The famous play Romeo and Juliet has inspired hundreds, if not thousands, of adapted rewrites for film, stage, and television.

The producers at Verona Playhouse believe in the importance of reaching new audiences, and would like to produce a revamped version of Romeo and Juliet specifically for your community. Since you’ve just finished reading Romeo and Juliet, you’re in a good position to advise the Verona Playhouse on how to adapt the collection in a way that speaks to your personal community the same way the original play spoke to Renaissance England.

For this project, write a script for a play based on the plot and characters of Romeo and Juliet. Include suggestions for how to design the stage and how characters should behave. The story in your script can be simpler and shorter, but the collection’s themes should come through in the play.