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On April 21, the production will host a ttendees of Dramafest, a popular returning feature for high school students .\n“It actually feels really fresh and it feels really relevant and underst andable,” Mazzoccone said. “It feels really quick and action packed, and I don’t know that that is the usual connotation when you hear you are going t o a Shakespeare show.”\nMazzoccone, a visiting assistant professor of theat er, started adapting the play last summer, condensing the three hour play i nto 90 minutes. He was very excited when he learned he would be directing t he production.\n“We are using Shakespeare’s text. Last summer, I adapted it , and so I cut it and I’ve switched some scenes around to help the play,” M azzoccone said. He said that by using Shakespeare’s original script, it wil l help improve the actors’ skills with heightened language.\nWhile reworkin g the screenplay, Mazzoccone said he was able to combine scenes and take ou t any parts that may be unnecessary. He wanted to adapt the play so that it would be more understandable for any younger people in the audience.\nUpda ting some elements\n“With the text being over 400 years old, there are word s and phrases that are just going to fly right over the audience’s head,” M azzoccone said. “I was mindful and thinking to myself, ‘is this something t he actor can get and is this something the audience can receive?’ and if bo th of those answers were ‘no,’ then I got rid of it.”\nThe audience is stil l going to understand the whole story with so much of the original script b eing cut, Mazzoccone said. They are still using Shakespeare’s language and his original ideas.\n“I think Shakespeare’s metaphor for the whole play is what is love and can it be controlled, and how deep is it impacted by the c ircumstances of the world you live in,” Mazzoccone said.\nAn alumus of SUNY Oswego, Mazzoccone predominantly worked on Shakespeare productions through out his professional career. He said his experiences started budding at Osw ego.\nMazzoccone has also directed the production of “Elsewhere” and a virt ual production of “Misanthrope.” However, “Romeo and Juliet” will be the bi ggest production he has worked on.\n“‘Romeo and Juliet’ is definitely the b iggest cast that I’ve worked with here, and it is also the one with the mos t elements that need to be built into the show, like combat,” Mazzoccone sa id.\nThe set for the play also involves a lot of levels and is harder to wo rk with than a smaller production. With the play being put on in Waterman T heatre, they gain access to a large stage area.\n“When I was adapting it du ring the summer, I wasn’t sure how big or small I wanted the cast to be, so when I actually did the adaptation, I planned it to come around 10 actors, ” Mazzoccone said. “But we had such a high turnout for the audition and the re were a number of students who expressed a willingness to be in it in sma ller roles, so we expanded the cast to 15.”\nMazzoccone said that by expand ing the cast, they are able to expand on the fighting scenes more, and they are able to fill the large stage.\n \nTickets are free for SUNY Oswego stu dents, $10 for everybody else, available via tickets.oswego.edu.\n This eve nt was imported from: https://iloveoswego.com/44105/romeo-juliet.html?tmpl= component X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

 

RomeoandJuliet

“Rom eo and Juliet” opens April 19 in Tyler Hall’s Waterman Theatre.

Perfo rmances will take place at 7:30 p.m. on April 19, 20, 22 and 23, plus a 2 p .m. Sunday matinee on April 23. On April 21, the production will host atten dees of Dramafest, a popular returning feature for high school students.

“It actually feels really fresh and it feels really relevant and unders tandable,” Mazzoccone said. “It feels really quick and action packed, and I don’t know that that is the usual connotation when you hear you are going to a Shakespeare show.”

Mazzoccone, a visiting assistant professor of theater, started adapting the play last summer, condensing the three hour play into 90 minutes. He was very excited when he learned he would be direc ting the production.

“We are using Shakespeare’s text. Last summer, I adapted it, and so I cut it and I’ve switched some scenes around to help t he play,” Mazzoccone said. He said that by using Shakespeare’s original scr ipt, it will help improve the actors’ skills with heightened language.

< p>While reworking the screenplay, Mazzoccone said he was able to combine sc enes and take out any parts that may be unnecessary. He wanted to adapt the play so that it would be more understandable for any younger people in the audience.

Updating some elements

“With the text being over 400 years old, there are words and phrases that are just going to fly right ov er the audience’s head,” Mazzoccone said. “I was mindful and thinking to my self, ‘is this something the actor can get and is this something the audien ce can receive?’ and if both of those answers were ‘no,’ then I got rid of it.”

The audience is still going to understand the whole story with s o much of the original script being cut, Mazzoccone said. They are still us ing Shakespeare’s language and his original ideas.

“I think Shakespea re’s metaphor for the whole play is what is love and can it be controlled, and how deep is it impacted by the circumstances of the world you live in,” Mazzoccone said.

An alumus of SUNY Oswego, Mazzoccone predominantly worked on Shakespeare productions throughout his professional career. He sa id his experiences started budding at Oswego.

Mazzoccone has also dir ected the production of “Elsewhere” and a virtual production of “Misanthrop e.” However, “Romeo and Juliet” will be the biggest production he has worke d on.

“‘Romeo and Juliet’ is definitely the biggest cast that I’ve wo rked with here, and it is also the one with the most elements that need to be built into the show, like combat,” Mazzoccone said.

The set for th e play also involves a lot of levels and is harder to work with than a smal ler production. With the play being put on in Waterman Theatre, they gain a ccess to a large stage area.

“When I was adapting it during the summe r, I wasn’t sure how big or small I wanted the cast to be, so when I actual ly did the adaptation, I planned it to come around 10 actors,” Mazzoccone s aid. “But we had such a high turnout for the audition and there were a numb er of students who expressed a willingness to be in it in smaller roles, so we expanded the cast to 15.”

Mazzoccone said that by expanding the c ast, they are able to expand on the fighting scenes more, and they are able to fill the large stage.

 

Tickets are free for SUNY Oswe go students, $10 for everybody else, available via tickets.oswego.edu.

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