THE ROSALINE PLAY
A thrilling remix of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet,
by Leigh M Marshall.
August 2 & 3

What if Rosaline—not Juliet—was the most tragic figure in Verona? In this bold and haunting reimagining of Romeo & Juliet, Rosaline Velasco is a rising A&R powerhouse at a major music label who has just discovered Weapons of Self-Destruction, a freshly-turned-twenty-one rap duo whose meteoric rise threatens to crash into the darker side of the industry: fentanyl, exploitation, and profit-driven martyrdom. Part love story, part corporate thriller, part elegy, The Rosaline Play dares to ask: what does intimacy mean in a world that pushes pleasure-seeking to the point of no return?

Leigh M. Marshall is a multidisciplinary performer, writer, and editor. Currently, she is a resident playwright at the Playwrights Foundation, a member of Crowded Fire Theatre’s Resilience & Development Lab, and the Theater & Film Editor online for BOMB Magazine. Her work has been selected for Berkeley Repertory Theater’s Ground Floor Residency, the Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival, Iowa New Play Festival, Examined Life Conference, Live Design International, and the Prague Quadrennial. BA: Stanford University. MFA: Iowa Playwrights Workshop.