Romeo and Juliet

October 8 - November 13, 2021

Previews Oct. 6 & 7, 2021

We are thrilled to be re-opening the Mainstage season with Romeo and Juliet! William Shakespeare's timeless tale of two star-crossed lovers and the feuding families who tear them apart, returns to the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company stage in all of its everlasting grandeur. Revel in lavish masked balls, rousing street brawls, tragic young love, and some of the most exquisite poetry ever penned, all in a beautiful Italian Renaissance setting. Fall in love again for the first time.

Show Length: 150 min (including 1 intermission)

Content Advisory: This production contains Shakespearean innuendo and adult themes.

Courtney Lucien*

Juliet

Crystian Wiltshire*

Romeo

Marcus Anthony

Tybalt/ Third Watch

Angelique Archer

Benvolio

Geoffrey Warren Barnes II*

Mercutio/ Second Watch

Gina Cerimele-Mechley

Nurse

Arrianna Chai

Abraham’s Crew/Balthasar

Colleen Dougherty

Gregory/ Peter/ Paris' Page

Jeremy Dubin*

Lord Capulet

Tyren Duncan

Abraham/Friar John/First Watch

Candice Handy*

Prince

Sara Mackie*

Lady Capulet

Kelly Mengelkoch*

Friar Lawrence

Brianna Miller

Chorus/ Apothecary

Patrick Earl Phillips*

Paris/ Samson

Torie Wiggins*

Lady Montague

Darnell Pierre Benjamin
Director
Samantha Reno
Scenic Designer
Rainy Edwards
Costume Designer
Justen N. Locke
Lighting Designer
Jason Sebastian
Sound Designer
Samantha Kaufman
Intimacy Director
Gina Cerimele-Mechley
Fight Director
Darnell Pierre Benjamin
Dance Choregrapher
Elaine M. Cox
Dramaturg
Jason Stewart*
Stage Manager
Katie Mitchell*
Assistant Stage Manager
Kate Bindus
Production Manager
*Appearing through an Agreement between this theatre, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, and Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States