ComedySunday, November 22
Scripts & Sips 2026: The Romeo and Juliet Senior Citizens Project – A Comedy
Sunday, November 22 · 3-5 p.m. · The Colony Theatre Company, North 3rd Street, Burbank, CA, USA
- When
- Sunday, November 22 · 3-5 p.m.
- Where
- The Colony Theatre Company, North 3rd Street, Burbank, CA, USA555 North 3rd Street · Burbank, CA · 91502
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About this event
The Romeo and Juliet Senior Citizens Project--A Comedy by Jami Brandli
About the play:
Lucas, a recent Yale MFA graduate, is hired to direct an abridged production of Romeo and Juliet for a local senior citizens retirement facility. Hilarious complications arise among the elder actors during rehearsals as an unexpected romance re-blossoms between Rich and Rose, the two star-crossed lovers/residents at the facility. As this comedy about second chances unfolds, we’ll watch both Lucas and his cast of headstrong seniors wrestle with Shakespeare and real-life drama. But will they be able to come together as a team and actually pull off opening night? The odds are against them, but the play must go on…no matter what.
About the playwright:
JAMI BRANDLI is the winner of the Jane Chambers Award and Stanley Drama Award. Her plays include The Magician’s Sister, O: A Rhapsody in Divorce, The Caregiver’s Guide, Visiting Hours, The Romeo and Juliet Senior Citizens Project—A Comedy, and BLISS (or Emily Post is Dead!)—named on The Kilroys List and a LA Times Critics’ Choice. Her work has been produced/developed at New Dramatists, New York Theatre Workshop, Kitchen Dog Theater, Center Theatre Group, Moxie Theatre, among others. Additional awards: 2022 Center Theatre Group Writers Group, John Gassner Memorial Playwriting Award, Humanitas Prize PLAY LA. Finalist for the PEN Literary Award for Drama, the O’Neill and Ojai Playwrights Conference. Short works published with TCG, Dramatic Publishing Company, Applause Books, and Smith & Kraus. Jami is a proud member of The Playwrights Union, The Dramatists Guild, and The Independent Writers' Caucus where she’s also developing film and TV projects. All her plays are listed on the New Play Exchange. For more info: www.jamibrandli.com
There will be a panel discussion post-reading for the audience to participate in.
This program is supported in part by the Community Arts Grant from the City of Burbank.
From The Colony Theatre
Listed by Cambridge Common Writers (The Events Calendar) and OvationTix: United States, gathered by the Santa Clarita events calendar.