Broadway Hit Adaptation of Romeo and Juliet —Opening Night Will Raise Scholarship Funds

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE: October 18, 2007

CONTACT: Lisa Saunders

(845) 574-4244

Broadway Hit Adaptation of Romeo and Juliet

Opening Night Will Raise Scholarship Funds

Suffern, NY - “Shakespeare's R&J," Joe Calarco’s Broadway hit adaptation of Shakespeare's “Romeo and Juliet,” will be presented at SUNY Rockland Community College.

The four-man play is set among the strict discipline of an old-time, Catholic private school, where four young men discover a copy of “Romeo and Juliet” and are quickly swept away and enmeshed in the emotion of the tale.

All proceeds from opening night will go toward a new Humanities Scholarship established by Libby Bay, a retired RCC English Professor. The scholarship is for RCC students who graduate with an AA degree in Liberal Arts: Humanities & Social Science, with a focus on humanities, and are transferring to a SUNY or CUNY four-year campus.

Event Facts

Play:“Shakespeare's R&J”

Host: SUNY Rockland Community College Performing Arts Department and Rockland Shakespeare Company

Dates and Times:

Thursday, Nov. 8, 7:00 p.m. Opening night admission benefits scholarship fund.

Friday and Saturday, Nov. 9 and 10, 8:00 p.m.

Place: Cultural Arts Center Theater on the main campus in Suffern.

Admission: General Admission: $10.00. Senior Citizens and Students with ID: $8.00.

More Information: Contact the Performing Arts Department at (845) 574-4471, or visit www.rocklandshakespearecompany.com

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