“Romeo And Juliet” - Northwest Georgia Style - At Prater’s Mill

Romeo & Juliet from the Conasauga Shakespeare Coalition’s production.(Conasauga Shakespeare Coalition)(Aired Thu 8/08/24) In Northwest Georgia, a quick drive from Dalton also brings you to the Bard.The Conasauga Shakespeare Coalition presents “Romeo & Juliet” at Prater’s Mill, down the road from Varnell, this Friday and Saturday - and next Friday and Saturday - starting at 8 PM.The director is Steve Ray, who heads the theatre program here on our campus - the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.The setting - typically Verona, Italy in the 14th or 15th Century - is instead the late 1700’s, before the Revolutionary War.Jared Doreck plays Mercutio, Romeo’s friend.Lane Davies - the Coalition’s artistic director - plays Escalus, the Prince of Verona.