A Stylish <em>Romeo & Juliet</em>, All Grown Up, at Intiman’s Summer Festival

A Stylish Romeo & Juliet, All Grown Up, at Intiman’s Summer Festival

It is all the more shocking to see Juliet rise out of her childishness and weeping to stand up to this assault but her next soliloquy proves that the change is permanent. As she prepares to fake her death Juliet speaks and finally connects with the audience. The production, which has belonged to Franzen’s Romeo, becomes Juliet’s coming-of-age story. Continue reading A Stylish Romeo & Juliet, All Grown Up, at Intiman’s Summer Festival

<em>Hedda Gabler</em> Shows Her Slip at Intiman’s Summer Festival

Hedda Gabler Shows Her Slip at Intiman’s Summer Festival

Director Andrew Russell has assembled a script, evidently based on various public domain translations, that removes the overt statements that can make Ibsen feel dated. This text is heated by barely veiled innuendo and tantalizing ambiguity that most of the cast plays smartly with choices that feel in the moment and nearly improvised. Continue reading Hedda Gabler Shows Her Slip at Intiman’s Summer Festival