Romeo and Juliet by Kendra

I wasn’t really sure what to expect with this performance, I had heard from other people that it was not like a normal presentation of Romeo and Juliet. Which was partly true. I was very surprised when they said that all the actors knew all the parts and that the audience got to draw the parts for them. I thought that it was amazing that they could do that and I thought that it was neat that the audience got to decide the roles.

So it was very funny when one of the actors who were male had to play a female part, and one of the girls had to play an all male role. But the acting was very good and you could tell that they had spent a lot of time working on this production and practicing numerous roles. They also had no props, which just show how much work they had to do.

I know that if I had not read Romeo and Juliet in ninth-grade, then I probably wouldn’t know what the heck was going on. But since I had this background knowledge, it was easier to follow along.

As always, I enjoyed the time after the show with the actors. They gladly answered out questions and told us about all the hard work they had to do and what started them in the drama business. They were very friendly and I had even more appreciation for what they do and before the show.

I would recommend this show to anyone who liked Romeo and Juliet and who understood the story line and what’s going one, other wise they would not know, because they perform it in the Old English way, they way it was written.