New Rep’s inaugural production at the Arsenal Center for the Arts will be the greatest love story ever told: William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. This classic story introduces the ancient feud between two powerful families, the Montagues and the Capulets. The hatred of the warring families is so devastating and so ingrained that the children of these bitter rivals must hide their love from the world and sacrifice the acceptance of their families for each other.

New Rep’s Producing Artistic Director
Rick Lombardo will direct this passionate, sexy, and timeless love story in a production that will explore he possibilities of New Rep's new home at the Arsenal Center for the Arts. Romeo and Juliet uncovers layers of human emotion— love, hate, loyalty, and vengeance— that confront every generation and that continue to touch our hearts 400 years after Shakespeare put pen to paper.

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by William Shakespeare
Directed by Rick Lombardo**

John Howell Hood, Scenic Design
Frances Nelson McSherry, Costume Design
Franklin Meissner, Jr., Lighting Design
Rick Lombardo, Sound Design
Ted Hewlett, Fight Director
Cheryl D. Olszowka*, Production Stage Manager
Carola Morrone*, Assistant Stage Manager

CAST (in alphabetical order)
Friar Laurence, Diego Arciniegas*
Lord Capulet, Steven Barkhimer*
Prince Escalus/Ensemble, Douglass Bowen-Flynn
Benvolio, Dan Cozzens
Lady Montague, Megan Gleeson
Romeo, Lucas Hall*
Lady Capulet, Rachel Harker*
Tybalt, Ted Hewlett*
Sampson/Ensemble, Greg Hildreth
Ensemble, Angie Jepson
Abraham/Friar John/Ensemble,
Will Keary
Juliet, Jennifer Lafleur*
Mercutio, Joseph Plummer*
Paris, Risher Reddick
Balthasar, Mason Sand
Gregory/Ensemble, Gerard Slattery
Nurse, Bobbie Steinbach*
Lord Montague/Peter, Adam Zahler
Ensemble, Rachel Zampelli

UNDERSTUDIES (in alphabetical order)
Angie Jepson, Juliet understudy
Mason Sand, Romeo understudy
Rachel Zampelli, Nurse/Lady Capulet/Lady Montague understudy

*member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
**member of Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc.