Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is the most adapted Shakespeare play for Latinx cultures. Ever-present in U.S. culture, the familiar story and easy divide of the Capulets and Montagues also makes for a popular choice for bilingual or semi-bilingual theatre. Romeo and Juliet has Latinate roots, but Latinx-izing in US culture kicks off with West Side Story, the most successful Shakespearean adaptation worldwide. See Chapter One of Latinx Shakespeares for more on how this adaptation came to inform Shakespearean storytelling.
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West Side Story
Photo by: Carla Della Gatta
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1957 Broadway (Winter Garden Theatre)
New York, NY
West Side Story
Book by Arthur Laurents
Choreography & Concept by Jerome Robbins
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
(dir. Jerome Robbins)
The 1957 Broadway premiere and the 1961 film of this landmark adaptation changed the way Shakespeare is performed, creating "the West Side Story effect," or the changing of difference of any kind in Shakespeare - familial, cultural, economic - into cultural-linguistic difference.
For a quick read onWest Side Story prior to 2021, see here. For the 2021 film, see here.
Chapter 1 of Latinx Shakespeares is devoted to West Side Story.
1960s - 1990
1965 The Public Theater Mobile Unit
New York, NY
Romeo y Julieta
by Pablo Neruda
(dir. Osvaldo Riofrancos)
The first production in Joe Papp’s short-lived Spanish-language Mobile Unit, the show was performed entirely in Spanish by Latinx, Latin American, and Hispanic actors.
1979 Repertorio Español
New York, NY
Romeo y Julieta
by Pablo Neruda
(dir. René Buch)
In 1979, Repertorio Español produced Neruda's castellano adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. This has remained the only Shakespearean production by the company to this day. The production starred Elizabeth Peña as Juliet and Mateo Gomez as Romeo.
Photo by: Carla Della Gatta
Courtesy of: Folger Shakespeare Library
1991 - 2010
1991 South Coast Repertory Theatre
San Diego, CA
The Language of Flowers
by Edit Villarreal
Music by Germaine Franco
(dir. José Cruz González)
Villarreal's play has had multiple stagings over the years.
Romeo and Juliet (Dawnie Mercado and Benito Martinez), and the corradista (Meg Savlov) ACT (San Francisco, CA) - 1995 Photograph by: Chris Bennion Courtesy of: Carla Della Gatta
Courtesy of: Jorge Huerta papers, Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Courtesy of: Edit Villarreal
Romeo and Juliet (Dawnie Mercado and Benito Martinez), and the corradista (Meg Savlov) ACT (San Francisco, CA) - 1995 Photograph by: Chris Bennion Courtesy of: Carla Della Gatta
2001 - 2010
2000 African-American Shakespeare Company
San Francisco, CA
Romeo y Juliet
(dir. Durand Garcia)
This production was set in Havana, with mostly Black Cuban characters, depicting the mixed and diverse peoples of Cuba. Tybalt was played by a Latino actor, and Juliet, her parents, Paris, and Romeo were all played by African American actors.
Courtesy of Durand Garcia
2001 Universidad de Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico
For Love in the Caserio / El Amor en el Caserío
by Antonio Morales
(dir. Antonio Morales)
Morales transposes the action to a housing project in San Juan with the feuding families transposed to feuding drug gangs. The play was performed over 500 times and later made into a feature film in 2014.
2003 University of Puerto Rico
Romeo(s) y Julieta(s) by Rosa Luisa Márquez University of Puerto Rico (San Juan, Puerto Rico) - 2003 Courtesy of: Rosa Luisa Márquez and the HEMI Institute at New York University
Romeo(s) y Julieta(s) by Rosa Luisa Márquez University of Puerto Rico (San Juan, Puerto Rico) - 2003 Courtesy of: Rosa Luisa Márquez and the HEMI Institute at New York University
Romeo(s) y Julieta(s) by Rosa Luisa Márquez University of Puerto Rico (San Juan, Puerto Rico) - 2003 Courtesy of: Rosa Luisa Márquez and the HEMI Institute at New York University
Romeo(s) y Julieta(s) by Rosa Luisa Márquez University of Puerto Rico (San Juan, Puerto Rico) - 2003 Courtesy of: Rosa Luisa Márquez and the HEMI Institute at New York University
Courtesy of Rosa Luisa Márquez and the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics at New York University
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Romeo(s) y Julieta(s)
by Rosa Luisa Márquez and students in her course on Experimental Theater at University of Puerto Rico
(dir. Rosa Luisa Márquez)
Rosa Luisa Márquez’s 2003 collaboration with her students at University of Puerto Rico addressed contemporary politics and combined elements of theater and visual arts. It included themes of “colonialism, warfare, and ‘an eye for an eye’ political mentality affecting American foreign affairs, with concrete resonances with the Iraq War as well as with social and political violence at play in Puerto Rico” (Márquez, Interview)
2004 East LA Classic Theater Company
Los Angeles, CA
Romeo & Juliet - A Zoot Suit Musical
by Tony Plana
(dir. Tony Plana)
One of the four Latinx Shakespeares from Tony Plana's East LA Classic Theater Company. Read the article and interview.
