Dept. of Musical Theatre Studio ProductionFebruary 20-23, 2014 • Arthur Miller Theatre

JulietRomeo

The University of Michigan, School of Music, Theatre & DanceDepartment of Musical Theatre presents a studio production of

DirectorLighting Designer

Sound Designers

Fight ChoreographerStage Combat Consultant

Assistant DirectorDramaturg

Stage Manager

Malcolm TulipRob MurphyPeter LeonardDylan SundbergJacqueline ToboniRobert NajarianRuby GrammaticoEli ZemperYemisi Odetoyinbo

Setting: Verona and Mantua

There will be one intermission.

By William Shakespeare

The performers in this production are students in the Department of Musical Theatre. The designers are students and faculty in the Department of Theatre & Drama. Ticket sales assist in providing SMTD students with engaged learning experiences before live audiences. Thank you for supporting our educational mission.

Latecomers will be seated at a suitable break. As a courtesy to others, please turn off cell phones and all electronic devices. Photography, audio recording and videotaping of any kind are not permitted.

Special thanks to the Friends of Musical Theatre, University Productions, UMS/League Ticket Office, and the Dept. of Theatre & Drama.

Romeo & Juliet is a studio production of the Department of Musical Theatre.

JulietRomeo

Escalus, Prince of Verona......................................................................... Jordan SamuelsMercutio, his kinsman, a friend of Romeo...............................................Keaton MicucciThe County Paris, another kinsman, suitor to Juliet ..................................... Will Branner

Montague, head of a noble family in Verona ......................................... Benjamin BogenLady Montague, his wife .............................................................................. Liesl CollazoRomeo, his son ........................................................................................Wonza JohnsonBenvolio, a friend of Romeo ....................................................................... Sophia Deery

Capulet, head of a noble family in Verona ................................................ Daniel EstrellaLady Capulet, his wife ................................................................................ Hannah FlamJuliet, his daughter ........................................................................................Storm LeverTybalt, Lady Capulet’s nephew ...................................................................David BarnesNurse, to Juliet .........................................................................................Cameron JonesPeter, servant of Capulet ..................................................................Thomas Sweeney III

Friar Lawrence ........................................................................................... Ellie FishmanFriar John ....................................................................................................Aaquil RoweAbraham ......................................................................................................... Eric FeganBalthasar ......................................................................................................Sam YabrowSampson.....................................................................................John-Alexander SakelosGregory ....................................................................................................... Solea PfeifferApothecary ................................................................................................Leah MattfieldChief Watchman .....................................................................................Luke SteinhauerOther roles ......................................................................................Members of the Cast

Cast of CharaCters

about the Playwright

William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564, and attended the Stratford Grammar School until he was about 15. At 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children. There are no records of Shakespeare’s life between 1585 and 1592, when he first established himself as an actor and playwright in London. In London Shakespeare’s longest and most productive association was with the acting troupe, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men. In the troupe he served as actor, playwright, and shareholder. Between 1592 and 1611, Shakespeare wrote 37 plays. He spent the earlier part of those years primarily composing comedies and histories, and wrote most of his great tragedies between 1601 and 1609. Shakespeare composed his romances between 1606 and 1611, when he no longer felt bound by the more realistic devices of his earlier historical and tragic forms. Shakespeare retired to Stratford in 1610, where he lived comfortably as a country gentleman until his death on April 23, 1616. Shakespeare’s tremendous gift for studying people, creating characters, his understanding of human nature and the sensitivity, humor, and depth in his writing have made him the most popular playwright of all time.

about the Creative team

about the Cast

staff for romeo & Juliet

DaviD barnes (Tybalt) sophomore, BFA Musical Theatre, Austin, TXbenJamin bogen (Montague) sophomore, BFA Musical Theatre, Walnut Creek, CAwill branner (Paris) sophomore, BFA Musical Theatre, Waxhaw, NCliesl Collazo (Lady Montague) sophomore, BFA Musical Theatre, Guaynabo, Puerto RicosoPhia Deery (Benvolio) sophomore, BFA Musical Theatre/BA Anthropology,

Mattapoisett, MADaniel estrella (Capulet) junior, BFA Musical Theatre, Bronx, NYeriC fegan (Abraham) sophomore, BFA Musical Theatre, Traverse City, MIellie fishman (Friar Laurence) junior, BFA Musical Theatre, Pennington, NJhannah flam (Lady Capulet) sophomore, BFA Musical Theatre, Maple Grove, MNwonza Johnson (Romeo) sophomore, BFA Musical Theatre, Atlanta, GACameron Jones (Nurse) sophomore, BFA Musical Theatre, Phoenix, AZstorm lever (Juliet) junior, BFA Musical Theatre, Concord, CAleah mattfielD (Apothecary) first-year, BFA Musical Theatre, Anchorage, AKKeaton miCuCCi (Mercutio) sophomore, BFA Musical Theatre, Wexford, PAsolea Pfeiffer (Gregory) sophomore, BFA Musical Theatre, Seattle, WAaaquil rowe (Friar John) sophomore, BFA Musical Theatre, Brooklyn, NYJohn-alexanDer saKelos (Sampson) sophomore, BFA Musical Theatre, Queens, NYJorDan samuels (Escalus) first-year, BFA Musical Theatre, Brooklyn, NYluKe steinhauer (Chief Watchman) sophomore, BFA Musical Theatre, Pittsburgh, PAthomas sweeney iii (Peter) first-year, BFA Musical Theatre, Cleveland, OHsam yabrow (Balthasar) junior, BFA Musical Theatre, Marietta, GA

Peter leonarD (Sound Designer) sophomore, BS Sound Engineering, Washington D.C.rob murPhy (Lighting Designer) Assoc. Professor, Department of Theatre & Dramayemisi oDetoyinbo (Stage Manager) senior, BFA Design & Production, Detroit, MIDylan sunDberg (Sound Designer) sophomore, BS Sound Engineering, Traverse City, MImalColm tuliP (Director) Assoc. Professor, Department of Theatre & Drama

First Assistant Stage Manager ..................................................... Jean-Luc DeladurantayeSecond Assistant Stage Manager .......................................................... Michaela TanksleyLight Board Operator ........................................................................................ BJ MyersSound............................................................................................ Aidan Ziegler-Hansen