Shakespeare’s R&J
Presented by FloMo Creative
Season :
Wednesday 30 April – Saturday 10 May 2025
Performances :
Wednesday 30 April 2025 @ 7:30pm
Thursday 1 May 2025 @ 7:30pm
Friday 2 May 2025 @ 8:00pm
Saturday 3 May 2025 @ 7:30pm
Sunday 4 May 2025 @ 2:00pm : MATINEE + Q&A
Wednesday 7 May 2025 @ 11:00am : MATINEE + Q&A
Thursday 8 May 2025 @ 11:00am : MATINEE + Q&A
Friday 9 May 2025 @ 8:00pm
Saturday 10 May 2025 @ 7:30pm
Duration : 2 Hours (includes Interval)
Doors + Tickets open 60 minutes prior to Performances
Tickets :
$25 for Full Time Students
$32 Concession Holders
$40 General Admission
$45 Big-Hearted Admission
$150 Group Bookings (5+pax)
The things that happen when you break the rules …
This multi-award winning play won great critical acclaim earning a Lortel Award as the longest-running, Off-Broadway version of Romeo and Juliet in New York history. Calarco’s R&J is the story of five senior boys living in a rigid, religious boarding school in the 1950s. One night, they discover a copy of the “banned play” Romeo and Juliet: saucy, raw, decadent, and dangerous. At first, the boys laugh at the sexual innuendos but things begin to change as they act out the characters in the play. For some, the roles become very real, but for all the boys, the story becomes an awakening, a chance to learn about themselves, each other, and their emotions.
Calarco has said this adaptation was about uncovering the passion, defiance, and violence in Shakespeare’s text but it is also about young men, how they interact when confronted with sex and sexuality.
Shakespeare’s R&J is about being young, in love, in lust, and understanding what it means to be gay. Given the events in our world right now, its message is as vital as it has ever been.
Breaking the rules can be dangerous, forbidden love can be even more dangerous
