{"id":9206,"date":"2025-09-02T18:44:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T22:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=9206"},"modified":"2025-09-02T18:44:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T22:44:32","slug":"drew-lichtenberg-2-2-2-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=9206","title":{"rendered":"Bonnie J. Monte and Isaac Hickox-Young"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_650\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9206-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/MonteandHickoxYoung.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/MonteandHickoxYoung.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/MonteandHickoxYoung.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/MonteandHickoxYoung.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return 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bold new <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Romeo and Juliet<\/span>.  The Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey presents this re-envisioned classic, starring <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=9228\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Isaac Hickox-Young<\/a> and directed by <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=9229\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Bonnie J. Monte<\/a>.  Is it love, lust, or something more sinister that propels the star-crossed lovers to their untimely end?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Romeo and Juliet<\/span> runs from September 10th to October 5th at the <a href=\"http:\/\/shakespearenj.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Shakespeare Theater of NJ.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click here to <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=9214\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">follow along with the text<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click here to <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=9217\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">see the Folio Version<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click here for a <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=9218\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">scanned version of the text.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click here for information about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shakespearenj.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/MonteandHickoxYoung.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | Youtube Music | RSS Romeo &amp; Juliet; Act 1, Scene 4 RomeoSeptember 3, 2025 From forth the fatal loins of civil strife springs a bold new Romeo and Juliet. 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