Star-Cross'd Love by Starlight

Romeo and Juliet opens Thursday, September 21, at the Swan Theatre at Wyuka. Colin Creveling and Mikael Walter appear in the title roles, bringing vitality, humor, and tenderness to their fateful story. Guided by Bob Hall's direction and set design, the Flatwater Shakespeare production presents the couple, their friends and families, and the citizens of Verona all affected by passionate encounters with love, desire, anger, and responsibility. Other principal performers include Sean Schmeits as Mercutio, Rob Burt as Benvolio, Margy Ryan as Juliet's nurse, Brad Boesen as Friar Laurence, Matt Lukasiewicz as Tybalt, Fred Stuart and Mary Douglass as Juliet's parents, and Dick Nielsen and Linda Nettland as Romeo's parents. Visit the Flatwater Shakespeare Company website, www.flatwatershakespeare.org, for more information and to reserve tickets.