Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet was a theatre production by Nature Theater of Oklahoma (USA), loosely based on the play by William Shakespeare.

Pavol Liška and Kelly Cooper shared responsibility for the direction.

Information

(Objekt ID 3197)
Object type Production
Premiere Navember 7, 2009
Produced by Nature Theater of Oklahoma
Coproducers , Kunstencentrum BUDA, Noorderzon Festival, Wexner Center for the Arts, Workspace Brussels
Based on Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Audience Adults
Language English
Keywords Theatre
Running period 2009  
Duration 90 minutes

Requirements to venue

Blackout No
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With Romeo and Juliet Nature Theater of Oklahoma has developed a new manuscript based on 50 phone recordings, consisting of people's memories of the narrative.

Romeo is assigned actions and emotions Shakespeare could never have come up with, and new scenes have been added, among them the mystical sequence in which Juliet is bathed by her servant while Romeo serenades her. As the company says in its own description: "Where memory fails, creativity seems to invent to fill the gap, and we are left with a highly original series of Romeos all pervaded by feeling and rife with complex thoughts about the nature of love and sacrifice in the modern world." "Romeo and Juliet" opens for a pretty interesting and not least humorous angle into our perceptions about love and classic theatre.

Nature Theater of Oklahoma has its name from the fantastic theatre in Kafka's novel America, in which hundred actors dressed like angels play the trumpets.

Nature Theater of Oklahoma is based in New York and the actors specialise on presence and making things difficult for themselves. The trademark is wearing ear-pieces, through which the text is modified by the technicians of the company, to sharpen the concentration and awareness. The company has been awarded the renowned Obie Award for its performances and in 2008 Romeo and Juliet was awarded the prestigious Montblanc Young Directors Award at the Salzburg Festival, in competition with Transiteatret’s Die Massnahme.

Source:

BIT Teatergarasjen, autumn program 2009. 07.08.2010: http://www.bit-teatergarasjen.no -archive

Black Box Teater, www.blackbox.no, 16.10.2018, http://www.blackbox.no/tittel/romeo-and-juliet/

Contributors (12)
Name Role
Kelly Copper – Concept/Idea
Pavol Liška – Concept/Idea
Kelly Copper – Direction
Pavol Liška – Direction
Peter Nigrini – Stage design
Elisabeth Conner – Actor
Anne Gridley – Actor
Robert M. Johanson – Actor
Kerstin Joensson – Photo
Kell Condon – Production manager
Robert Saenz De Viteri – Producer
Gabel Eiben – Producer
Performance dates
March 19, 2010Store scene Black Box Teater (Marstrandgata) (Marstrand) Show
March 18, 2010Store scene Black Box Teater (Marstrandgata) (Marstrand) Show
March 17, 2010Store scene Black Box Teater (Marstrandgata) (Marstrand) Show
Navember 14, 2009Studio USF, USF Verftet Show
Navember 13, 2009Studio USF, USF Verftet Show
Navember 12, 2009Studio USF, USF Verftet Show
Navember 8, 2009Verkstedhallen, Svartlamon & Co Show
Navember 7, 2009Verkstedhallen, Svartlamon & Co National premiere, Norway
Festivals (1)
Marstrand March 17, 2010