The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts’ (HSPVA) Theatre Department presents William Shakespeare’s classic tale of star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, from April 5-7.

A feud between warring households disrupts the city of Verona and leads to a tragic end for Romeo and Juliet, who, as fate dictates, succumb to the passion of forbidden love against the will of their powerful and unforgiving families. Follow one of the world’s most iconic couples through this story of romance, murder, and tragedy.

HSPVA’s adaptation of Romeo and Juliet is the first production directed by new Theatre faculty member and HSPVA alumna, Mekeva McNeil (Theatre ’96). McNeil’s new staging features a female Romeo.