William Shakespeare's tragic tale of star-crossed lovers comes to life on the Mary Moody Northen Theatre stage. When Romeo and Juliet first meet they fall deeply and madly in love-each initially unaware that the other is their bitter enemy. This bond of love is so strong and the possibility of its exposure so dangerous that the events following lead to the questioning of family loyalty, the destruction of innocence and ultimately the loss of life itself. This well-known story of feuding families and forbidden love, set in Renaissance Italy, bursts with the poetry and passion of one of the best playwrights of all time.

Romeo & Juliet is guest directed by Michael Costello (Cherry Orchard, Dancing at Lughnasa) with Equity Guest Artists Annie Suite (Death of a Salesman, Millennium Bug, House of Yes, Weldon Rising) as the Nurse and Everett Lunning, Jr. (One Flea Spare, The Music Man, Camelot) as Caputlet, and a cast of talented St. Edward's University theater students, including Robin Thompson, Gabriel Luna, Brent Werzner (Death of a Salesman, Conference of the Birds) and Michael Guerra.

The Mary Moody Northen Theatre of St. Edward's University offers the only pre-professional undergraduate theater program of its kind in the United States. Designed for the student-artist, the program offers a rare combination of conservatory and academic training with a rigorous liberal arts curriculum.

Founded by the Congregation of Holy Cross, St. Edward's University is an independent, Catholic liberal arts university of 3,800 students in Austin.

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