Romeo and Juliet come from rival crime families, but they fall in love at first sight. Unfortunately, Romeo kills Juliet’s cousin in a duel, and is forced to leave Verona to save himself. Juliet hatches a plan to allow them a life together, but a series of miscues turn her hopes to tragedy instead.
**Please Note: Slavery, the treatment of indigenous people, and historical ethnic & gender discrimination are dealt with in this show, in the service of showing students how far we’ve come in the pursuit of liberty and justice for all.
You’ll come face to face with Columus, the Pilgrims, the Salem “witches”, Washington, the framing of the Constitution, Levi Strauss, Gettysburg Address, Edison, Susan B. Anthony, the invention of movies, WWI & II, the Great Depression, FDR, the Cold War, Martin Luther King Jr., Vietnam, Watergate, Reagan & Gorbachev, and the internet!
