PHOTO CALL: Virginia's Signature Theatre Presents Steamy Shakespeare's R&J

The cast includes Rex Daugherty, Jefferson Farber, Alex Mills and Joel David Santner.

According to Signature, where Calarco is an artistic associate, "[The] modern-day drama melds the timeless power of Romeo and Juliet with an imaginative new coming-of-age tale. When a repressive all-male Catholic boarding school bans Romeo and Juliet in favor of Latin conjugations and the Ten Commandments, four students unearth a secret copy of the script and steal into the night to recite the prohibited tale of adolescent passion. What begins as a lark gradually yields surprising discoveries about greed, love and adulthood."

Here's a look at the production:

Virginia's Signature Theatre Presents Steamy Shakespeare's R&J

Rex Daugherty and Jefferson Farber — Virginia's Signature Theatre Presents Steamy Shakespeare's R&J

Joe Calarco's all-male *Shakespeare's R&J*, a retelling of *Romeo and Juliet* from the perspective of four boys at a boarding school where the classic is banned, has been revised by writer-director Calarco for a run that begins Feb. 5 at Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA. Read the Playbill.com story.
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Rex Daugherty, Joel David Santner and Jefferson Farber

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Alex Mills and Joel David Santner

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Jefferson Farber and Joel David Santner

Teresa Wood

Rex Daugherty, Alex Mills and Joel David Santner

Teresa Wood

Alex Mills and Jefferson Farber

Teresa Wood

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