Romeo & Juliet: Story & Spectacle - American Shakespeare Center (in-person)

Name: Romeo & Juliet: Story & Spectacle - American Shakespeare Center (in-person)
Start: 2025-11-01T09:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-11-01T16:30:00-04:00
Location: American Shakespeare Center

Schedule

Sat Nov 01 2025 at 09:00 am to 04:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

American Shakespeare Center | Staunton, VA

In-Person Event, Open to All, $135 (Includes: Talks, Performance, Tour, Post-Play Q&A with the Actors, Breakfast Pastries, and Lunch)
Join Lifetime Learning for a day of the Shakespearean pageantry Romeo and Juliet at the American Shakespeare Center, home to the world’s only reproduction of the Blackfriars Playhouse. This program will include:
UVA College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences faculty lectures by Marcy Linton, Associate Professor of Costume Technology, Department of Drama and Colleen Kelly, Professor Emerita, Department of Drama. Find the description of their lectures below.
A riveting performance of Romeo and Juliet, set in the early 2000s. As the American Shakespeare Center says – “Hope never goes out of style, no matter the decade.” Learn more about the play at their website.
An exploration of the many sides of this historic theatre, including a behind the scenes tour of the playhouse.
A post-play Q/A session with the play’s actors.
Breakfast pastries and coffee/tea at check-in. A three-course lunch at nearby Hotel 24 South.
UVA Faculty Lectures
More Than Clothes: Costumes as Storytelling Tools
Marcy Linton, Associate Professor of Costume Technology, Department of Drama, College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Costumes do far more than clothe a character, they communicate. Linton will explore how costumes function as a powerful storytelling tool. We will look at how choices in fabric, color, and silhouette reveal character arcs, set tone, and deepen narrative meaning, often without a single word being spoken. Discover how what is worn on stage and screen helps shape the stories we tell.
Shakespeare in Action
Colleen Kelly, Professor Emerita of Drama, Department of Drama, College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences,
Discover what it takes for directors and actors to bring Shakespeare from the page to the stage and what important role the bard expected the audience to play. Join Kelly in uncovering the textual treasure map that Shakespeare embedded in his plays to help bring his characters to life.