“The most challenging thing was going up against people’s expectations of what Mercutio should be- you get a certain subset of people who see him as the personification of rowdy male behavior, and so to come at that as a woman, and to embrace that facet of his personality without apologizing for being a woman, was a really interesting challenge.”

“Anwen Darcy’s Juliet is undoubtedly the star of the show; for her alone, this production is worth the trip (and the battling of heat or rain). Excitable and moody (as befits a teenager), Darcy radiates such exuberance of youth that you can almost see the electrical charge coming out of her black-nailed fingertips. ”