First Look At Stars Of Rude Groom's ROMEO & JULIET; Full Creative Team Announced

Queens-based Rude Grooms released a first look photo of Rachel Schmeling (Juliet) and Dhruv Iyengar (Romeo) for the company's second annual free summer production. This year the company presents William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, once again touring parks and art spaces in Astoria and Long Island City.

The production is led by actor-manager Montgomery Sutton (Twelfth Night at Shakespeare's Globe) and produced in partnership with Long Island City Artists at the Plaxall Gallery and the Astoria Park Alliance and is made possible (in part) by the Queens Council on the Arts with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

The company also announced three additions to the creative team: Becca Kaplan as the Stage Manager, Pauline Tobar is the Stage Management Apprentice, and actor Rachel Jenison (With Love From at Origin Theatre) will take over for Rude Grooms Sharer Deb Radloff as Lady Capulet from August 23-25. For more information on the show visit www.rudegrooms.com.

All performances are free and open to the public. The show performs at the Plaxall Gallery, Astoria Park, Queensbridge Park, and Rainey Park. All performances are at 6:30pm, with additional 1:30pm matinees at the Plaxall Gallery on Sundays. Reservations are highly encouraged are required and for the preferred seating areas; Rude Grooms patrons (patreon.com/rudegrooms) receive access to even better seating areas; VIP seating reservations and other perks are available now through IndieGoGo (igg.me/at/rudegrooms-romeoandjuliet).

Free reservations are highly encouraged and may be made at the links below:
Queensbridge Park (8/14 & 8/21): romeoandjuliet-queensbridgepark.eventbrite.com
Rainey Park (8/15 & 8/22): romeoandjuliet-raineypark.eventbrite.com
Astoria Park (8/16-17 & 8/23-24): romeoandjuliet-astoriapark.eventbrite.com
Plaxall Gallery (8/18 & 8/25: romeoandjuliet-plaxallgallery.eventbrite.com/

The production starts previews on Wednesday, August 14 and plays through Sunday, August 25 with opening night on Friday, August 16, playing Wednesdays in Astoria's Rainey Park, Thursdays in Long Island City's Queensbridge Park, Fridays and Saturdays in Astoria's Astoria Park, and Sundays at Long Island City's Plaxall Gallery. On Sunday August 18, both performances will be indoors at the Gallery; on Sunday August 25, both performances will be outdoors.

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