Kristen Barrett – Giving Voices to a New Generation of Actors

Kristen Barrett is a third year and the first ever African-American director of Shakespeare on the Lawn. Last Fall Semester she re-imagined Romeo and Juliet as an interracial love story set in Los Angeles, California following the 1992 Rodney King riots. She states, “I think it has really fulfilled the goal of giving people a voice…”

Produced by Kara Peters

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