Shakespeare for Student Audiences

2025: Romeo & Juliet

MSC Artistic Director, Jon Tracy, directs the 2025 Shakespeare for Student Audiences production, Romeo & Juliet, featuring actors from our Teen Company working alongside professional and community actors. More information coming soon about this reimagining of Shakespeare’s tragic tale of star-crossed lovers, tailored for high-school and middle-school audiences.

April 30, May 1 & 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM and 1:00 PM
514 Fourth Street, San Rafael
RESERVE TICKETS FOR YOUR STUDENT GROUP
Reservation Deadline: February 12, 2025

Performance Runtime: approximately 1:10 with a 20-minute Q & A and workshop with the actors.

Tickets: Tickets are $10/person, with discounts of up to 100% available to schools for whom cost is a barrier. A non-refundable deposit is due within 14 days of receiving your confirmation to hold your spot. See Ticket Policies for more.

Transportation: Students should arrive by bus, carpool or public transportation, no later than 15 minutes prior to the start time of the performance. Marin Shakespeare is pleased to offer transportation funding to school groups of 20+ for whom the cost of transportation may be prohibitive. Please ask us about funding at the time you make your reservation. 
Another transportation option if you are coming from Marin or Sonoma is the SMART Train.  Students (up to 18) ride free and the station is about 2 blocks from the theatre.  A few schools have utilized this option in the past and found it very easy and convenient. 
We recommend that you confirm your bus reservation or other transportation plan at least a month in advance. 

Supervision: We recommend a ratio of one adult to every 20 students.  

Optional Program Extensions: Book a pre- or post-show classroom visit with an actor/ teaching artist to discuss the play, and the performance and to explore the text. 

CONTENT ADVISORY: While we do our best to modify the language and fight scenes so younger and more sensitive viewers can enjoy the performance, the core of Shakespeare’s play remains intact.  Romeo & Juliet is a tragedy with the violent murders and suicides of young people at its center.   The play also features bawdy as well as abusive language.  Prop weapons are used.  There will be no stage blood. Recommended for audiences in 5th grade and up. 

Questions?  Contact Elana Kepner, education@marinshakespeare.org, 415.499.4487

Ticket Policies:

  • Tickets are $10/person, with discounts available to schools for whom cost is a barrier.
  • A non-refundable 50% deposit is due within 14 days of receiving your confirmation to hold your spot.
  • Space allowing, you may make any adjustments to ticket numbers until March 30, 2025, when the balance is due. 
  • Cancellations after March 30 and no-shows will not be refunded.  

Audition Information Available Soon