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Parkland thespians present ‘Romeo and Juliet’

Published October 18. 2024 01:40PM

By LOU WHEELAND

Special to The Press

Iambic pentameter was the dialogue for the evening as the Parkland High School Theater Department presented the classic play “Romeo and Juliet” from Oct. 10-13.

While performed in modern dress, the original dialogue was retained.

Directed by Andrea Roposh, the performances included a group of talented performers who always please the audience.

“Romeo and Juliet,” set in Verona, Italy, is a tragedy in that most all the principal players die because of hatred between the Montague and Capulet families.

Romeo, played by Vasilis Motsenigos, is a member of the Montague clan.

He meets Juliet, as portrayed by Liliana Schantz, at a ball sponsored by the Capulet family.

They immediately fall in love and secretly wed.

But there was another man, Count Paris, played by Kensi Christman, who had asked Juliet’s father, Lord Capulet, played by Brady Davidson, to marry his daughter.

When Juliet refuses to marry Count Paris, her mother rejects her.

Romeo is banned from Verona, however, he sneaks into Juliet’s bedroom to be with her.

The play ends with the deaths of Tybalt, played by Deven Ruiz, Count Paris and Mercutio, played by Samuel Lundberg.

Of course, both Romeo and Juliet die tragically due to a sleeping potion taken by Juliet to make her appear dead for “two and forty hours.”

When Romeo arrives at the crypt, he is confronted by Count Paris, whom he kills during a fight.

Romeo, believing Juliet is dead, takes a poison he obtained from the Apothecary and dies next to Juliet.

When Juliet awakes and sees that Romeo is dead, she kills herself with his knife.

Agidio Poloni, as Friar Lawrence, opens the play “Romeo and Juliet” at the Parkland High School dress rehearsal on Oct. 7.
Romeo, played by Vasilis Motsenigos, listens as Mercutio, portrayed by Samuel Lundberg, tells him to go to the Capulet family ball in the play “Romeo and Juliet” at the Parkland High School dress rehearsal.
Probably the most famous scene in all of Shakespeare’s plays, the balcony scene, is where Romeo, played by Vasilis Motsenigos, and Juliet, played by Lilianna Schantz, declare their love for each other in the play “Romeo and Juliet.”
Having met at the ball, Romeo, played by Vasilis Motsenigos, and Juliet, as portrayed by Lilianna Schantz, fall in love in “Romeo and Juliet.”
Juliet’s Nurse, played by Sara Holland, contemplates Juliet’s future in the play “Romeo and Juliet.”
Juliet, played by Lilianna Schantz, expresses her joy in falling in love with Romeo.
Madelyn Haupt, who plays Sampson, a servant of the Capulet family, attacks Elena Roca, who also plays Apothecary, during the fight between the two families in “Romeo and Juliet.”
Lord Capulet, played by Brady Davidson, reassures Count Paris, played by Kensi Christman, that his daughter, Juliet, would marry him in the play “Romeo and Juliet.”
Juliet, played by Lilianna Schantz, listens as Nurse, played by Sara Holland, encourages her to succumb to Count Paris’ courting in the play “Romeo and Juliet” during dress rehearsal.
The parents of Juliet, Lady Capulet, played by Maansi Birru, and Lord Capulet, played by Brady Davidson, plan a ball for the Capulet family in the play “Romeo and Juliet.”