2004 Teatro Bravo
Tempe, AZ
Romeo y Julieta
by Pablo Neruda
(dir. Guillermo Reyes)
Playwright and director Guillermo Reyes set Neruda's Spanish-language adaptation on a Caribbean island.
Romeo y Julieta Teatro Brava (Tempe, AZ) - 2004 Courtesy of: Guillermo Reyes
Romeo y Julieta Teatro Brava (Tempe, AZ) - 2004 Courtesy of: Guillermo Reyes
Romeo y Julieta Teatro Brava (Tempe, AZ) - 2004 Courtesy of: Guillermo Reyes
Courtesy of Guillermo Reyes
2005 Autry National Center
Los Angeles, CA
Kino and Teresa
by James Lujan (Taos Pueblo)
dir. Kenneth Martines (Pueblo)
James Lujan sets the story in late 17th century Santa Fe, with Teresa the daughter of Spanish Reconquistas and Kino, who is from Pecos Pueblo.
Native Voices at the Autry (Los Angeles, CA) - 2005
Native Voices at the Autry (Los Angeles, CA) - 2005 Dramatis personae and original cast list
Native Voices at the Autry (Los Angeles, CA) - 2005
Photo by: Carla Della Gatta
Courtesy of: Carla Della Gatta
2008 The Old Globe
San Diego, CA
Romeo y Julieta
Translation by Pablo Neruda
(dir. Nat McIntyre)
Unlike the Bi-National Project (2005), here Spanish was used to show the division between the families, with the Capulets as Spanish speakers and the Montagues as English speakers. Thirty high school students were involved. In the script, where dialogue had been translated into Spanish, the Shakespearean English was printed underneath it in parentheses, to ease comprehension.
Program courtesy of The Old Globe
2008 Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Chicago, IL
Romeo y Julieta
by Karen Zacarías
(dir. Henry Godinez)
In 2008, Chicago Shakespeare Theater sponsored a free staged reading of Romeo y Julieta. Spanish and English were woven together throughout, with some lines starting in one language and finishing in the other.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater (Chicago, IL) - 2008 Courtesy of: Adriana Gaviria
Courtesy of: Adriana Gaviria
Courtesy of: Adriana Gaviria
Chicago Shakespeare Theater (Chicago, IL) - 2008 Courtesy of: Adriana Gaviria
All photos courtesy of Adriana Gaviria
Courtesy of: Carla Della Gatta
Courtesy of: Carla Della Gatta
Courtesy of: Carla Della Gatta
Courtesy of Carla Della Gatta
Over fifty years after the Broadway premiere, Arthur Laurents directed a new Broadway revival of West Side Story premised on linguistic division. See Chapter One of Latinx Shakespeares, esp. p. 44-47.
2009 Broadway
New York, NY
West Side Story
Book by Arthur Laurents
Choreography & Concept by Jerome Robbins
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
(dir. Arthur Laurents)
2009 Austin Shakespeare
Austin, TX
Romeo & Juliet
(dir. Ann Ciccolella)
Austin Shakespeare’s annual free Shakespeare in the Park in 2009 set Romeo and Juliet in Mexico in the 1940's and incorporated a Pachuco theme and Tejanx phrases throughout.
2009 Teatro LaTea and Soñadores Productions
New York, NY
Romeo and Juliet
(dir. José A. Esquea)
Director José Esquea details his process through a narrative of production images and key scenes in the attached essay.
