{"id":31018,"date":"2014-05-23T18:15:26","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T22:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=31018"},"modified":"2014-05-23T18:15:26","modified_gmt":"2014-05-23T22:15:26","slug":"fgcu-theatre-program-presents-romeo-and-juliet-for-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2014\/05\/fgcu-theatre-program-presents-romeo-and-juliet-for-children\/","title":{"rendered":"FGCU Theatre Program Presents \u201cRomeo and Juliet\u201d for Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Gulf Coast University\u2019s (FGCU) Theatre Program at the Bower School of Music &amp; the Arts presents \u201cRomeo and Juliet\u201d by William Shakespeare, adapted by Toby Hulse. \u00a0Originally produced by the Bristol Old Vic Theatre, UK, in 2013, this 55-minute adaptation of Shakespeare\u2019s classic provides\u00a0audience members with an introduction to this classic piece of literature.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cRomeo and Juliet\u201d runs June 12-15, with performances each day at 2 p.m. Additional performances will be offered on June 13 and 14 at 7:30 p.m. All performances take place at the FGCU TheatreLab in the Arts Complex. Tickets are $7 and can be purchased online at\u00a0<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/theatrelab.fgcu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/theatrelab.fgcu.edu<\/a>\u00a0or at the door one hour prior to curtain. Groups of all sorts are welcome. Contact Joanna Hoch at<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/lehighacresgazette.com:2095\/cpsess3805769955\/3rdparty\/squirrelmail\/src\/compose.php?send_to=jhoch@fgcu.edu\" target=\"_blank\">jhoch@fgcu.edu<\/a>\u00a0for information about group pricing.<\/p>\n<p>This play begins with Emily, a young contemporary girl who discovers a book about Romeo and Juliet. \u00a0As she begins to read, the characters come out of the book to enact the story. \u00a0Emily thinks that the tale will end like all of her well-loved Disney movies, but she learns that not all stories have a happy ending. Sword fighting, dancing and a mix of Shakespeare\u2019s language with today\u2019s vernacular will excite and enthrall even the youngest audience member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Gulf Coast University\u2019s (FGCU) Theatre Program at the Bower School of Music &amp; the Arts presents \u201cRomeo and Juliet\u201d by William Shakespeare, adapted by Toby Hulse. \u00a0Originally produced by&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[125],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31018"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31018\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}