Stairwell Theater presents a basketball-inspired, site-evocative version of the classic
When: August 23–26
Where: Old First Reformed Church Upper Hall, 729 Carroll Street, Brooklyn, NY
Price: $10
Tags: #sitespecific, #shakespeare, #basketball, #sports, #tragedy. #ContactAdvisory, ContentAdvisory (see below)
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It’s all fun and games until someone gets killed.
This August, Stairwell Theater presents a workshop showing of William Shakespeare’s “Romeo & Juliet”. Set in a decaying contemporary society where team sports inform law, justice, and politics — can love defeat tribalism and break the game before the final buzzer? When does competition turn into violence? An athletic ensemble will tackle Shakespeare’s best loved tragedy through a unique physical vocabulary informed by dance, team sports and original music.
This workshop of Romeo and Juliet runs a limited number of performances, with the intention to stage a fully mounted production in the summer of 2019.
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Contact Level: Light, only with consent.
Content Advisories: Stylized murders and suicides, strobe lights, possible simulated gunfire, the portrayal of young people in danger, child abuse.
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