The duel on the streets of the Lower East Side between Tybalt (Howard Collado dressed in black) and Mercutio (Jesus E. Martinez dressed in B-boy gear) In background: Benvolio (Adelina Amosco) and Romeo (Chester Poon) Photography by: Anthony Ruiz Courtesy of: José A. Esquea
The Announcement of Tybalt's Death The Nurse (Beneria Abbott), Juliet (Carisa Jocett Toro), and Lady Capulet (Lina Sarello) Photography by: Anthony Ruiz Courtesy of: José A. Esquea
Image at the end of the production Image by: visual artist Francisco Antonio Esquea Rodriguez Courtesy of: José A. Esquea
The duel on the streets of the Lower East Side between Tybalt (Howard Collado dressed in black) and Mercutio (Jesus E. Martinez dressed in B-boy gear) In background: Benvolio (Adelina Amosco) and Romeo (Chester Poon) Photography by: Anthony Ruiz Courtesy of: José A. Esquea
All ephemera courtesy of José A. Esquea
2010 New Brunswick Theater Festival
New Brunswick, NJ
Romeo and Juliet/Romeo y Julieta
(dir. Daniel Swern)
In 2010, the New Brunswick Theater Festival, a new theater in New Jersey, opened with a free production that was inspired by the recent bilingual Broadway West Side Story. New Brunswick cast an African American Romeo and a Latina Juliet. The cast was made up of high school students, and the artistic directors, John Keller and Daniel Swern, wanted a dynamic that reflected the community and would foster a dialogue amongst the students.
Landon Woodson and Kyla Garcia in Romeo and Juliet/Romeo y Julieta. New Brunswick Theater Festival (New Brunswick, NJ) - 2010 Photography by: Justin Smiley Courtesy of: coLAB Arts
Landon Woodson and Kyla Garcia in Romeo and Juliet/Romeo y Julieta. New Brunswick Theater Festival (New Brunswick, NJ) - 2010 Photography by: Siouxsie Suarez Courtesy of: coLAB Arts
Landon Woodson and Kyla Garcia in Romeo and Juliet/Romeo y Julieta. New Brunswick Theater Festival (New Brunswick, NJ) - 2010 Photography by: Justin Smiley Courtesy of: coLAB Arts
Images courtesy of coLAB Arts
2010 E3Outlaws
New York, NY
Los Amantes del Alto Manhattan
by Theodoris Castellanos
(dir. Enmanuel García Villavicencio)
E2 Outlaws’ play shifted the setting almost thirty blocks north of West Side Story but worked against its premise by creating an all-Latinx version of the story that was entirely in Spanish.
2011 - 2020
2012 Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Daniel José Molina (Romeo) and Alejandra Escalante (Juliet) Romeo and Juliet Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Ashland, OR) - 2012 Photography by: Jenny Graham
Isabell Monk O'Connor (Nurse) and Alejandra Escalante (Juliet) Romeo and Juliet Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Ashland, OR) - 2012 Photography by: Jenny Graham Courtesy of: Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Alejandra Escalante (Juliet) and Vilma Silva (Lady Capulet) Romeo and Juliet Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Ashland, OR) - 2012 Photography by: Jenny Graham Courtesy of: Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Daniel José Molina (Romeo) and Alejandra Escalante (Juliet) Romeo and Juliet Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Ashland, OR) - 2012 Photography by: Jenny Graham
Photography by: Jenny Graham
All production images courtesy of Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Ashland, OR
Romeo and Juliet
(dir. Laird Williamson)
OSF set the play in 1840s Alta California with both the Capulets and Montagues as part of the landed Spanish gentry, Paris and the Prince as members of the white militia, the Apothecary as an Ohlone medicine woman, and calaveras in key scenes.
This production is featured in Chapter 2 of Latinx Shakespeares, esp p.71-77.
Actors Alejandra Escalante and Daniel José Molina, seen here as Juliet and Romeo in this production at OSF on the cover of Latinx Shakespeares, discuss their acting experiences in this and other Shakespeare productions in the diálogo below from Shakespeare and Latinidad.
2013 Cara Mía Theatre Co.
Dallas, TX
Romeo and Julieta
(dir. David Lozano)
Cara Mía integrated Chicanx culture and Spanish into the play. See the full review below.
