Zona Gale Young People’s Theater is committed to producing new dramatic works and classics of relevance by, with, and for children, youth, and the young at heart of all ages. Our specific mission is to provide quality live theater and theater education experiences to young people, families, and schools, with affordable public performances, tours, and workshops.

Audition dates: November 29, 7:00 p.m. & December 1, 7:00 p.m. Call back: December 5, 7:00 p.m. Rehearsals start: January 3 or shortly there after Play dates: March 2, 3, 4, 5 & 9, 10, 11 Synopsis The road to farce is paved with good intentions. Eighth-graders Pete Saltz and Anabell Stackpoole are in love, but terribly shy, so shy they can't even look at each other, let alone speak. (Anabell buries her head in books; Pete stuffs his mouth with peanut butter cookies.) To bring the two together, classmates Ed Sitrow, Lucy Neblet, Priscilla Black, and others decide to stage a performance of Romeo and Juliet, with the reluctant Pete and Anabell voted into the title roles. Ed and Priscilla pen the abridged script, including passages their English teacher has encouraged them to underline, leaving out everything they don't understand and imagining dream players speaking the lines to perfection. Lucy gamefully tackles the direction of the real-life cast. But lack of expertise, only two weeks of rehearsal, a set left over from the seventh-grade production of Washington Crossing the Delaware, and a classmate's villainy threaten the well-meaning endeavor every step of the way. When the big day finally arrives, lines are dropped, costumes rip, scenery tumbles, potions spill, and Juliet's bier nearly blows up. Yet, in spite of everything-or maybe because of it-true love triumphs in the end. Commissioned by the Laguna Playhouse and the University of Utah Department of Theatre. Cast list for Romeo and Juliet - Together (and Alive!) at Last Pete Saltz - a disheveled poet, in love with Anabell, but too shy to look at her Ed Sitrow - Pete's best friend, determined to bring Pete and Anabell together Anabell Stackpoole, a bookworm, in love with Pete, but too shy to speak to him * Radosh - Ed's friend, sensible, plays Benvolio in Act II Tom Hays - Ed's friend, given to weird hairdos, plays Friar in Act II Lucy Neblet - the prettiest girl in the class, runs music in Act II Priscilla Black - Anabell's best friend, plays Nurse in Act II Albert Hamilton - bully, good-looking - and a pyromaniac; plays Tybalt in Act II * Sondstrom - Hamilton's sidekick, works lights backstage in Act II Cindy Huber - an admirer of Hamilton and one of the Party people Mary Davis - an admirer of Hamilton and one of the Party people * Sam Pettry - Ed's friend, very laid-back, builds set and plays Mercutio in Act II * Fitzsimmons - in charge of makeup: one of the Party people Jessie Bolin - Bright clothes, lots of rattling jewelry, designs costumes for the play * Marks - a friend of Hamilton, one of the Party people * Eliscue - friend of Hamilton, one of the Party people Amy Jefferson - scheduled to play Lady Capulet in Act II, but gets sick * Barish - builds set, plays Capulet in Act II * Dubois - builds set, plays Balthasar in Act II and is one of the Party People * Parks - "Chorus" in Act II and one of the Party People * Miles - Handles props in Act II and one of the Party People Others Mr. Sullivan - S.O.R. Middle School principal, upbeat, slow to anger Mrs. Bacon - language arts teacher, flowery dresses, enthusiastic, likeable Betsy Hays - 6th-grader, Tom's little sister, has a crush on Ed, really needs her glasses * may be played by male for female actors