Theatre NDSU and Theatre B to perform co-production of “Romeo and Juliet”

To launch its 2025–26 season, Theatre NDSU is thrilled to team up with Moorhead-based organization Theatre B to perform a co-production of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” starting Thursday, Oct. 16.

Featuring actors from NDSU and Theatre B, this version of “Romeo and Juliet” is a modern adaptation by Theatre B’s artistic director, Jon Micheels Leiseth, set in an imagined world where styles from the Italian Renaissance meet those of 1940’s Italy. Amid sumptuous danger of a totalitarian regime, the “star-crossed lovers” attempt to bridge the boundaries that the authorities and their families have set to keep them apart, with plenty of twists along the way.

The first run of “Romeo and Juliet” will be at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16–18 in NDSU’s Walsh Studio Theatre, located in the northwest corner of Askanase Hall at 1497 12th Ave. N. in Fargo. The production then moves to Theatre B at 215 10th St. N. in Moorhead for the remaining performances at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24–25, 29–31, and Nov. 1. The matinee will be at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 26.

To purchase tickets for the NDSU shows, please visit the NDSU Performing Arts website or call the box office at 701-231-7969. NDSU students get in free to only the performances on campus. Tickets for the performances at Theatre B can be purchased online on the Theatre B website or 701-729-8880. A discount is available to NDSU students.

Support local theatre throughout the year by viewing all productions on deck for NDSU and Theatre B.