Romeo and Juliet to star Elizabeth Olsen

Classic Stage Company have announced that their 2013/2014 season will begin with a new production of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet next fall starring actress Elizabeth Olsen. Additional casting and creative team will be announced in the coming weeks.

Romeo & Juliet: Despite a long-standing feud between the Montagues and the Capulets when Romeo, only son of the Montagues, meets Juliet, the Capulets' only daughter, he falls in love with her and she with him.

Romeo & Juliet continues CSC's ongoing exploration of the works of William Shakespeare which has included productions of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' with Bebe Neuwirth and Taylor Mac, 'The Tempest' with Mandy Patinkin and 'Hamlet' with Michael Cumpsty (for which he received an Obie Award for his performance).

Elizabeth Olsen was nominated for the 2013 BAFTA Rising Star Award. Olsen's film credits include "Liberal Arts" in which she stars as 'Zibby' opposite Josh Radnor, John Magaro, Zac Efron and Richard Jenkins and "Red Lights, in which she stars opposite Robert De Niro, Cillian Murphy and Sigourney Weaver.

In spring of 2012 Olsen starred in the independent film "Silent House" from Open Road Films. Olsen also began production on two films; "Therese Raquin" opposite Glenn Close and "Very Good Girls," opposite Dakota Fanning directed by Naomi Foner.