News: The Firebird Project Presents Romeo and Juliet Retelling "Nurse!" June 15-23
The Firebird Project, an independent theater and arts education company dedicated to innovative original productions and the reinterpretation of classic plays, is excited to announce its upcoming production of Nurse! , Ayun Halliday ’s retelling of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet ...and she has some corrections! The production is set to run from June 15-23 at Actors Guild Hall, The Bechdel Project, New York Society Library, and Quimby’s Bookstore. Inspired in part by the life of Kate Claxton, ingénue turned entrepreneur-of-a-certain age, who made misfortune into a meal ticket, spending decades recounting the events of the Brooklyn Theatre Fire to sold-out crowds, Juliet’s Nurse hits the lecture circuit to set the record straight. Teenagers! Aging! Sex! Shakespeare! Nurse demands the last word on the greatest love story ever told. Ayun Halliday is the co-founder of Theater of the Apes, creator and host of its book-based variety show...