For by no means was a narrative of extra woe
Than this of Juliet and her Romeo…
Shakespeare’s iconic story of star-crossed younger love takes the stage at Excessive Park this summer time with the return of Canadian Stage’s Dream In Excessive Park. It is going to be the forty second season for the perennially widespread outside theatre pageant within the park’s scenic amphitheatre.
Romeo & Juliet will take the stage from July 13 to August 31 in a manufacturing led by multi-award-winning director Marie Farsi, with Praneet Akilla as Romeo and Lili Beaudoin as Juliet.
“ROMEO & JULIET is a very thrilling theatrical expertise and an enormous viewers favorite within the park,” says Canadian Stage Creative Director Brendan Healy in a press release. “It has spectacular romance, heart-wringing tragedy, it explores enduring and common themes of affection, battle, and destiny — it could possibly be the right Dream in Excessive Park play.
“We’re thrilled to have director Marie Farsi — who has emerged as one of the thrilling administrators within the nation — working with us for the primary time. And we’re equally thrilled to welcome Praneet Akilla and Lili Beaudoin within the title roles, who will certainly show to be a swoon-worthy R&J.”
A take a look at Dream In Excessive Park by way of the years, from the fortieth anniversary video:
Romeo & Juliet: Personnel
Director Marie Farsi‘s work as a director is primarily centered on new performs. She has labored with a lot of Canada’s famous theatre firms, together with Crow’s Theatre, The Musical Stage Firm, the Banff Centre for the Arts, Tarragon Theatre, Right here For Now, Hip.Bang!, Rumble Theatre, Aux Écuries and Théâtre La Seizième, together with bigger organizations such because the Stratford Pageant and the Arts Membership.
Notable credit embrace the sold-out Crow’s Theatre manufacturing of Fifteen Canine (2023), and Ghost Quartet (together with the movie) with Crow’s Theatre and Eclipse Theatre Firm, the latter successful each a Toronto Theatre Critics’ Award Greatest Director of a Musical, and Dora Award for Excellent Path within the Musical Theatre division in 2021.
Stars
Indian-Canadian actor and producer Praneet Akilla was born in Mumbai, and moved to Calgary as a baby along with his household. His love of theatre, and musical theatre specifically, grew to become evident by center college, however he went on to review chemical engineering at McGill College. After touchdown a job in his area at Suncor, he’d spend his free time performing in neighborhood theatre and quick movies. By 2018, nevertheless, he was able to make the plunge, and left engineering for performing full-time.
In 2020, he snagged a number one position on Netflix’s October Faction, and he’s greatest recognized for his work on tv at this time, together with main roles on The CW’s Nancy Drew, Disney Freeform’s Motherland Fort Salem, and the Canadian Display screen Award nominated medical drama Skymed.
Canadian actress Lili Beaudoin started performing on the age of six, when she grew to become a founding member of Leaky Heaven Circus in Vancouver. She carried out seven of their productions, and shared a Jessie Richardson award for ensemble acrobatic choreography. Lili studied performing at The American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco and the Australian Youth Theatre in Sydney, and acrobatics on the Circus Centre in San Francisco. Together with different theatre credit, she’s appeared on display screen within the movies The 4400, Lifeless Like Me and Voyage of the Unicorn.
She is also called a prolific voice actor, together with voicing Crick from Beat Bugs, Plaid Stripes and Kettle Corn from My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Rayne Martinez/Tempestra from Max Metal, and Edie Von Keet from the collection Littlest Pet Store: A World of Our Personal (2018). She has additionally voiced anime characters, together with Merle and Marin within the English dub of the 2020 Dragon Quest: The Journey of Dai anime, and Lana within the new English dub of Hayao Miyazaki’s Future Boy Conan.
The solid is rounded out by Matthew G. Brown, Joella Crichton, Daniel Krmpotic, Ziska Louis, Diego Matamoros, Dan Mousseau, Meilie Ng, Asher Rose, Mike Shara, and Michaela Washburn.
Together with Farsi, the inventive workforce consists of set and costume designer Sim Suzer, lighting designer Logan Raju Cracknell, affiliate lighting designer Emilie Trimbee, sound designer Olivia Wheeler, and choreographer Stephen Cota.
Performances & Extra
From June 13 to August 31, performances happen every day;
- Tuesday by way of Saturday at 8:00 p.m.
- Sunday at 7:00 p.m.
Backstage excursions
Between July 22 and August 19, backstage excursions can be found at 6:30 p.m. earlier than every Tuesday night efficiency. Please reserve your spot upfront right here.
Canine night time is August 6!
Tickets
Rush tickets can be found in any respect performances of Dream in Excessive Park.
Rush tickets can be found on-line at midday the day of the efficiency, or on the gate starting 2 hours prior to every efficiency and are provided at pay-what-you-wish pricing (with a instructed minimal of $20.)
Concessions can be found to buy, and Canadian Stage encourages viewers members to deliver their very own blankets and picnics.
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Anya Wassenberg is the Toronto Metropolis Editor at Ludwig Van. Beforehand, she was a contract author with a specialty in tradition and journey for 3 a long time, and a inventive writing teacher for Ontariolearn.