Romeo and Juliet

On October 15th, 16th and 17th the thespians of Rangeview performed the classic tragedy Romeo and Juliet. They did a wonderful job of taking one of most boring plays in history and made it an enjoyable experience to watch. Mr. Randy Mills did an absolute wonderful job directing this play, he should be very proud of what he accomplished. The technical aspects were also very professional and complimented the performance very well. The set was stunning and the costumes were amazing and everything just seemed to fit together very well.


Jon Rivera played Romeo and Kristi Grawe played Juliet, together on stage their chemistry was very believable and one of the key factors to the show. Together Romeo and Juliet had near 10,000 words to memorize and they both were able to accomplish that and also act extremely well, making the audience believe that they were real on stage not just Jon and Kristi in make-up and costumes.

This play was the Rangeview debut of Mr. George Coker and he did an outstanding job and it was very entertaining to see him on stage. Mr. Coker played the all-powerful-Prince of “Fair Verona” and while he was only on stage three times he did excellent each time.

Romeo and Juliet was full of new actors and actresses to the Rangeview stage no one would have ever guess they were new if the program had not said so. Everyone did an excellent job of looking professional and making their characters believable. Sergio DeLaRosa was a new actor that stood out because of how important his role was to the story, and how well he handled Friar Lawrence, one of the biggest characters after Romeo and Juliet.

The Tech for the show was outstanding, the set, sound and costumes all worked together well. The set was absolutely amazing and it looked like a real town with the vines on the walls, flame lamps on the wall and realistic bricks. The costumes were very realistic and fun to look at and went well with the story. All of the scene changes went well and the stage crew could not be noticed behind the scenes.

The audience was very two-faced. They laughed at things like Mercutio’s and Paris’ death when those are obviously very far from funny. Yet, they appreciated the show and all that it was worth. During the kisses there people whistling and shouting things like “you go girl!” All the while they would clap politely at the end of a scene letting the actors know how much they were enjoying the show. Laughing is extremely insulting and rude to actors and directors when things are clearly not funny and shouting things made them look stupid and it is rude to the other audience members. Yet, they did seem to thoroughly enjoy the show and they let the performers know.

Although the audience went back and forth between rude and appreciative, the show definitely made up for it and was one of the best shows Rangeview’s had. The thespians of Rangeview did a wonderful job with the performance, tech, Mr. Mills’ directing and just overall; it is a play to be remembered for a long time.

-Daniel Isaacs