Mimi Davila (Julieta) and Ruben Carranza (Romeo) in Romeo and Julieta Photography by: Adolfo Cantú-Villareal / TZOM Films Courtesy of: Cara Mía Theatre
Mimi Davila (Julieta) and Ruben Carranza (Romeo) in Romeo and Julieta Photography by: Adolfo Cantú-Villareal / TZOM Films Courtesy of: Cara Mía Theatre
Marketing poster Courtesy of: Cara Mía Theatre
Mimi Davila (Julieta) and Ruben Carranza (Romeo) in Romeo and Julieta Photography by: Adolfo Cantú-Villareal / TZOM Films Courtesy of: Cara Mía Theatre
All ephemera courtesy of Cara Mía Theatre
Lluvia Almanza as Julieta and Jonathan Cantrell as Romeo Courtesy of: David Mills for Shakespeare on the Rocks
Benvolio, Romeo, and Mercutio Courtesy of: David Mills for Shakespeare on the Rocks
Lluvia Almanza as Julieta and Jonathan Cantrell as Romeo Courtesy of: David Mills for Shakespeare on the Rocks
2013 Shakespeare on the Rocks
Chamizal, TX
Romeo and Julieta
(dir. Jesse Snyder)
This bilingual production was set on the US/Mexico border. Director Jesse Snyder used the 1872 translation by Matias de Velasco y Rojas for the Spanish to accompany the 19th century setting. It was performed in 2013, 2015, and 2017 in various locations along the border, including El Paso and Ciudad Juárez.
All ephemera courtesy of David Mills for Shakespeare on the Rocks
Querido: a fantastical tale of romance and revolution by WAVE Productions at Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) - 2014 Photography by: Justin Barbin Courtesy of: Meg Lowey
Querido: a fantastical tale of romance and revolution by WAVE Productions at Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) - 2014 Photography by: Justin Barbin Courtesy of: Meg Lowey
Querido: a fantastical tale of romance and revolution by WAVE Productions at Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) - 2014 Poster design by: Alex Bird Courtesy of: Meg Lowey
Querido: a fantastical tale of romance and revolution by WAVE Productions at Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) - 2014 Photography by: Justin Barbin Courtesy of: Meg Lowey
All ephemera courtesy of Meghan Lowey
2014 WAVE Productions, Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
Querido: A Fantastical Tale of Romance and Revolution
by Meg Lowey
(dir. Meg Lowey)
An undergraduate production that integrated Spanish and the works of Latin American and Latinx writers into the story.
2014 The Vortex Theatre & City of Albuquerque for "Shakespeare in the Plaza"
Albuquerque, NM
Romeo and Juliet
(dir. Bill Trabaudo)
The Vortex Theatre ran three Latinx Shakespeares between 2014-15.
Romeo and Juliet (dir. Bill Trabaudo) The Vortex Theatre & City of Albuquerque (2014) Courtesy of: The Vortex Theatre
Romeo and Juliet (dir. Bill Trabaudo) The Vortex Theatre & City of Albuquerque (2014) Courtesy of: The Vortex Theatre
Romeo and Juliet (dir. Bill Trabaudo) The Vortex Theatre & City of Albuquerque (2014) Courtesy of: The Vortex Theatre
All ephemera courtesy of The Vortex Theatre
Reading directed by Nilo Cruz Courtesy of: Alexa Kuve
Reading directed by Nilo Cruz Courtesy of: Alexa Kuve
Reading directed by Nilo Cruz Courtesy of: Alexa Kuve
2016 MDCA (Miami Dade County Auditorium)
Miami, FL
Romeo y Julieta
by Pablo Neruda
(dir. Nilo Cruz)
Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Nilo Cruz directed Neruda's Spanish-language adaptation in a reading at MDCA.
Photographs courtesy of Alexa Kuve
2016 Aguijón Theater
Chicago, IL
Romeo & Julieta
by Gerardo Cárdenas
(dir. Sándor Menéndez)
Sándor Menéndez adapted the play into lyrical Spanish, and it was performed entirely in Spanish with English surtitles.
Victor Salinas as Romeo and Clara Navarro as Julieta Courtesy of Aguijón Theater
Courtesy of Aguijón Theater
Victor Salinas as Romeo and Clara Navarro as Julieta Courtesy of Aguijón Theater
Courtesy of Aguijón Theater
2016 Más Mejor & Room 28
New York, NY
Romeo & Julieta
(dir. Richardo "Choo Chee" Gomez)
Set in TIto Puente Park, this reinterpretation included a great deal of comedy in its modern and locale-specific setting.
