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Casting is now complete for the Sam Gold-directed Broadway revival of William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, which is scheduled to begin previews September 26 at the Circle in the Square Theatre with an official opening October 24.

As previously reported, Children's & Family Emmy winner Kit Connor (Heartstopper) and Golden Globe winner Rachel Zegler (Mar铆a in Steven Spielberg鈥檚 West Side Story) will star in Romeo + Juliet, which will feature music by Grammy winner Jack Antonoff and movement by Tony winner Sonya Tayeh.

Connor and Zegler will be joined by the newly announced Gabby Beans (Skin of Our Teeth) as Mercutio/The Friar, Tommy Dorfman (13 Reasons Why) as The Nurse/Tybalt, Nihar Duvvuri as Balthazar, Sola Fadiran (Camelot) as Capulet/Lady Capulet, Daniel Bravo Hern谩ndez as Abraham, Taheen Modak as Benvolio, Jasai Chase Owens (The Expanse) as Gregory, G铆an P茅rez (Sing Street) as Samson/Paris/Peter, and understudies Missy Malek, Timothy Oh, Susannah Perkins (The Wolves), and Daniel Velez. Casting is by Taylor Williams.

The production will also have scenic design by dots, costume design by Enver Chakartash, lighting design by Isabella Byrd, sound design by Tony winner Cody Spencer, hair, wig, and makeup design by Robert Pickens and Katie Gell, and violence by Drew Leary.

Claire Warden will serve as intimacy director, Gigi Buffington will serve as voice and text coach, and Michael Sexton and Ayanna Thompson will serve as dramaturgy and text consultants. Production stage management is by Rachel Bauder, Juniper Street Productions is the production manager, and 101 Productions, Ltd will serve as general manager.

As rehearsals begin for the 16-week limited engagement, director Gold said in a statement, 鈥淚 couldn鈥檛 be more thrilled to be starting today with this brilliant ensemble. In the play, there are two households, but for us in the room, it really feels like one family.

Press notes for the revival describe the classic tragedy as such: "The youth are fucked. Left to their own devices in their parents鈥� world of violent ends, an impulsive pair of star-crossed lovers hurtle towards their inescapable fate. The intoxicating high of passion quickly descends into a brutal chaos that can only end one way."

Romeo + Juliet will be produced on Broadway by Seaview.

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