ROMEO & JULIET Goes On Tour
Off Road Shakespeare Company needs you!
Access to brave and beautiful theatre productions that investigate and illuminate the human condition must not be determined or limited by income, zip code, housing status, education, or demographic. !
That is why, in the spring of 2017 ORS produced a remount of our roving MIDSUMMER as a whimsical (and stationary) romp that toured to a North Seattle Mary's Place transitional shelter for women and children experiencing homelessness.
MIDSUMMER On Tour | Mary's Place | May 2017
This winter Off Road has been partnering with Mary's Place Women & Family Shelters and the Compass Housing Alliance to create residencies that put Off Road artists and shelter residents in direct connection and relationship.
We have been on site in shelters one night a week since early January to volunteer for each sites Kids Club, lead theatre games, and support the day to day operation of each site however we can! We culminate each residency across all sites with a performance of Off Road's ROMEO & JULIET!
R&J On Tour | Compass Housing Alliance | March 2018
We have also partnered with the Seattle Public Library to offer three performances of R&J for any and all who are interested - and to give you a way to see how we're playing! We are doing these performances in 3 different SPL branch locations throughout the Seattle Metro area.
R&J On Tour | University Branch Library | March 2018
We play our Shakespeare with all the lights on. Immeadiate. Intimate. In the round (or square in this case...) and with live music. It's sticks and sheets (and ladders and tutus and rose petals) kind of play making and we do it well.
Any and all donations (of any and all amounts) support Off Road Shakespeare's mission to make brave and beautiful theatre that moves.
And to give it away for free.
R&J On Tour | University Branch Library | March 2018
What's your $ do?
$5 - a single night of parking at our rehearsal location
$10 - an Amazon order of 2000 red silk rose petals and a roll of grip tape
$15 - printing info cards and invites
$25 - one off-key concertina played during the show
$50 - gas to and from our performances in the suburbs
$75 - a 5 ft ladder to use as Juliet's balcony
$200 - costumes for 11 actors
$500 - meager stipends for 5 actors
$800 - rehearsal space
R&J On Tour | University Branch Library | March 2018
YOUR GENEROSITY FUELS OURS
We believe in radical access.
We believe in the importance of play.
We believe in the equitable distribution of beauty.
We believe in the power of story.
YOUR belief and support and generosity keeps Off Road on the road to our big goals.
Thanks. Thanks. And ever thanks!
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