NURSE

Jesu, what haste! Can you not stay awhile?

Do you not see that I am out of breath?

JULIET

How art thou out of breath, when thou hast breath

To say to me that thou art out of breath?

The excuse that thou dost make in this delay

Is longer than the tale thou dost excuse.

Shakespeare wrote many iconic duos in his time...

Hamlet and Horatio...

Rosalind and Celia...

Hal and Falstaff...

Bottom and Peter Quince...

But we are here to tell the story of perhaps the greatest duo of all time... Juliet and her Nurse. Help us get this brand new play off the ground.

Who are we?

Katie Ganem (she/her) is a Baltimore based actor, singer, playwright, puppeteer, teaching artist and indie bookseller. Katie studied musical theater at Nazareth University and then got her MFA in Classical Acting from STC Academy (where she got to fight Rachel with swords, and nerd out over verse structure). Katie loves physical storytelling and devising, and is excited to explore the oft ignored dynamic between the Nurse and Juliet. Her favorite R&J adaptation is Shakespeare in Love (although Lion King 2 is a close second).

Rachel Sanderson (she/they) is a multidisciplinary artist, actor, singer, and combatant for the stage and screen. Originally from a sleepy Colorado town, Rachel holds an MFA in Classical Acting from the STC Academy (where she met Katie!). They also hold dual BAs in Art History and Italian language from the University of Denver. She experienced age-appropriate disdain for Romeo and Juliet after reading it as a teenager, but in graduate school, Rachel fell in love with Juliet. She cannot wait to explore the relationship between Shakespeare's young heroine and her nurse with her longtime collaborator and friend Katie Ganem. She is an avid reader, and her favorite adaptation of R&J is One for my Enemy by Olivie Blake.

What are we using the money for?

Your donations will help fund a week long development intensive this August where we will start building the show.

When can we see the show?

We will be presenting our work-in-progress at the end of the week for donors and friends. We can't wait to hear your feedback and see the evolution of this piece.

Our goal is to perform the show at District Fringe next year (and perhaps other Fringe festivals down the line). If we exceed our initial fundraising goals, we might be able to mount a full production sooner.