“You know the story. You’ve felt the quivers of new love, fiery energy, and devastating despair — but you’ve never seen it like this.”
So says local avant-garde performing arts company Anam Cara Theatre on its new adaption of Romeo & Juliet, which hits the stage starting July 31 at Toy Boat Community Art Space in Asheville.
Adapted and directed by Missy Bell, Anam Cara’s production casts the traditional tale of forbidden love in the spectrum of the modern teen, approaching the Bard’s text “from a place of skepticism, trepidation, and finally transformative and passionate acceptance – for the bard, for the story, and for each other,” according to Anam Cara’s official press release on the upcoming show.
Performances will be held beginning on Friday, July 31 with subsequent shows planned for Saturday, August 1, and the following weekend (August 7 and 8). Cost of admittance is $12 in advance, $15 at the door. All shows begin at 8 p.m. at the Toy Boat Community Art Space at 101 Fairview Road, with doors opening at 7:30 p.m.
Anam Cara will donate ten percent of the proceeds from all performances to the non-profit movement To Write Love On Her Arms, which seeks to support and facilitate treatment for people struggling with issues of depression, addiction, and self-injury.
For more information on Anam Cara Theatre Company, ticket sales, and the upcoming performances, visit anamcaratheatre.org, email info@anamcaratheatre.org or call 828-633-1773. To learn more about the To Write Love On Her Arms movement and mental health resources, check out twloha.com.
Press Release
ANAM CARA THEATRE presents ROMEO AND JULIET
7/31, 8/1, 8/7, 8/8 @ TOY BOAT COMMUNITY ART SPACE
ALL SHOWS 8PMRomeo and Juliet
By William Shakespeare
Adapted and directed by Missy Bell
Fridays and Saturdays July 31 & August 1, 7 & 8, 2015
All shows at 8pm, doors at 7:30pm
Toy Boat Community Art Space 101 Fairview Rd. Asheville, NC 28803
$12 in advance, $15 at the doorYou know the story. You’ve felt the quivers of new love, fiery energy, and devastating despair — but you’ve never seen it like this. Experience Romeo and Juliet from the depths of the teenage soul as a cast of all adolescents reveals the raw emotion inherent in the bard’s beautiful tale. In this unique adaptation, modern teens explore Shakespeare’s classic tale of of star crossed lovers from a place of skepticism, trepidation, and finally transformative and passionate acceptance – for the bard, for the story, and for each other.
Ten percent of the proceeds from all performances of Anam Cara Theatre Company’s Romeo and Juliet will be donated to To Write Love On Her Arms in memory of Emily Davis (March 31, 1999 – October 1, 2014), forever a part of the Anam Cara family. TWLOHA is a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope & finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury, & suicide. For more information about TWLOHA, visit twloha.com.
Anam Cara Theatre Company strives to provide the community with progressive, thought-provoking works incorporating a unique blend of multiple art forms. For tickets and more information about Anam Cara Theatre Company, please visit www.anamcaratheatre.org, email info@anamcaratheatre.org or call 828-633-1773.
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