First Look: LaChanze, Francis Jue Star in Free Shakespeare in the Park’s Romeo & Juliet

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Get a first look at Latiah Aikens, Daniel Bravo Hernández and more on stage.

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You can now get a first look at The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park production of ROMEO & JULIET, directed by Associate Artistic Director/Resident Director Saheem Ali. The production includes Spanish translations by Alfredo Michel Modenessi and choreography by Mayte Natalio. ROMEO & JULIET began performances at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park on Friday, May 22. The production officially opens on Thursday, June 11 and runs through Sunday, June 28.

The Public’s Associate Artistic Director and Resident Director Saheem Ali brings Shakespeare’s legendary star-crossed lovers to Central Park for the first time in nearly 20 years. Never was there a story of more woe, or more romance, than the Bard’s timeless tale of two young lovers from warring families. As the Montagues and Capulets are torn apart by ideology and simmering violence spills into the streets of the border town of Verona, Romeo and Juliet dare to defy a world determined to keep them apart. In this bold new staging, the play unfolds in English, but Romeo and Juliet speak to one another in Spanish, a language reserved only for their shared world. Don’t miss this thrilling new production, essential viewing for lovers of Shakespeare, theater, and the enduring power of love itself.

The complete cast of ROMEO & JULIET includes Ra’Mya Latiah Aikens (Juliet), Sergio Mauritz Ang (Friar John/Ensemble), Daniel Bravo Hernández (Romeo), Andrés Nicolás Chaves (Ensemble), Rachel Crowl (Apothecary/Ensemble), Reece dos Santos (Balthasar), Caleb Joshua Eberhardt (Mercutio), Jacquernst F. Filias (Ensemble), Glenn Fleshler (Lord Capulet), Francis Jue (Friar Laurence), Ariyan Kassam (Tybalt), LaChanze (Lady Capulet), Martin K. Lewis (Paris), Zack Lopez Roa (Benvolio), Gilda Mercado (Ensemble), Tina Muñoz Pandya (Ensemble), Deirdre O’Connell (Nurse), Jason Manuel Olazábal (Lord Montague), Jessica Pimentel (Escalus), Fedra Ramírez Olivares (Ensemble), Piper Runge (Ensemble), Miles Segura (Ensemble), Mariand Torres (Lady Montague), and Marlon Xavier (Ensemble).

Photo credit: Joan Marcus

Daniel Bravo Hernández and Ra'Mya Latiah Aikens

Daniel Bravo Hernández and Ra'Mya Latiah Aikens

Ra'Mya Latiah Aikens

Daniel Bravo Hernández

LaChanze, Deirdre O'Connell , and Ra'Mya Latiah Aikens

Francis Jue (foreground) and the company

Caleb Joshua Eberhardt and Daniel Bravo Hernández

Ariyan Kassam and Zack Lopez Roa (center) and the company

Glenn Fleshler , LaChanze, Ra'Mya Latiah Aikens , and Martin K. Lewis

Ra'Mya Latiah Aikens and Daniel Bravo Hernández

Daniel Bravo Hernández and Deirdre O'Connell

Ra'Mya Latiah Aikens and Daniel Bravo Hernández

Ariyan Kassam , Zack Lopez Roa , and Caleb Joshua Eberhardt

Glenn Fleshler and Ra'Mya Latiah Aikens

Daniel Bravo Hernández and Rachel Crowl

Ra'Mya Latiah Aikens and Daniel Bravo Hernández

17. Glenn Fleshler , Jessica Pimentel (center), and the company

The Public Theater will kick off this summer’s Free Shakespeare in the Park season with ROMEO & JULIET, beginning performances at the newly revitalized Delacorte Theater in Central Park at the end of May.

You can now get a first look inside rehearsals for The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park production of Romeo & Juliet, directed by Associate Artistic Director/Resident Director Saheem Ali.

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_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photos-LaChanze-Francis-Jue-and-More-Free-Shakespeare-in-the-Parks-ROMEO-JULIET-20260529)._