Call ME By Any Other Name...Just As Sweet

A queer deconstruction of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

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Cast: 
Featuring: Allison Mintz, Ozzy Smith, Maddie Jaffe-Richter, Tessa Forster, Amira Jackson , Celeste Samson, Des Suarez, Ruhani Singh, Chris Rubingh , Bryson Brunson, Naava Wilson , Sidney Caruth, Anya Epstein , Tommy Kelly, Christian Nemeh, Noah Ryall, Alexander Setlow, Bridget Wiggan, Levi Roush, Luna Bombardiere, Gabriel Liron

This explorative new adaptation steps outside of how we have typically viewed and experienced the story of Romeo and Juliet. By using inspirations from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, Call Me By Any Other Name… Just As Sweet examines the role of fate and who gets to love, while reimagining the narrative and staking a claim for Queer storytelling.

adapted and directed by Nigel Semaj 
cowritten with Jack Saleeby 

with new text by Brayden Stallman

Choreographed by Nigel Semaj

Fight and Intimacy Direction: Eli Lynn
Set Design: You-Shin Chen 
Costume Design: Rebecca Lustig
Lighting Design: Hamilton Guillen
Sound Design: Almeda Beynon

Props Design: Katrina Miller

Assistant Director: Devyn Jarvis, and Brayden Stallman
Associate Choreographer: Nicoa Ferro
Production Stage Manager: Sam Powers

Deck Stage Manager: Shachar Kessler 
Assistant Stage Managers: Gretchen D’Amato, Leana Nieson, Ashley Pillsbury

October 2021
Muhlenberg College - Empie Theatre