“This simple yet sophisticated production raises the bar for park Shakespeare. It should not be missed.”
– Pat Donnelly, The Gazette
« Un jeu physique éclairant texte et personnages d’un faisceau iconoclaste, parfois tragiquement espiègle et d’un ironisme fataliste, sous esprit sardoniquement festif et éclaté. »
– Yves Rousseau, le Quatrième
The Play
Duels. Untimely deaths. Low comedy. High drama. Bumbling nurses. Fumbling priests. Potions that work too well. Poisons that work even better. All fuelled by the mad, intoxicating fury of teenage love, whose passion inflamed a city and has enthralled audiences for more than 500 years. Why such undying appeal? Ask any teenager. Or better still, their parents. Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare’s greatest and most popular plays with all the elements of a blockbuster.
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The Team
Artistic Team
Director: Jean Asselin
Designer: James Lavoie
Composer: Nicolas Letarte
Production Staff
Production Manager: Chris Hidalgo
Stage Manager: Jen Jones
Assistant Stage Manager: Siobhan Powell
Assistant Stage Manager: Michael Panich
Production Assistant & Set-up Crew: Adriana Bogaard
Technical Director – LX Designer: Kaileigh Krysztofiak
Head of Lighting: Andrew Brodkin
Head of Sound: Eugenio Saenz Flores
Site Technician: George Mougias
Site Technician: Emlyn vanBruinswaardt
Head Carpenter: Louis Fredette
Head of Wardrobe: Jez Yung
Costume Technician: Isabelle Boudreau
Costume Technician: Joanne Kelemen
Costume Technician: Brie Birdsell
Props Builder: Anne-Marie Barube
The Cast
(In alphabetical order:)
Nathan Barrett – Romeo/Gregory
Danielle Desormeaux – Nurse/Prince Escalus
Leah Doz – Benvolio/Friar John
Jeff Ho – Friar Lawrence/Peter/Sampson
Paul Hopkins – Capulet/Chorus
Amanda Kellock – Lady Capulet/Abram/Apothecary
Olivier Lamarche – Tybalt/Paris
Sarah Peterson – Juliet/Lady Montague
Antoine Yared – Mercutio/Lord Montague
Parks Visited
Performed 21 shows in 16 parks, attendance: 9962
July 29: Dorval: Parc Pine Beach
July 30: Outremont: Mount Royal Cemetery
August 1: NDG: Parc NDG
August 3: Baie d’Urfé: Fritz Farm
August 4: Parc Extension: Parc Howard
August 5: Verdun: Parc George O’Reilly
August 6: Ville-Marie: Square Cabot
August 7: Westmount: Westmount Park
August 8: Pierrefonds: East Community Centre
August 10: Parc Lafontaine: Théàtre de Verdure
August 11: Kirkland: Parc Ecclestone
August 12: Côte Saint-Luc: Parc Pierre-Elliott Trudeau
August 13: Senneville: Parc Senneville
August 17: Hudson: Parc Thompson
August 18: Beaconsfield: Centennial Park
August 19-21: Westmount: Westmount Park
