This weekend: Theatre Arts presents stage readings of “Romeo and Juliet,” translated for modern audiences
The Department of Theatre Arts continues its 2020-2021 production season with live-streamed, onstage readings of “Romeo and Juliet,” a modern adaptation of William Shakespeare’s classic tale of star-crossed lovers, on Saturday, April 17 and Sunday, April 18.
“Romeo and Juliet” is presented as part of the College’s ongoing partnership with the Play On Shakespeare project, a collective of playwrights working to update Shakespearean works for modern audiences. This version of “Romeo and Juliet” is translated by Hansol Jung and is directed by Adjunct Lecturer Brittany Proia.
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Performances of “Romeo and Juliet” will be given on:
- Saturday, April 17, at 7 p.m., and
- Sunday, April 18, at 2 p.m. (pre-show panel at 1 p.m.)
Post-show talkbacks will follow both performances.
Guests are required to RSVP in advance to join the virtual audience for this live-streamed production from SUNY New Paltz’s Department of Theatre Arts.
After RSVPing, ticket holders will receive a confirmation email with a link to the live stream. The link will be active about 15 minutes before showtime. Simply click or copy the link into your browser to view the performance.
Reservations are offered on a “pay what you can” scale and are limited to four tickets per person.
Hundreds of community members have registered for tickets in support of the department’s live-streamed presentations during the 2020-21 academic year. The Department of Theatre Arts thanks the community for supporting our students’ education and creativity through unprecedented times.
Please use this link to read more about how our work is continuing in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
About the Director
Brittany Proia is an actor, producer, director and educator based in New York City and the Hudson Valley. She is a founder of theatre companies dedicated to the development of new theatrical voices in the regional theatre movement and is a proud member of the Ring of Keys, a national network of queer women, trans and gender non-conforming artists.
Proia served as the founding co-artistic director and managing director of DENIZEN Theatre in New Paltz from 2017 to January 2020. She has helped develop new work with the Musical Theatre Factory, the PiTCH at Rev Theatre Co, NYMF, BMI, and is currently co-producing the world premiere play “Bloom Bloom Pow,” slated to open Off-Broadway in summer 2021.
Proia is a member of the Actor’s Equity Association and has worked regionally and Off-Broadway. As a director, Proia has worked on such pieces as Naomi Iizuka’s “Language of Angels,” “The Laramie Project,” “Romeo and Juliet,” “Closer,” and most recently co-directed “The Crucible” with the eighth grade class of Mountain Laurel Waldorf School in New Paltz.
Proia holds a Master of Fine Arts in acting from the Florida State University/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training, and a bachelor’s degree in music from New York University’s Steinhardt School. She joined SUNY New Paltz in 2019 as an adjunct lecturer in the Department of Theatre Arts, and served as the director of the department’s production of Shakespeare’s “Cymbeline” in fall 2020. Learn more at http://www.brittanyproia.art.