2017 Trinity Repertory and Rhode Island Latino Arts (RILA)
Providence, RI
Romeo and Juliet
(dir. Marcel Mascaro and Tyler Dobrowsky)
In 2016, Trinity Repertory Company and Rhode Island Latino Arts (RILA) partnered for their first “Shakespeare en el Verano” with Romeo and Juliet. The translator/adapter was Saúl Ramos. In 2017, they mounted another bilingual Romeo and Juliet with translations by Franklin Diaz into contemporary Spanish. It was performed in several locations in Providence, Central Falls, and Pawtucket.
Courtesy of Marta V. Martínez
Courtesy of Marta V. Martínez
Courtesy of Rhode Island Latino Arts
Courtesy of Marta V. Martínez
Romeo y Julieta Half Moon Bay Shakespeare Company (Half Moon Bay, CA) - 2017 Photography by: Joyce Morrell Courtesy of: Half Moon Bay Shakespeare Company
Romeo y Julieta Half Moon Bay Shakespeare Company (Half Moon Bay, CA) - 2017 Photography by: Joyce Morrell Courtesy of: Half Moon Bay Shakespeare Company
Romeo y Julieta Half Moon Bay Shakespeare Company (Half Moon Bay, CA) - 2017 Photography by: Joyce Morrell Courtesy of: Half Moon Bay Shakespeare Company
Romeo y Julieta Half Moon Bay Shakespeare Company (Half Moon Bay, CA) - 2017 Photography by: Joyce Morrell Courtesy of: Half Moon Bay Shakespeare Company
All images courtesy of Half Moon Bay Shakespeare Company
2017 Half Moon Bay Shakespeare
Half Moon Bay, CA
Romeo y Julieta
(dir. Robert Pickett)
The production was set in Old Monterey in Alta California in 1846, at the outset of the Mexican-American War. The play was performed in Shakespearean English with several key scenes, including the balcony scene, entirely in Spanish. Spanish was also intermixed throughout.
2018 Pharr Community Theatre
Pharr, TX
Tragic Corrido of Romeo and Lupe
by Seres Jaime Magaña
(dir. Pedro Garcia)
This adaptation is set in the Rio Grande Valley in the 1940s.
Romeo y Julieta (dir. Julia Ashworth) BYU Young Company (Salt Lake City, UT) - 2018 Courtesy of: Brigham Young University
Romeo y Julieta (dir. Julia Ashworth) BYU Young Company (Salt Lake City, UT) - 2018 Courtesy of: Brigham Young University
Romeo y Julieta (dir. Julia Ashworth) BYU Young Company (Salt Lake City, UT) - 2018 Courtesy of: Brigham Young University
Romeo y Julieta (dir. Julia Ashworth) BYU Young Company (Salt Lake City, UT) - 2018 Courtesy of: Brigham Young University
2018 BYU Young Company
Salt Lake City, UT
Romeo y Julieta
(dir. Julia Ashworth)
The production mixed Spanish into the script to illuminate issues of communication and miscommunication.
All ephemera courtesy of Brigham Young University
2018 Art Pot Cultural Group
Charleston, SC
Romeo & Juliet Street
by Maribel Acosta
(dir. Maribel Acosta)
Maribel Acosta's Spanish-language adaptation took place in a contemporary setting.
Art Pot Cultural Group (Charleston, SC) - 2018 Courtesy of: Art Pot Cultural Group
Art Pot Cultural Group (Charleston, SC) - 2018 Courtesy of: Art Pot Cultural Group
Art Pot Cultural Group (Charleston, SC) - 2018 Courtesy of: Art Pot Cultural Group
Art Pot Cultural Group (Charleston, SC) - 2018 Courtesy of: Art Pot Cultural Group
All ephemera courtesy of Art Pot Cultural Group
2018 Teatro Español en Mad Cow
Orlando, FL
Romeo y Julieta
by Pablo Neruda
(dir. Elena Stratico)
Mad Cow offered a reading of the Spanish-language adaptation by Pablo Neruda.
