Fair Assembly Presents
Romeo and Juliet
January 2020
Arts Mission Oak Cliff
Sometimes referred to as Shakespeare’s first authentic tragedy, Romeo and Juliet is lyric, dramaturgically symmetrical, and full of artful contrasts of light and dark. Any artifice in the language of this play—even the shared sonnet— thaws into something more naturalistic as Romeo and Juliet fall in love and begin to envision a realistic future together. True to its dualistic structure, the play explodes with violence and ends with it, despite the warning of Friar Lawrence: “Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.”
Brandon Walker as Romeo and Emily Ernst as Juliet
Photo by Chadi El-Khoury
The Cast
The Prince/Paris - Alexander James MacAlpine
Benvolio - Scott Shomaker
Montague/Mercutio/Apothecary - Ian Ferguson
Romeo - Brandon Walker (SMU ‘06)
Lady Capulet - Joan Korte
Lady Montague/Nurse - Jaquai Wade Pearson (SMU ‘05)
Juliet - Emily Ernst (SMU ‘08)
Tybalt - Flip Croft-Caderao (SMU ‘05
Capulet/Friar John - Michael Federico (SMU ‘98)
Friar Lawrence/Peter - Christopher Rutherford (SMU ‘05)
Original Music Composed and Performed Live by Ivan Dillard and Ian Ferguson
Lighting Design by Joshua Manning
Violence and Movement Direction by Sara Romersberger
