Romeo and Juliet, with the reluctant Pete and Anabell voted into the title roles. Eighth-graders Pete Saltz and Anabell Stackpoole are in love, but terribly shy, so shy they can’t even look at each other, let alone speak.
Expandable to 35 roles. The road to farce is paved with good intentions.
The balcony scene from the Laguna Playhouse world premiere directed by Joe Lauderdale.Īnd, yes, it’s meant to be performed on the borrowed and not very sturdy set from a 7th grade production of “Washington Crossing the Delaware.”Ĭast: 7m., 10w., 7m. I’ve seen three productions, with actors ranging from upper elementary through high school, and they all handled it just beautifully.įor more information, a sample of the script, and to order copies: Middle-school romantics meet “Noises Off” by way of Shakespeare! Based on Avi’s book of the same name, this script gives young actors the opportunity to do contemporary comedy, traditional Shakespeare, and all-out farce in one tour-de-force performance. Romeo and Juliet - Together (and Alive!) at Last
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