2019 Teatro Vista
Chicago, IL
Romeo and Juliet
(dir. Sebastian Arboleda)
Teatro Vista ran two productions with its professional company for student matinees. One was in Shakespearean English, and the other was bilingual, with the Montagues, as well as the Nurse, and other servants, as Spanish speakers. Arboleda directed them both with the same eleven-person cast.
Photography by: Siggi Ragnar Courtesy of: The Classic Theatre of San Antonio
Photography by: Siggi Ragnar Courtesy of: The Classic Theatre of San Antonio
Courtesy of: The Classic Theatre of San Antonio
Photography by: Siggi Ragnar Courtesy of: The Classic Theatre of San Antonio
2019 Classic Theater of San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
Romeo and Juliet
(dir. Joe Goscinski)
This production was set on the west side of San Antonio with the Montagues as white and the Capulets of Mexican heritage.
All ephemera courtesy of Classic Theater of San Antonio
2020 Central Florida Community Arts (CFCArts)
Orlando, FL
Dos Familias
by Joe Falocco
Adaptation and Translation by Alfredo Michel Modenessi
(dir. Joshian Morales)
Joe Falocco details his process and the multiple stagings of this play in the essay below.
Courtesy of Joe Falocco
Romeo and Juliet Southwestern College (Chula Vista, CA) - 2020 Photography by: Daren Scott Courtesy of: Southwestern College Theatre Arts Department
Romeo and Juliet Southwestern College (Chula Vista, CA) - 2020 Photography by: Daren Scott Courtesy of: Southwestern College Theatre Arts Department
Romeo and Juliet Southwestern College (Chula Vista, CA) - 2020 Photography by: Daren Scott Courtesy of: Southwestern College Theatre Arts Department
Romeo and Juliet Southwestern College (Chula Vista, CA) - 2020 Photography by: Daren Scott Courtesy of: Southwestern College Theatre Arts Department
All ephemera courtesy of Southwestern College Theatre Arts Department
2020 Southwestern College
Chula Vista, CA
Romeo and Juliet
(dir. Ruff Yeager)
This semi-bilingual production performed a dress rehearsal for an audience just before the shutdown for Covid-19.
Balcony Scene in Quarantine by Ashley Parra and David Derringer TEATRX (Houston, TX) - 2020 Image by: Marissa Castillo Courtesy of: TEATRX
Balcony Scene in Quarantine by Ashley Parra and David Derringer TEATRX (Houston, TX) - 2020 Courtesy of: TEATRX
Episode 5: the bilingual balcony scene Balcony Scene in Quarantine by Ashley Parra and David Derringer TEATRX (Houston, TX) - 2020 Courtesy of: TEATRX
Balcony Scene in Quarantine by Ashley Parra and David Derringer TEATRX (Houston, TX) - 2020 Image by: Marissa Castillo Courtesy of: TEATRX
2020 TEATRX
Houston, TX
Balcony Scene in Quarantine
by Ashley Parra & David Derringer
(dir. Benito Vasquez and David Derringer)
TEATRX created virtual bilingual theatre shortly after the outset of COVID-19.
All images courtesy of TEATRX
2021 - present
2021 Winding Road Theater Ensemble
Tuscon, AZ
Wetback
by Elaine Romero
(dir. Sean Daniels)
Formerly Undocumented, Elaine Romero's adaptation is set in the present in a border city. A reading of Wetback was presented in the month-long celebration of Romero's oeuvre, RomeroFest.
RomeroFest (Tuscon, AZ) - 2021 Artwork by: Alex Alegria Courtesy of: Winding Road Theater Ensemble
RomeroFest (Tuscon, AZ) - 2021 Courtesy of: Arizona Theatre Company
RomeroFest (Tuscon, AZ) - 2021 Artwork by: Alex Alegria Courtesy of: Winding Road Theater Ensemble
Romeo y Julieta at The Public Theater (New York, NY) - 2021 Artwork by: Erick Dávila Courtesy of: Erick Dávila
Romeo y Julieta at The Public Theater (New York, NY) - 2021 Artwork by: Erick Dávila Courtesy of: Erick Dávila
Romeo y Julieta at The Public Theater (New York, NY) - 2021 Artwork by: Erick Dávila Courtesy of: Erick Dávila
Artwork by and Courtesy of Erick Dávila
Artwork by and Courtesy of Erick Dávila
2021 The Public Theater
New York, NY
Romeo y Julieta
Adapted by Saheem Ali & Ricardo Pérez González
Translations by: Alfredo Michel Modenessi
(dir. Saheem Ali)
This bilingual radio play starred Lupita Nyong'o and Juan Castano in the titular roles. It is available to hear and/or read, and there are subtitles in English and Spanish.
