The stage "Romeo and Juliet" will be held on December 20th at the chapel of Hirosaki Gakuin University (Minori-cho, Hirosaki City).

The same stage where actor Ishida Ichinari plays Romeo. The stage director is Mutsumi Morii, the director and director of the People Theater. In addition to his own troupe activity, Mr. Morii has a career as a parco theater "Mary of Fur" and Akihiro Miwa's leading / directing stage assistant.

Kazuo Ishida, a professor at the Faculty of Social Welfare at the university, says, "The plan was launched around May." Mr. Ishida, who was appointed to the university from Hosei University in April this year, was also active as a theater producer in Tokyo, so Mr. Ishida and Mr. Morii were asked by the president to "do something interesting". I called to. “I was wondering if I could do a theater that originated in the region,” says Ishida.

Mr. Ishida says that his wife is from Aomori, so he has many opportunities to visit Aomori City and Hirosaki City, and "I felt a relationship with Aomori when I heard this story." "I heard that I could perform in the chapel and that I played a pipe organ, so I made a quick decision," he smiles.

Mr. Morii, who decided to participate in the project, said, "If my theater activities can contribute to the cultural improvement of Hirosaki." "I'm overwhelmed by Hirosaki's enthusiasm," he said, as he was able to obtain various cooperation such as playing the brass band, chorus, and percussion. Currently, he is giving acting guidance to performers who have little acting experience, "acting guidance is the same as making people. It does not matter if there is experience or not."

Houra Shimoyama, who plays the role of Juliet, is a second-year high school student who belongs to the Hirakawa city theater group Yumebutai. "I was suddenly invited to talk about this in October, I hurriedly prepared for the audition, and 40 minutes later I had it," he laughs. This is the first time he has starred. "Ishida-san participated in the practice, raising everyone's consciousness and raising the level. I'm still about 70% now, but I want to make it 150% in production," he said.

Takeshi Kuruma, a third-year student of the same university who plays the role of a friend of Romeo, decided to participate in the play, thinking that he could have a valuable experience. "Acting was my first challenge. I couldn't keep learning even the dialogue, but I was gradually improved by being taught how to put in emotions and how to speak out. Asking a director who is active in the front line. Is very educational and I want to make this play a success. "

The start time is from 14:00 to 18:30. Tickets are ¥ 1,500 both for advance sale and on the day.