Costume breakdown for Romeo & Juliet 2021

Notes:

• The time is April 2021, in McKinney, Texas. Warm, spring weather.

• Death shirts will be supplied for characters who die.
• Shoes should be comfortable, character appropriate, and safe.

Act & Scene Actors Day # Location Notes

1.1 ALL 1 Country club Clear red/blue

separation; athletic or
athleisure wear
preferred
1.2 Paris, Capulet, 1 Around the 1.1 actors put
Sampson, neighborhood on/take off jacket,
Benvolio, Romeo etc. to look less
athletic
1.3 Nurse, Juliet, Lady 1 Juliet’s Preparing for party
C, Gregory bedroom
1.4 Romeo, Benvolio, 1 Around the Party clothes
Mercutio, neighborhood
Abraham,
Balthasar
1.5 ALL 1 In Capulet’s Party clothes (house
garden party); able to dance
in
2.1 Romeo, Benvolio, 1 Around the Immediately after
Mercutio neighborhood party
2.2 Romeo, Juliet, 1 In Capulet’s After party; heading
Lady C garden towards bed
2.3 Friar L, Romeo 2 Outside the Romeo still in party
church clothes
2.4 Mercutio, 2 Outside the Morning after party;
Benvolio, Romeo, country club Nurse = dressed for
Nurse errands
2.5 Juliet, Nurse 2 Juliet’s Morning after party;
bedroom Juliet have wedding
dress in scene
2.6 Friar L, Romeo, 2 Outside the Vegas wedding attire
Juliet church
3.1 ALL 2 Outside the Street or athletic
country club clothes; clear
red/blue separation
3.2 Juliet, Nurse 2 Juliet’s Nurse = still in 3.1
bedroom clothes; Juliet = still in
wedding dress
3.3 Friar L, Romeo, 2 Inside the still in 3.1 clothes
Nurse church
Interlude Romeo, Juliet 2 Juliet’s balcony Romeo = 3.1 clothes,
Juliet = nightgown
3.4 Capulet, Paris, 2, 3 In the Capulet Capulets = house
Lady C house clothes
3.5 Romeo, Juliet, 3 Juliet’s Juliet = nightgown;
Nurse, Lady C bedroom Romeo = 3.1 clothes;
Lady C = 3.4 clothes
4.1 Friar L, Paris, 3 Inside the Juliet = day clothing
Juliet church
4.2 Capulet, 3 In Capulet’s daytime clothing
Sampson, Nurse, house
Juliet, Lady C
4.3 Juliet, Lady C, 3 Juliet’s
Nurse bedroom
4.4 Capulet, Lady C, 3, 4 In Capulet’s wedding prep
Greg, Cap’s C, house
Nurse, Sam
4.5 Nurse, Lady C, 4 Juliet’s wedding finery for
Juliet, Friar L, bedroom everyone except
Paris, Capulet, Juliet; Juliet = 4.3
Cap’s C, Greg, clothes
Sam
5.1 Romeo, Balth, 4 Mantua Everyone = traveling,
Apoth a little rough; apoth =
homeless
5.2 Friar L, Friar J 4 Outside the
church
5.3 ALL 4, 5 In the Juliet = 4.3 clothes;
graveyard/in Romeo = 5.1 clothes;
the tomb All sides = clear
red/blue separation