Texas State opens the spring 2025 semester with a production of Romeo and Juliet that takes place in a nearby future.

“If that word was so empty, how did it manage to fill Verona with such violence and hatred?” Though Romeo and Juliet is a love story, it’s punctuated with violence. “Passion and aggression ...

as he wants to be left alone with Juliet in the Capulet tomb. It shows how Romeo doesn't like violence - he doesn't want to harm anybody else but if pushed, he knows he will not be able to keep ...