2021 Theatre Cultura
San Francisco, CA
La Vida Lobo
by Linda Amayo-Hassan
(dir. Katja Rivera)
Amayo-Hassan's play includes elements of both Romeo and Juliet and of Cyrano de Bergerac and focuses on the ecological and psychological impact of the border wall construction on three Mexican gray wolves. The play had a reading in 2021 and a production in 2022, both directed by Rivera.
Romeo + Juliet Apollinaire Theatre Company (Chelsea, MA) - 2021 Courtesy of: Apollinaire Theatre Company
Romeo + Juliet Apollinaire Theatre Company (Chelsea, MA) - 2021 Courtesy of: Apollinaire Theatre Company
Romeo + Juliet Apollinaire Theatre Company (Chelsea, MA) - 2021 Courtesy of: Apollinaire Theatre Company
Romeo + Juliet Apollinaire Theatre Company (Chelsea, MA) - 2021 Courtesy of: Apollinaire Theatre Company
All ephemera courtesy of Apollinaire Theatre Company
2021 Apollinaire Theatre Co
Chelsea, MA
Romeo + Juliet
(dir. Danielle Fauteux Jacques)
Apollinaire created a bilingual, immersive adaptation staged outdoors, in and through the streets of Chelsea. It ran ninety minutes and was free and open to the public. Apollinaire has staged numerous bilingual productions.
2022 California Shakespeare Theater
Orinda, CA
Romeo y Juliet
by Karen Zacarías
(dir. KJ Sanchez)
Originally slated for 2020 but canceled due to COVID-19, this bilingual play is set in California in 1848. Both Romeo and Juliet were cast and played as women. It was staged in 2024 at UT Austin, adapted by both Sanchez and Zacarías, directed by Anna Skidis Vargas.
Romeo y Julieta Seattle Shakespeare Company (Seattle, WA) - 2022 Photography by: Spencer Bertelsen Courtesy of: Seattle Shakespeare Company
Romeo y Julieta Seattle Shakespeare Company (Seattle, WA) - 2022 Photography by: Spencer Bertelsen Courtesy of: Seattle Shakespeare Company
Romeo y Julieta Seattle Shakespeare Company (Seattle, WA) - 2022 Courtesy of: Seattle Shakespeare Company
Romeo y Julieta Seattle Shakespeare Company (Seattle, WA) - 2022 Photography by: Spencer Bertelsen Courtesy of: Seattle Shakespeare Company
2022 Seattle Shakespeare
Seattle, WA
Romeo y Julieta
Adapted and Translated by: Ana María Campoy
Adapted for the Screen by: Sophie Franco
(dir. Caro Zeller)
This production incorporated Spanish, Spanglish, Latinx and queer cultures.
All ephemera courtesy of Seattle Shakespeare Company
2022 Cabrillo Community College
Aptos, CA
Romeo and Julieta
(dir. Abel Cornejo)
This bilingual production set the action in Mexico City in 1910 during Día de los Muertos. The script was in both contemporary English and Spanish.
Romeo and Julieta Cabrillo Community College (Aptos, CA) - 2022 Photography by: Emily Steinbomer Courtesy of: Cabrillo Community College
Romeo and Julieta Cabrillo Community College (Aptos, CA) - 2022 Photography by: Emily Steinbomer Courtesy of: Cabrillo Community College
Romeo and Julieta Cabrillo Community College (Aptos, CA) - 2022 Poster Design: Abel Cornejo Courtesy of: Cabrillo Community College
Romeo and Julieta Cabrillo Community College (Aptos, CA) - 2022 Photography by: Emily Steinbomer Courtesy of: Cabrillo Community College
All ephemera courtesy of Cabrillo Community College
2023 New York University in Florence
Firenze, Italia
Romeo and Juliet: Dos Boricuas y Un Poco Mierda y Poesía by Mona Mansour
(dir. Jim Calder)
Lebanese-American playwright Mona Mansour conceived of this project in partnership with the director and the two actresses who performed the piece, Keren Lugo and Karina Curet, both graduates of NYU's MFA in Acting.