ColorTheHours048 said: "Sutton Ross said: "Yeah, Tommy Dorfman is certainly a choice to play the Nurse."
Out of curiosity: why? I didn’t watch 13 Reasons Why, but I strongly recall seeing her in an adaptation of La Ronde before that show was even in production and thinking she was exceptionally talented.
It’s clear this production is going for a “young people playing all ages” concept, so I’m not sure why Tommy as the Nurse is specifically a “choice.”"
The Nurse is usually played as middle aged or older, often by a "motherly" figure (in Shakespeare's time, a nurse was literally the person who breast-fed - nursed - the baby). Tommy Dorfman is 32 (but looks younger), skinny, and visibly trans. I don't think that it's a bad choice, but it is a very unusual choice. It just seems...gimmicky. But that's probably going to be most things about this production, I'm guessing.
I have no idea how the same actor can play both Capulet and Lady Capulet. The Montague parents are often conflated to one person, as both are small parts and it saves money. But the Capulet parents share many crucial scenes together, and are two very distinct characters. Knowing Sam Gold, I bet Lord Capulet is like, an absentee dad and we only see him pre-recorded on a large screen via Skype/FaceTime or whatever. Or...as per the casting notice, since the entire production is evidently being presented as some sort of metatheatrical ritual, perhaps the actor does some symbolic thing with a prop or costume piece to represent which Capulet they are at any given moment.
Regarding age...although this production is clearly attempting to bring in a Gen Z audience, I googled Sola Fadiran (Capulet/Lady Capulet) and he is a bit young, but still old enough looking to believably be Rachel Zegler's father/mother. So I don't think the concept is "teenagers put on Romeo and Juliet."
Updated On: 8/12/24 at 03:13 PM
