R + Jules have wandered into the Bushwick night scene, dripping with attitude. In this immersive backyard takeover, you are a guest at Club Verona, at the fate of rival DJ's and their groupies. The Prince is security, Friar Lawrence is behind the bar mixing more than just drinks, Nurse booked the acts, and the story unfolds in a rush of flashing lights, raw beats, and unrelenting desire. Tensions rise, love ignites, and the chaos of the night spins toward a collision no one can stop. Expect dancing, drinks, roaming performances, and hypnotic projections. It’s an underground affair – entry permitted only to those with physical flyers.

Welcome to

Club Verona

House Rules

You are about to experience an experimental night in development. Flyer is required for entry. Recommended Dress Code: black, red, and white outdoor clubwear.

Doors open with @xskincontact at 6:30. The show will start around 7:00. The night is limited; when full, the gates will shut. Cash/Venmo bar open before and after the performance.

Warning: Strobes. Violence. Self-harm. Gore.

Enter of your own volition; follow performers by using it.

Anyone with a zine is a performer, and multiple storylines move simultaneously throughout the front yard, alley, and backyard.

Move for performers, or they will move you. When a performer throws their zine down, give them space. It will be a crowded club. Do not push, do not shove.

If a performer offers their hand or a prop, you may consent by taking it, or decline by not. All other props are not for you.

You may take photos and videos during the performance. When you post, tag us @randjules

Cast

Romeo

Sophia Radix

Sophia Radix is from The Bronx! She is a member of Intar’s Unit 52 company of actors. Is part of the 2024 cohort for The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals. Premiered at the New York Latino Film Festival for The Good The Bad & Tio Umberto (Delia). Sophia starred in In The Bronx Brown Girls Can See Stars Too (Gabriela) at Columbia University. Off Broadway: at WP Theatre in As I Was, Not As I Am (Laurel) & at the Players Theatre in Ectoplasm (Annette). Graduated from SUNY Dutchess & Hunter College. Studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and Stella Adler.

Juliet

Emily Berit Barkovic

Emily is so excited to bring you this unique immersive experience! Previous credits include the world premiers of Amazon (By Proxy) (Proxy C) and The Forgotten Land (Maria Egger). Other NYC credits include She Loves Me (Ilona), The Mouth Pieces (Woman/Dr. Millicent), Working (Waitress/Receptionist). Proud graduate of Wagner College. Additional training at Carnegie Mellon University and Orfeo Vocal Arts Academy.

Friar Lawrence

Devorah Shubowitz

Devorah is delighted to be playing Friar Lawrence in R + Jules! Recently, she wrote and performed The Difference Between Your Ass and Your Elbow and Biblical Burlesque at Theater for the New City, danced with The Tailshakers, assisted directed for playwrights Barbara Kahn and Katharine Dreves, and served as lighting engineer for Into the Woods at The Heights Players. In 2024, she wrote and produced her first play Doula Monster at TNC. She will play a role in Josh Safdie’s latest film Marty Supreme and is currently writing a play about dancers.

Nurse

Emily Conlon

Emily Conlon (Nurse) is a Brooklyn based actor, singer, voice actor, and goofball. Pace BFA Acting Class ‘21. Previous credits include Shakespeare Translate: The Complete Works (Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Caveat, The Vino Theater), All At Once (The Tank) and How To Make Friends and Then Kill Them (Stand Up Productions). In her free time, Emily supports creative artists in her position as board member of The Ninety-Nine Cent Players, a non profit theater organization based in New Jersey.

Mercutio

Bellamy Woodside Ridinger

Bellamy Woodside Ridinger is an actor, dancer, and musician with performance credits in Washington, New Hampshire, and New York City. He is inspired by the intersection of music and movement in storytelling, and was most recently found exploring these modes as Ariel in Smoking Mirror Theatre's "The Tempest." He trained in theatre and French at Western Washington University, and spends winters up north working as a ski patroller. Immersive, collaborative, tangible productions like this are close to his heart - big thanks to the production team for making it happen!

Tybalt

Francesca Litterio

Francesca Litterio is a proud graduate of Wagner College. She’s made appearances around the city in cabarets, and in Columbia University’s MFA directing program’s productions, all while working as a software engineer at TodayTix. Some of her other favorite roles include Mrs. Anderssen (A Little Night Music), Donna/ Tonya/ Rosie Swing (Mamma Mia!), and Janet Weiss (Rocky Horror). You can see her as Ms. Gardener in Carrie the Musical at the Stone Circle Theatre Nov 1-3!

Benni V

Katheryn Margaret

Katheryn Margaret studies the Meisner Technique and is enrolled at The Barrow Group. Recently, she was in the play "Choices" written by Allison Whittenberg and directed by Julia Genoveva in the Act One One Act Festival. She loves being on stage and is excited to bring this immersive experience to life. After this play, you can see her in the SPF's festival in the city from October 17th - 20th as Rebecca in the play "Debts from Beyond" written and directed by Julia Genoveva. Perfect for Halloween! Also, this year she's dressing up as Buttercup from the Powerpuff Girls. Thank you, friends!!

Prince

Nicco Diaz

Nicco Diaz (he/him) is a Queer Afro-Nuyorican street poet reppin’ the Bronx & East Harlem making the leap to acting. A storyteller since childhood, Nicco started performing his poetry during the pandemic, and quickly became a leading voice in the Uptown literary scene, serving as Chief-of-Staff of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and being selected to join INTAR’s Unit 52. Nicco published his debut poetry collection this past August and is a proud graduate of Cornell University where majored in English & Latino Studies

Creatives

Director, Producer, Production Manager, Props Designer - Joshua Groth @nodrakeonlyjosh
Assistant Director, Producer, Graphic Designer - Lafayette Elizabeth Orsack @liz.lafayette
Producer, Lighting Designer, Stage Manager - Haley Morgan Miller @haleymorganmiller
Videographer, Lighting Assistant, Bartender - Andrew LaPointe @andrewmlapointe
Scenic Designer - Sierra Enea @sierrafrancesca
Sound Designer - Jesse Timm @juicytimm
Projection Designer - Kaegan Casey @kaegan_casey
Playwright - Beth Bauler @bethbauler
Intimacy Choreographer - Hannah Kunce @hannahkunce
Choreographer- Jo Wokurka @jo.jo.woka
Fight Choreographer- Mackenzie Grace @bigmac_littlemac
DJs - atomheartmommy @atomheartmommy & Skin Contact @xskincontact @xlavvvy
Poet - Jean-Sebastien Surena @jeanthemachine_
Makeup Artist - Annika Birnbaum @birnbaua
Bartender - Sam Andrews @suck_my_sam