Star-Cross'd

LOS ANGELES, California (May 28, 2014) – Have you ever, could you ever, or WILL you ever love someone that much? That’s the very question that directors Lizzy Ferdinandi and Jessica Gaupel, co-founders of Half Shadow Players’, ask with the world premier of Star-Cross’d.
To some, Romeo & Juliet is a story of two teenagers blinded by lust and driven to do unspeakable things in order to be together. And we all know how that ends. At its heart, Romeo & Juliet is a love story that transcends age and time.
Star Cross’d is a 50-minute movement-orientated retelling of Shakespeare’s classic love story, Romeo & Juliet, which marries haunting contemporary music with the classic text for a raw, visually stunning spin on the classic tale.
“Our hope is that the lack of text will be a pleasant surprise. You still get your balcony scene, but it’s the balcony scene like you’ve never seen a balcony scene before,” s