The basic idea around my production of Romeo and Juliet is a modern take, but also a less romantic one. The plot surrounds two teenagers who attend rival schools in a seedy town haunted by a heroin problem. The two meet at a party in the designated ‘drug room’. Juliet’s brother Tybalt is a successful drug dealer, often selling to Romeo. When Romeo kills Tybalt, he then gains access to Tybalt’s drugs, as he is now in command of Tybalt’s stash. The scene I have chosen to design is that of the final death scene. The couple’s meeting spot for all of their secret meetings is at the center of Juliet’s school’s football field, and now where Juliet has decided to ‘play dead’. After purposely taking a roofie with a shot of vodka from the last of her