As characters speak their truths with their whole hearts, a chorus of actors speaks along with the signing in this lush, full-hearted imagining of one of the greatest tragedies ever written.įeaturing two actors who are deaf - Joshua Castille playing Romeo and Robert Schleifer playing Friar Lawrence- this production explores nuances between characters a new way. The story is one you likely know - the feuding Montague and Capulet clans come crashing together when the star-crossed Romeo, who is deaf, and Juliet, who is hearing, fall utterly in love, even though they speak different languages. In this gorgeous new production, American Sign Language is seamlessly united with Shakespeare’s sweeping poetry. If anyone took a second to think, maybe things would turn out differently. Verona is a place where you move or you die. A savage family rivalry raging in a state addicted to adrenaline and violence. A mixing of the aural with the visual - Shakespeare’s words take shape on the Hill stage, as his poetry swirls through the air, amplifying the impact of a story that fills and breaks our hearts, time and again.
A play that makes every best-of list grows even more glorious with the marriage of Shakespeare’s spoken poetry with American Sign Language. Equity & Anti-Racism Vision & Action Plan.
