Premieres Friday, November 13 at 9/8c on PBS, pbs.org/gperf and the PBS app
The cast features Tony winners Francis Jue, LaChanze, and Deirdre O’Connell
Great Performances continues its partnership with The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park with the Bard’s timeless tale of two young lovers from warring families. In this new staging, the play unfolds in English, but Romeo and Juliet speak to one another in Spanish. Filmed in June from the Delacorte Theater in New York City’s Central Park, Great Performances: Romeo & Juliet premieres and streams Friday, November 13 at 9/8c on PBS, pbs.org/gperf and the PBS app.
The Montagues and Capulets are torn apart by ideology and violence spills into the streets of the border town of Verona. Romeo and Juliet dare to defy a world determined to keep them apart. Ra’Mya Latiah Aikens stars as Juliet with Daniel Bravo Hernández as Romeo and features Tony Award winners Francis Jue (“Yellow Face”) as Friar Lawrence, LaChanze (“The Color Purple”) as Lady Capulet, and Deirdre O’Connell (“Dana H.”) as the Nurse. The Public’s Associate Artistic Director and Resident Director Saheem Ali directs.
The cast also includes Caleb Joshua Eberhardt (Mercutio), Ariyan Kassam (Tybalt), Zack Lopez Roa (Benvolio), Glenn Fleshler (Lord Capulet), Jason Manuel Olazábal (Lord Montague), Mariand Torres (Lady Montague), Martin K. Lewis (Paris), Jessica Pimentel (Escalus), Sergio Mauritz Ang (Friar John/Ensemble), Reece dos Santos (Balthasar), Rachel Crowl (Apothecary/Ensemble), Marlon Xavier (Pedro), Andrés Nicolás Chaves (Ensemble), Jacquernst F. Filias (Ensemble), Gilda Mercado (Ensemble), Fedra Ramírez Olivares (Ensemble), Tina Muñoz Pandya (Ensemble), Piper Runge (Ensemble), and Miles Segura (Ensemble).
