Interview with Joanna Settle, Artistic Director of Shakespeare on the Sound




Poster for Shakespeare on The Sound's Production of Romeo and Juliet

 

Joanna Settle, Artisitc Director, Shakespeare on the Sound

A summer in Connecticut wouldn't be complete without Shakespeare in the Park. Joanna Settle, the artistic Director of Shakespeare on the Sound returns this season to direct and stage a production of Romeo and Juliet. She talked with me about the play and how she will make the familiar tale fresh and new. It is a must see.
The interview is being broadcast on CHRISTINA on Cablevision of CT.'s Channel 88, starting Tuesday May 29th at 9:00pm and Thursday May 31st at 5:30pm.  It will play on those days and times for the entire month of June.








This production is a fresh take on a Shakespeare’s most popular love story as friends sit down for an after-dinner reading of the play, only to be taken on a ride they'll never forget - straight into the heart of Romeo and Juliet.

On the evenings of June 26th-July 8th Romeo and Juliet will be performed at Roger Sherman Baldwin Park-100 Arch Street Greenwich, Ct and on July 18th-July 29th at Rowayton's Pinkney Park at 177 Rowayton Avenue: Shows begin at 7:30pm

Heidi Rodewald, Joanna Settle and Stew




Music and Songs by Stew and Heidi Rodewald, Choreography by David Neumann, Set Design by Laura Jellinek, Costume Design by Tilly Grimes, Lighting Design by Keith Parham, Sound Design by Obadiah Eaves, Sound System Design by Jessica Paz.



Audience for Shakespeare on the Sound in Rowayton


For more on Shakespeare's  Romeo and Juliet, checkout:

Library Programs - Adults

2012 Library Talk Schedule with Mark Schenker

Mark Schenker of Yale University will lead a lively discussion of Romeo and Juliet with a focus on a range of tensions in the play: between tragedy and comedy.            

Library Schedule:

Darien Library: Tuesday, June 5th - 7PM

Greenwich Library: Wednesday, June 6th - 7PM

New Canaan Library: Tuesday, June 19th - 7PM

Rowayton Library: Wednesday, June 27th - 7PM

Westport Library: Sunday, July 8th - 2PM


For more information go to:
http://www.shakespeareonthesound.org/