Romeo and Juliet (Play by Red)

Romeo and Juliet is a junior (kids and teens) play directed and created by Red and streamed at Center Castle Theater, It was released on Valentines Day, February 14, 2016. it is best known for it’s audition

Cast

 * Hero as Romeo
 * Ash as Juliet
 * Slightly as Mercutio
 * Chris and Chad as Benvolio
 * Curly as Tybalt
 * Unnamed 26-year-old pastor as Friar Lawrence
 * Unnamed 24-year-old handmaiden as Juliet’s Nurse
 * Unnamed butlers and their wives as the heads of the Montagues and Capulets
 * Kevin M. Jackson as Prince Escalus
 * Unnamed Teenager as Count Paris

Auditions
Over two hundred couples from 6-18 years old all auditioned. In the end 60 made through and were sorted into 5 different Hunger Games-ish arenas where they have to battle (not to kill but to knock out as many as possible) to the end. In the end the last three pairs ove each battle will join a final arena and the last couple won. Hero and Ash won due to both having been trained in martial arts and hand-to-hand combat. The winners could pick the other members of the podium’s prize (the second place became stunt doubles and won a brand new Xbox One each and the third place won a Nintendo Switch each)

The adults and other roles were hand-chosen.

Behind the scenes
Perhaps the most marvelous of all the structures would be Friar Lawrence’s chapel, which was made out of white marble and inlaid with yellow crystal glass and diamonds. Followed by Capulet House.

The “knife” prop was made out of plastic. While the “poison” was Sprite in-mixed with green food coloring.

The fountain is operated by a button. All of the masks in the ball were handmade and took 12 hours to make for each one, totally spending 5 and a half days to make.

The total estimated budget was about CKGC 1,200,000, which is about one third of the adult play.

Errors

 * When the first part of narration begun, Capulet was misspelled as “Capluet”
 * Mercutio’s handkerchief changes color from white to light grey after he dipped it into the fountain. This may have been that there were 20 handkerchiefs in the pool.
 * ‘On the statue of Juliet and Romeo’s grave. Woe is misspelled as “Weo”