Shabadaba”R⇔J”,2024 Photo by Miyu Araki
Shabadaba”R⇔J”,2024 Photo by Miyu Araki
Shabadaba”R⇔J”,2024 Photo by Miyu Araki
A reimagining of“Romeo and Juliet”as a“Japanese jukebox musical with no singing,” incorporating contemporary elements.
Story
One night, Romeo, a Montague, sneaks into a masked ball at the Capulet’s house with a friend. There, he falls in love at first sight with Juliet, who is dancing with abandon. But unbeknown to Romeo, Juliet is a Capulet, the Montague’s sworn enemy….
What will be the destiny of these two lovers, bound by the names they were born with and what is expected of them?
Cast
Mitsuki Kaneko, Minoru Hagihara, Akiyoshi Miyadai, Tenma Matsuda, Miyu Kawagoe
Production staff
Direction/adaptation: Elena Fanourakis
Choreography: Moeko Uematsu
Stage direction: Aoi Sato
Lighting: Nao Kato
Sound: Kento Yabuta
Design: Arata Okada
Costume plan: Io Ikeda
Director’s assistant: Midori Shibuki
Understudy: Shima Hiraguri
Dramaturg (queer depiction): Aika Matsushima
Publicity art: OSMM
Stage photography: Miyu Araki
Production: Haruhi Oikawa
Supervisor: Takeru Kurosawa
Planning/production/organization: Shabadaba
Shabadaba
Under the concept of “giving proof of one’s existence,” Shabadaba creates “Japanese jukebox musicals with no singing,” in which performers dance to existing Japanese songs based on classical literature.
Shabadaba is a theatrical unit comprising director Elena Fanourakis, a graduate of J.F. Oberlin University, and producer Haruhi Oikawa.
It offers entertainment that can transform hell into heaven as in the Buddhist concept of Sahā (Shaba), in works that reflect the persevering human spirit of challenging ourselves without giving up, even if we lead a “daba” packhorse-type existence.
Haruhi Oikawa
Producer
Shabadaba
shabadaba.jaja@gmail.com
Theater HOPE, Nakano City, Tokyo
